diff --git a/multimedia/musikcube/Makefile b/multimedia/musikcube/Makefile
index a2cba8a2b404..972802b10e6e 100644
--- a/multimedia/musikcube/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/musikcube/Makefile
@@ -1,42 +1,44 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	musikcube
 DISTVERSION=	0.96.6
 CATEGORIES=	multimedia audio
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Terminal-based music player, audio engine, metadata indexer, server
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libavcodec.so:multimedia/ffmpeg \
 		libboost_system.so:devel/boost-libs \
 		libcurl.so:ftp/curl \
 		libev.so:devel/libev \
 		libfaad.so:audio/faad \
 		libFLAC.so:audio/flac \
 		libmicrohttpd.so:www/libmicrohttpd \
 		libmp3lame.so:audio/lame \
 		libogg.so:audio/libogg \
 		libsndio.so:audio/sndio \
 		libtag.so:audio/taglib \
 		libvorbis.so:audio/libvorbis
 
 USES=		cmake:noninja compiler:c++14-lang pkgconfig ssl
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	clangen
 
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
 
 .if ${OPSYS} == "FreeBSD" && ${OSVERSION} >= 1300079
 USES+=		ncurses
 CMAKE_ARGS=	-DNCURSES_DISABLE_LIB_SUFFIXES=false
+CMAKE_ON=	FREEBSD_USE_BASE_NCURSES
 .else
 USES+=		ncurses:port
 CFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include/ncurses
 CMAKE_ARGS=	-DNCURSES_DISABLE_LIB_SUFFIXES=true
+CMAKE_OFF=	FREEBSD_USE_BASE_NCURSES
 .endif
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/multimedia/musikcube/files/patch-src_musikcube_CMakeLists.txt b/multimedia/musikcube/files/patch-src_musikcube_CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..db22da097189
--- /dev/null
+++ b/multimedia/musikcube/files/patch-src_musikcube_CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+--- src/musikcube/CMakeLists.txt.orig	2021-04-21 04:51:30 UTC
++++ src/musikcube/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -103,10 +103,18 @@ if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Darwin")
+ else()
+     find_package(PkgConfig)
+     if (${NCURSES_DISABLE_LIB_SUFFIXES} MATCHES "true")
+-      pkg_check_modules(NCURSES REQUIRED ncurses panel)
++      if (FREEBSD_USE_BASE_NCURSES)
++        set(NCURSES_LIBRARIES ncurses panel)
++      else()
++        pkg_check_modules(NCURSES REQUIRED ncurses panel)
++      endif()
+       message(STATUS "[ncurses] using library names without 'w' prefix")
+     else()
+-      pkg_check_modules(NCURSES REQUIRED ncursesw panelw)
++      if (FREEBSD_USE_BASE_NCURSES)
++        set(NCURSES_LIBRARIES ncursesw panelw)
++      else()
++        pkg_check_modules(NCURSES REQUIRED ncursesw panelw)
++      endif()
+       message(STATUS "[ncurses] using library names with 'w' prefix")
+     endif()
+     target_link_libraries(musikcube ${musikcube_LINK_LIBS} ${NCURSES_LIBRARIES} musikcore)