diff --git a/devel/protobuf-c/Makefile b/devel/protobuf-c/Makefile
index ebe7444e276b..2fd1ca29ef29 100644
--- a/devel/protobuf-c/Makefile
+++ b/devel/protobuf-c/Makefile
@@ -1,40 +1,42 @@
 PORTNAME=	protobuf-c
 DISTVERSION=	1.5.1
-PORTREVISION=	2
+PORTREVISION=	3
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/protobuf-c/protobuf-c/releases/download/v${DISTVERSION}/
 
 MAINTAINER=	truckman@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Code generator and libraries to use Protocol Buffers from pure C
 WWW=		https://github.com/protobuf-c/protobuf-c
 
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libabsl_log_internal_check_op.so:devel/abseil \
 		libprotobuf.so:devel/protobuf
 
 USES=		compiler:c++17-lang gmake libtool pkgconfig
+USE_CXXSTD=	c++17
+USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
-USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
+CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--disable-static
 
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 TEST_TARGET=	check
-USE_CXXSTD=	c++17
-PORTDOCS=	*
 
-CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--disable-static
+HAS_SYMBOL_VERSION=	${PREFIX}/lib/libprotobuf-c.so.1.0.0
+
+PORTDOCS=	*
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOXYGEN DOCS
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	DOXYGEN
 
 DOXYGEN_IMPLIES=	DOCS
 DOXYGEN_BUILD_DEPENDS=	doxygen:devel/doxygen
 DOXYGEN_ALL_TARGET=	html-local
 
 post-install-DOXYGEN-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}/html
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/html/* ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}/html
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/protobuf-c/files/patch-configure b/devel/protobuf-c/files/patch-configure
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..00d4e0475605
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/protobuf-c/files/patch-configure
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- configure.orig	2025-02-02 04:07:13 UTC
++++ configure
+@@ -20282,6 +20283,7 @@ EOF
+       cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+ /* end confdefs.h.  */
+ 
++int sym;
+ int
+ main (void)
+ {