diff --git a/science/pcmsolver/Makefile b/science/pcmsolver/Makefile
index 19e628cf6195..85d7c21fc9c9 100644
--- a/science/pcmsolver/Makefile
+++ b/science/pcmsolver/Makefile
@@ -1,30 +1,33 @@
 PORTNAME=	pcmsolver
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 DISTVERSION=	1.3.0
 CATEGORIES=	science
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	API for the Polarizable Continuum Model
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-USES=		cmake:noninja compiler:c11 fortran python
+USES=		cmake compiler:c11 fortran python
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	PCMSolver
 
+BINARY_ALIAS=	git=true # see https://github.com/PCMSolver/pcmsolver/issues/198
+
 do-configure: # full CMAKE_ARGS breaks configure: -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" causes configure to fail to find fortran's libraries
 	@${MKDIR} ${CONFIGURE_WRKSRC}
 	@cd ${CONFIGURE_WRKSRC} && \
 		${SETENV} ${CONFIGURE_ENV} ${CMAKE_BIN} \
 			-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING="Release" \
 			-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE:STRING="${CFLAGS}" \
 			-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE:STRING="${CXXFLAGS}" \
 			-DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS:STRING="${LOCALBASE}/lib/gcc${GCC_DEFAULT}/libgcc_s.so" \
 			-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER:STRING="${CC}" \
 			-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER:STRING="${CXX}" \
+			-DPYTHON_INTERPRETER:STRING="${PYTHON_CMD}" \
 			${CMAKE_SOURCE_PATH}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>