diff --git a/devel/py-pytest-mpl/Makefile b/devel/py-pytest-mpl/Makefile
index 8e18c7ace232..9cb37d10c505 100644
--- a/devel/py-pytest-mpl/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-pytest-mpl/Makefile
@@ -1,28 +1,29 @@
 PORTNAME=	pytest-mpl
 DISTVERSION=	0.19.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME:S/-/_/}-${DISTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Pytest plugin to facilitate image comparison for Matplotlib figures
 WWW=		https://github.com/matplotlib/pytest-mpl
 
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools-scm>0:devel/py-setuptools-scm@${PY_FLAVOR}
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools-scm>0:devel/py-setuptools-scm@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}Jinja2>0:devel/py-Jinja2@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}matplotlib>0:math/py-matplotlib@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}packaging>0:devel/py-packaging@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pillow>0:graphics/py-pillow@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest>0:devel/py-pytest@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist pytest
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-pytest-mpl/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/devel/py-pytest-mpl/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0e7ff6e0062f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-pytest-mpl/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2026-03-25 10:00:28 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ requires = [
+ [build-system]
+ requires = [
+-    "setuptools>=80",
++    "setuptools",
+     "setuptools-scm[simple]>=8",
+ ]
+ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ authors = [
+ name = "pytest-mpl"
+ authors = [
+     { name = "Thomas Robitaille", email = "thomas.robitaille@gmail.com" },
+-]
+-license = "BSD-2-Clause"
+-license-files = [
+-    "LICENSE",
+ ]
+ classifiers = [
+     "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",