diff --git a/devel/py-inotify-simple/Makefile b/devel/py-inotify-simple/Makefile
index c1ea5c6694c2..cb40b5be476a 100644
--- a/devel/py-inotify-simple/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-inotify-simple/Makefile
@@ -1,26 +1,31 @@
 PORTNAME=	inotify-simple
 PORTVERSION=	2.0.1
-PORTREVISION=	2
+PORTREVISION=	3
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME:S/-/_/}-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	grembo@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Simple wrapper around inotify
 WWW=		https://github.com/chrisjbillington/inotify_simple
 
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
-LIB_DEPENDS=	libinotify.so:devel/libinotify
-
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
+.include <bsd.port.options.mk>
+
+# Native inotify is in libc since FreeBSD 15 (OSVERSION 1500051); older releases need libinotify
+.if ${OPSYS} == FreeBSD && ${OSVERSION} < 1500051
+LIB_DEPENDS=	libinotify.so:devel/libinotify
+.endif
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-inotify-simple/files/patch-inotify__simple.py b/devel/py-inotify-simple/files/patch-inotify__simple.py
index 776f877be4d8..69cbd635abbf 100644
--- a/devel/py-inotify-simple/files/patch-inotify__simple.py
+++ b/devel/py-inotify-simple/files/patch-inotify__simple.py
@@ -1,25 +1,32 @@
 --- inotify_simple.py.orig	2025-08-25 06:27:48 UTC
 +++ inotify_simple.py
-@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from enum import IntEnum
+@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from select import poll
  from collections import namedtuple
  from struct import unpack_from, calcsize
  from select import poll
 +from select import POLLIN
  from time import sleep
  from ctypes import CDLL, get_errno, c_int
  from ctypes.util import find_library
-@@ -76,12 +77,12 @@ class INotify(FileIO):
+@@ -76,12 +77,19 @@ class INotify(FileIO):
                  object is garbage collected or when `~inotify_simple.INotify.close` is
                  called."""
              
 -        global _libc; _libc = _libc or CDLL(find_library('c'), use_errno=True)
-+        global _libc; _libc = _libc or CDLL(find_library('inotify'), use_errno=True)
++        global _libc
++        if _libc is None:
++            _uname = os.uname()
++            if _uname.sysname == 'FreeBSD' and \
++                    int(_uname.release.split('.')[0]) < 15:
++                _libc = CDLL(find_library('inotify'), use_errno=True)
++            else:
++                _libc = CDLL(find_library('c'), use_errno=True)
          flags = (not inheritable) * os.O_CLOEXEC | bool(nonblocking) * os.O_NONBLOCK
          fd = _libc_call(_libc.inotify_init1, flags)
          super().__init__(fd, mode='rb', closefd=closefd)
          self._poller = poll()
 -        self._poller.register(self.fileno())
 +        self._poller.register(self.fileno(), POLLIN)
  
      def add_watch(self, path, mask):
          """Wrapper around ``inotify_add_watch()``. Returns the watch