diff --git a/sysutils/elephant/Makefile b/sysutils/elephant/Makefile
index 1c4c21894ba2..ebd602a9a4ae 100644
--- a/sysutils/elephant/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/elephant/Makefile
@@ -1,87 +1,91 @@
 PORTNAME=	elephant
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 DISTVERSION=	2.1.8
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTREVISION=	2
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 
 MAINTAINER=	tagattie@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Powerful data provider service and backend for application launchers
 WWW=		https://github.com/abenz1267/elephant
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 NOT_FOR_ARCHS=		aarch64 armv7 i386
 NOT_FOR_ARCHS_REASON=	-buildmode=plugin not supported on these architectures
 
 USES=		go:1.25,modules
 
 GO_MODULE=	github.com/abenz1267/elephant/v2
 GO_TARGET=	./cmd/elephant
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/${PORTNAME}
 PORTDOCS=	README.md
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		DOCS
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	${OPTIONS_GROUP_PROVIDERS}
 OPTIONS_GROUP=		PROVIDERS
 OPTIONS_GROUP_PROVIDERS=CALC CLIPBOARD DESKTOPAPPLICATIONS FILES MENUS \
 			PROVIDERLIST RUNNER SYMBOLS TODO UNICODE WEBSEARCH
 
 PROVIDERS_DESC=		Enabled providers
 CALC_DESC=		Perform calculation and unit-conversions
 CLIPBOARD_DESC=		Store clipboard history
 DESKTOPAPPLICATIONS_DESC=Run installed desktop applications
 FILES_DESC=		Find files/folders
 MENUS_DESC=		Create custom menus
 PROVIDERLIST_DESC=	Lists all providers and configured menus
 RUNNER_DESC=		Execute everything installed in your PATH
 SYMBOLS_DESC=		Search for emojis and symbols
 TODO_DESC=		Basic Todolist
 UNICODE_DESC=		Search for unicode symbols
 WEBSEARCH_DESC=		Search web with custom defined search engines
 
 CALC_RUN_DEPENDS=	qalc:math/libqalculate \
 			wl-copy:x11/wl-clipboard
 CALC_PLIST_FILES=	etc/xdg/elephant/providers/calc.so
 CLIPBOARD_RUN_DEPENDS=	wl-copy:x11/wl-clipboard
 CLIPBOARD_PLIST_FILES=	etc/xdg/elephant/providers/clipboard.so
 DESKTOPAPPLICATIONS_PLIST_FILES=etc/xdg/elephant/providers/desktopapplications.so
 FILES_RUN_DEPENDS=	fd:sysutils/fd
 FILES_PLIST_FILES=	etc/xdg/elephant/providers/files.so
 MENUS_PLIST_FILES=	etc/xdg/elephant/providers/menus.so
 PROVIDERLIST_PLIST_FILES=etc/xdg/elephant/providers/providerlist.so
 RUNNER_PLIST_FILES=	etc/xdg/elephant/providers/runner.so
 SYMBOLS_RUN_DEPENDS=	wl-copy:x11/wl-clipboard
 SYMBOLS_PLIST_FILES=	etc/xdg/elephant/providers/symbols.so
 TODO_RUN_DEPENDS=	notify-send:devel/libnotify
 TODO_PLIST_FILES=	etc/xdg/elephant/providers/todo.so
 UNICODE_RUN_DEPENDS=	wl-copy:x11/wl-clipboard
 UNICODE_PLIST_FILES=	etc/xdg/elephant/providers/unicode.so
 WEBSEARCH_PLIST_FILES=	etc/xdg/elephant/providers/websearch.so
 
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
 
 ENABLED_PROVIDERS=	${SELECTED_OPTIONS:NDOCS:tl}
 
+post-patch:
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|%%LOCALBASE%%|${LOCALBASE}|' \
+		${GO_WRKSRC}/vendor/github.com/adrg/xdg/paths_unix.go
+
 post-build:
 .for provider in ${ENABLED_PROVIDERS}
 	@${ECHO_MSG} "===>  Building ${provider} from ./internal/providers/${provider}"
 	@cd ${GO_WRKSRC} && \
 	${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} ${GO_ENV} \
 		GOMAXPROCS=${MAKE_JOBS_NUMBER} GOPROXY=off \
 		${GO_CMD} build ${GO_BUILDFLAGS:C/-buildmode=.*//} -buildmode=plugin \
 			-o ${GO_WRKDIR_BIN}/${provider}.so \
 			./internal/providers/${provider}
 .endfor
 
 post-install:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/xdg/elephant/providers
 	${INSTALL_LIB} ${GO_WRKDIR_BIN}/*.so \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/xdg/elephant/providers
 
 post-install-DOCS-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	${INSTALL_MAN} ${PORTDOCS:S|^|${WRKSRC}/|} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/sysutils/elephant/files/patch-vendor_github.com_adrg_xdg_paths__unix.go b/sysutils/elephant/files/patch-vendor_github.com_adrg_xdg_paths__unix.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bee2e9cd1b8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysutils/elephant/files/patch-vendor_github.com_adrg_xdg_paths__unix.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- vendor/github.com/adrg/xdg/paths_unix.go.orig	2025-10-15 14:39:48 UTC
++++ vendor/github.com/adrg/xdg/paths_unix.go
+@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func initBaseDirs(home string) {
+ 	baseDirs.dataHome = pathutil.EnvPath(envDataHome, filepath.Join(home, ".local", "share"))
+ 	baseDirs.data = pathutil.EnvPathList(envDataDirs, "/usr/local/share", "/usr/share")
+ 	baseDirs.configHome = pathutil.EnvPath(envConfigHome, filepath.Join(home, ".config"))
+-	baseDirs.config = pathutil.EnvPathList(envConfigDirs, "/etc/xdg")
++	baseDirs.config = pathutil.EnvPathList(envConfigDirs, "%%LOCALBASE%%/etc/xdg", "/etc/xdg")
+ 	baseDirs.stateHome = pathutil.EnvPath(envStateHome, filepath.Join(home, ".local", "state"))
+ 	baseDirs.cacheHome = pathutil.EnvPath(envCacheHome, filepath.Join(home, ".cache"))
+ 	baseDirs.runtime = pathutil.EnvPath(envRuntimeDir, filepath.Join("/run/user", strconv.Itoa(os.Getuid())))