diff --git a/devel/bstring/Makefile b/devel/bstring/Makefile
index 8a2e604562d3..4e66c5dee1e9 100644
--- a/devel/bstring/Makefile
+++ b/devel/bstring/Makefile
@@ -1,20 +1,25 @@
 PORTNAME=	bstring
 DISTVERSION=	1.0.1
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/msteinert/${PORTNAME}/releases/download/v${DISTVERSION}/
 
+PATCH_SITES=	https://github.com/msteinert/bstring/commit/
+PATCHFILES=	251cf825eaf66e04736921330c8e847ffe6d9ee0.patch:-p1
+
 MAINTAINER=	diizzy@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Improved string processing functionality for the C language
 WWW=		https://mike.steinert.ca/bstring/
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	checkmk:devel/check
 
 USES=		meson pkgconfig tar:xz
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 TEST_TARGET=	test
 
+MESON_ARGS=	-Denable-tests=true
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/bstring/distinfo b/devel/bstring/distinfo
index 337c5a4d1c3b..676dffe31fd5 100644
--- a/devel/bstring/distinfo
+++ b/devel/bstring/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1754582069
+TIMESTAMP = 1754605617
 SHA256 (bstring-1.0.1.tar.xz) = a86b6b30f4ad2496784cc7f53eb449c994178b516935384c6707f381b9fe6056
 SIZE (bstring-1.0.1.tar.xz) = 93096
+SHA256 (251cf825eaf66e04736921330c8e847ffe6d9ee0.patch) = 63ce0f815fe5622bf819aa02ec48567b1bf49e8191e8a85bc96b9e2c637460e8
+SIZE (251cf825eaf66e04736921330c8e847ffe6d9ee0.patch) = 767
diff --git a/devel/bstring/files/patch-bstring_meson.build b/devel/bstring/files/patch-bstring_meson.build
deleted file mode 100644
index d4dcc6ba3b00..000000000000
--- a/devel/bstring/files/patch-bstring_meson.build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- bstring/meson.build.orig	2025-08-07 18:53:46 UTC
-+++ bstring/meson.build
-@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ libbstring = library(
-     soversion: '1',
-     include_directories: bstring_inc,
-     install: true,
--    install_dir: get_option('libdir'),
- )
- 
- bstring_dep = declare_dependency(include_directories: bstring_inc, link_with: libbstring)