diff --git a/audio/ft2-clone/Makefile b/audio/ft2-clone/Makefile
index 03a9d9368154..78b55b200736 100644
--- a/audio/ft2-clone/Makefile
+++ b/audio/ft2-clone/Makefile
@@ -1,57 +1,57 @@
 PORTNAME=	ft2-clone
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.97
+DISTVERSION=	1.98
 CATEGORIES=	audio
 
 MAINTAINER=	ehaupt@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Fasttracker II clone
 WWW=		https://github.com/8bitbubsy/ft2-clone
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
 LICENSE_COMB=	multi
 
 LICENSE_FILE_BSD3CLAUSE=	${WRKSRC}/src/LICENSE.txt
 LICENSE_FILE_CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0=	${WRKSRC}/src/gfxdata/bmp/LICENSE.txt
 
 USES=		cmake compiler dos2unix iconv:wchar_t localbase:ldflags sdl
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	8bitbubsy
 USE_SDL=	sdl2
 
 CFLAGS_i386+=	-msse2
 LDFLAGS+=	-lSDL2 -lpthread -lstdc++ -lm -liconv
 
 DESKTOP_ENTRIES=	"FastTracker II Clone" \
 			"${COMMENT}" \
 			"${PREFIX}/share/pixmaps/ft2-clone.ico" \
 			"ft2-clone" \
 			"" \
 			false
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/ft2-clone \
 		share/pixmaps/ft2-clone.ico
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		ALSA PULSEAUDIO
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	ALSA
 
 ALSA_LIB_DEPENDS=	libasound.so:audio/alsa-lib
 ALSA_CFLAGS+=		-D__LINUX_ALSA__
 ALSA_LDFLAGS+=		-lasound
 
 PULSEAUDIO_LIB_DEPENDS=	libpulse.so:audio/pulseaudio
 PULSEAUDIO_LDFLAGS+=	-lpulse
 
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
 # clang reports:
 # error: invalid argument '-std=c99' not allowed with 'C++'
 .if ${CHOSEN_COMPILER_TYPE} == gcc
 USE_CSTD=	c99
 .endif
 
 post-install:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/pixmaps
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/src/gfxdata/icon/ft2-clone.ico \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/pixmaps
 
 .include <bsd.port.post.mk>
diff --git a/audio/ft2-clone/distinfo b/audio/ft2-clone/distinfo
index a6900586b705..cdadccd9b0aa 100644
--- a/audio/ft2-clone/distinfo
+++ b/audio/ft2-clone/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1752439260
-SHA256 (8bitbubsy-ft2-clone-v1.97_GH0.tar.gz) = baa7b64067765bbe52127a8009a42a2b21289df05b29830d4d4584174cc12ec2
-SIZE (8bitbubsy-ft2-clone-v1.97_GH0.tar.gz) = 5230546
+TIMESTAMP = 1757397054
+SHA256 (8bitbubsy-ft2-clone-v1.98_GH0.tar.gz) = 6078f209e2b9f4b27f15b0495627bf24e704d84dcb139374083cdfa250b8bb65
+SIZE (8bitbubsy-ft2-clone-v1.98_GH0.tar.gz) = 5205311
diff --git a/audio/ft2-clone/files/patch-src_ft2__unicode.c b/audio/ft2-clone/files/patch-src_ft2__unicode.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..94d1f1823e84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/audio/ft2-clone/files/patch-src_ft2__unicode.c
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+--- src/ft2_unicode.c.orig	2025-09-09 06:08:58 UTC
++++ src/ft2_unicode.c
+@@ -4,20 +4,21 @@
+ #endif
+ 
+ // for detecting if musl or glibc is used
+-#if !defined _WIN32 && !defined __APPLE__
+-	#ifndef _GNU_SOURCE
+-		#define _GNU_SOURCE
+-	  #include <features.h>
+-	  #ifndef __USE_GNU
+-	      #define __MUSL__
+-	  #endif
+-	  #undef _GNU_SOURCE /* don't contaminate other includes unnecessarily */
+-	#else
+-	  #include <features.h>
+-	  #ifndef __USE_GNU
+-	      #define __MUSL__
+-	  #endif
+-	#endif
++#if defined(__linux__)
++  /* Only Linux has glibc's <features.h>. On BSDs (including FreeBSD) and others,
++     skip this block to avoid a missing-header error. */
++  #ifdef __has_include
++    #if __has_include(<features.h>)
++      #include <features.h>
++    #endif
++  #else
++    /* If the compiler doesn't support __has_include, assume features.h exists on glibc. */
++    #include <features.h>
++  #endif
++  /* If <features.h> didn't define glibc's GNU extensions, assume musl. */
++  #ifndef __USE_GNU
++    #define __MUSL__
++  #endif
+ #endif
+ 
+ #include <stdlib.h>