diff --git a/misc/llama-cpp/Makefile b/misc/llama-cpp/Makefile
index 6736e78555b2..59cdf9831dfc 100644
--- a/misc/llama-cpp/Makefile
+++ b/misc/llama-cpp/Makefile
@@ -1,50 +1,55 @@
 PORTNAME=	llama-cpp
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	b
-DISTVERSION=	4381
+DISTVERSION=	4404
 CATEGORIES=	misc # machine-learning
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Facebook's LLaMA model in C/C++ # '
 WWW=		https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BROKEN_armv7=	clang crashes, see https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=278810
 BROKEN_i386=	compilation fails, see https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/issues/9545
 
 USES=		cmake:testing compiler:c++11-lang python:run shebangfix
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	ggerganov
 GH_PROJECT=	llama.cpp
 GH_TUPLE=	nomic-ai:kompute:4565194:kompute/kompute
 
 SHEBANG_GLOB=	*.py
 
 CMAKE_ON=	BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
 CMAKE_OFF=	LLAMA_BUILD_TESTS
 CMAKE_TESTING_ON=	LLAMA_BUILD_TESTS
 
-OPTIONS_DEFINE=		EXAMPLES VULKAN
-OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	VULKAN
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=		CURL EXAMPLES VULKAN
+OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	CURL VULKAN
 OPTIONS_SUB=		yes
 
+CURL_DESCR=		Use libcurl to download model from an URL
+CURL_CMAKE_BOOL=	LLAMA_CURL
+CURL_USES=		localbase
+CURL_LIB_DEPENDS=	libcurl.so:ftp/curl
+
 EXAMPLES_CMAKE_BOOL=	LLAMA_BUILD_EXAMPLES
 
 VULKAN_DESC=		Vulkan GPU offload support
 VULKAN_CMAKE_BOOL=	GGML_VULKAN
 VULKAN_BUILD_DEPENDS=	glslc:graphics/shaderc \
 			vulkan-headers>0:graphics/vulkan-headers
 VULKAN_LIB_DEPENDS=	libvulkan.so:graphics/vulkan-loader
 
 BINARY_ALIAS=	git=false
 
 do-test-ci: # build of tests fails, see https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/issues/10955
 	@cd ${WRKSRC} && \
 		${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} bash ci/run.sh ./tmp/results ./tmp/mnt
 
-# tests as of 4381: 97% tests passed, 1 tests failed out of 31
+# tests as of 4404: 97% tests passed, 1 tests failed out of 31, see https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/issues/11036
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/misc/llama-cpp/distinfo b/misc/llama-cpp/distinfo
index d9f5b907abca..d85a10abe4e6 100644
--- a/misc/llama-cpp/distinfo
+++ b/misc/llama-cpp/distinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1734927684
-SHA256 (ggerganov-llama.cpp-b4381_GH0.tar.gz) = 9fba75d7add548cd772c8edbccd00c11143e3f2b26155e12f33348a6ad8e695d
-SIZE (ggerganov-llama.cpp-b4381_GH0.tar.gz) = 20594961
+TIMESTAMP = 1735768835
+SHA256 (ggerganov-llama.cpp-b4404_GH0.tar.gz) = ec16aa08daa58f804190e446bd010a941057391d66e5627d067f1fc3cc3f87ff
+SIZE (ggerganov-llama.cpp-b4404_GH0.tar.gz) = 20604345
 SHA256 (nomic-ai-kompute-4565194_GH0.tar.gz) = 95b52d2f0514c5201c7838348a9c3c9e60902ea3c6c9aa862193a212150b2bfc
 SIZE (nomic-ai-kompute-4565194_GH0.tar.gz) = 13540496