diff --git a/x11/kanshi/Makefile b/x11/kanshi/Makefile
index c8bb79fc1915..19cfe2fa3974 100644
--- a/x11/kanshi/Makefile
+++ b/x11/kanshi/Makefile
@@ -1,36 +1,39 @@
 PORTNAME=	kanshi
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.8.0
+DISTVERSION=	1.9.0
 CATEGORIES=	x11 wayland
 MASTER_SITES=	https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/emersion/${PORTNAME}/-/releases/${DISTVERSIONFULL}/downloads/
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}-${DISTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	tagattie@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Dynamic display configuration for Wayland
 WWW=		https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/emersion/kanshi
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-LIB_DEPENDS=	libscfg.so:devel/libscfg \
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	wayland-scanner:graphics/wayland
+LIB_DEPENDS=	libjson-c.so:devel/json-c \
+		libscfg.so:devel/libscfg \
+		libvali.so:devel/vali \
 		libwayland-client.so:graphics/wayland
 
 USES=		compiler:c11 meson pkgconfig
 
-MESON_ARGS=	-Dipc=disabled # https://github.com/varlink/libvarlink/issues/53
-
-PLIST_FILES=	bin/${PORTNAME}
+PLIST_FILES=	bin/${PORTNAME} \
+		bin/${PORTNAME}ctl
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	MANPAGES
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=MANPAGES
 
 MANPAGES_BUILD_DEPENDS=	scdoc:textproc/scdoc
 MANPAGES_MESON_ENABLED=	man-pages
 MANPAGES_PLIST_FILES=	share/man/man1/${PORTNAME}.1.gz \
+			share/man/man1/${PORTNAME}ctl.1.gz \
 			share/man/man5/${PORTNAME}.5.gz
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|/etc|${PREFIX}&|' \
 		${WRKSRC}/doc/${PORTNAME}.5.scd
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/x11/kanshi/distinfo b/x11/kanshi/distinfo
index 8355d95a43bf..811dd5a940df 100644
--- a/x11/kanshi/distinfo
+++ b/x11/kanshi/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1755865621
-SHA256 (kanshi-1.8.0.tar.gz) = d82760e139cedc7d120f0f8446f1f39710009574faf393f78c224c316f3ad56c
-SIZE (kanshi-1.8.0.tar.gz) = 23620
+TIMESTAMP = 1770706180
+SHA256 (kanshi-1.9.0.tar.gz) = d5dfdaa7fe65d7105fc0ea4b0d7b7bf6a28b4d39c664e31722000bc9afa61108
+SIZE (kanshi-1.9.0.tar.gz) = 24202