diff --git a/x11-toolkits/hyprtoolkit/Makefile b/x11-toolkits/hyprtoolkit/Makefile
index 18e60c861c46..fb7a75e3a8d0 100644
--- a/x11-toolkits/hyprtoolkit/Makefile
+++ b/x11-toolkits/hyprtoolkit/Makefile
@@ -1,47 +1,49 @@
 PORTNAME=	hyprtoolkit
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	0.4.1
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	0.5.1
 CATEGORIES=	x11-toolkits
 
 MAINTAINER=	tagattie@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Modern C++ Wayland-native GUI toolkit
 WWW=		https://github.com/hyprwm/hyprtoolkit
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	googletest>0:devel/googletest \
 		hyprwayland-scanner>=0.4.0:devel/hyprwayland-scanner \
 		wayland-protocols>0:graphics/wayland-protocols
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libhyprlang.so:devel/hyprlang \
 		libhyprutils.so:devel/hyprutils \
 		libiniparser.so:devel/iniparser \
-		libinotify.so:devel/libinotify \
 		libhyprgraphics.so:graphics/hyprgraphics \
 		libdrm.so:graphics/libdrm \
 		libwayland-client.so:graphics/wayland \
 		libxkbcommon.so:x11/libxkbcommon \
 		libaquamarine.so:x11-toolkits/aquamarine
 
 USES=		cmake:testing compiler:c++20-lang gl gnome pkgconfig xorg
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	hyprwm
 
 USE_GL=		egl gbm opengl
 USE_GNOME=	cairo pango
 USE_XORG=	pixman
 
 LDFLAGS+=	-pthread
 
 PLIST_SUB=	SOVERSION_FULL=${DISTVERSION} \
-		SOVERSION_MAJOR=4
+		SOVERSION_MAJOR=5
 
 # XXX Drop after FreeBSD 13.5 EOL around 2026-04-30
 # https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=af93fea71038
 .if !exists(/usr/include/sys/timerfd.h)
 LIB_DEPENDS+=	libepoll-shim.so:devel/libepoll-shim
 .endif
 
+.if !exists(/usr/include/sys/inotify.h)
+LIB_DEPENDS+=	libinotify.so:devel/libinotify
+.endif
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/x11-toolkits/hyprtoolkit/distinfo b/x11-toolkits/hyprtoolkit/distinfo
index eb6f974478b9..8278b58aeb50 100644
--- a/x11-toolkits/hyprtoolkit/distinfo
+++ b/x11-toolkits/hyprtoolkit/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1765269628
-SHA256 (hyprwm-hyprtoolkit-v0.4.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 4728566eaafcfb5cf14022642b5ae0e8dd8a38cba902e4b37857f6e5d86a5b19
-SIZE (hyprwm-hyprtoolkit-v0.4.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 566806
+TIMESTAMP = 1767508603
+SHA256 (hyprwm-hyprtoolkit-v0.5.1_GH0.tar.gz) = f9f481dc18ec1d293dbd4e508e784c3781d067972b053bf4db0a12cf506ca31d
+SIZE (hyprwm-hyprtoolkit-v0.5.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 571990
diff --git a/x11-toolkits/hyprtoolkit/files/patch-src_core_Backend.cpp b/x11-toolkits/hyprtoolkit/files/patch-src_core_Backend.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..507974400deb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11-toolkits/hyprtoolkit/files/patch-src_core_Backend.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+--- src/core/Backend.cpp.orig	2026-01-04 07:23:45 UTC
++++ src/core/Backend.cpp
+@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
+ #include <print>
+ #include <unistd.h>
+ 
++#if defined(__FreeBSD__)
++#include <pthread_np.h>
++#endif
++
+ using namespace Hyprtoolkit;
+ using namespace Hyprutils::Memory;
+ 
+@@ -416,7 +420,12 @@ void CBackend::enterLoop() {
+ 
+     m_sLoopState.event = true; // let it process once
+ 
+-    m_sLoopState.eventLoopThreadID = gettid();
++    m_sLoopState.eventLoopThreadID =
++#if defined(__linux__)
++        gettid();
++#elif defined(__FreeBSD__)
++        pthread_getthreadid_np();
++#endif
+ 
+     while (!m_terminate) {
+         std::unique_lock lk(m_sLoopState.eventRequestMutex);