diff --git a/audio/exaile/Makefile b/audio/exaile/Makefile
index 1105ac8730b3..c6a08dd32335 100644
--- a/audio/exaile/Makefile
+++ b/audio/exaile/Makefile
@@ -1,40 +1,41 @@
 PORTNAME=	exaile
 DISTVERSION=	4.2.1
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	audio
 
 MAINTAINER=	rm@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Full featured python-based music player for GTK
 WWW=		https://exaile.org/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 # berkeleydb now only needed for upgrade from previous versions; remove in next update
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}berkeleydb>0:databases/py-berkeleydb@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sqlite3>0:databases/py-sqlite3@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}dbus>0:devel/py-dbus@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}gstreamer1>0:multimedia/py-gstreamer1@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}mutagen>0:audio/py-mutagen@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		desktop-file-utils gmake gnome gstreamer python
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 USE_GNOME=	gtk30 librsvg2 pygobject3
 USE_GSTREAMER=	faad good
 
 MAKE_ENV=	EPREFIX=${PREFIX} \
 		PYTHON3_CMD=${PYTHON_CMD} \
 		XDGCONFDIR=${PREFIX}/etc/xdg
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS NLS UDISKS2
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
 
 UDISKS2_DESC=	UDISKS2 implementation for hardware detection
 
 NLS_BUILD_DEPENDS=	help2man:misc/help2man
 NLS_USES=		gettext
 NLS_INSTALL_TARGET_OFF=	install_no_locale
 UDISKS2_RUN_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}bin/bsdisks:sysutils/bsdisks
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/audio/exaile/files/patch-xl_player_gst_sink.py b/audio/exaile/files/patch-xl_player_gst_sink.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a987594b73d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/audio/exaile/files/patch-xl_player_gst_sink.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+https://github.com/exaile/exaile/issues/999
+
+--- xl/player/gst/sink.py.orig	2025-12-08 18:00:20 UTC
++++ xl/player/gst/sink.py
+@@ -83,7 +83,10 @@ def __filter_presets():
+ def __filter_presets():
+     for name, preset in list(SINK_PRESETS.items()):
+         pipe = preset.get('pipe')
+-        if pipe and not Gst.ElementFactory.make(pipe):
++        try:
++            if pipe and not Gst.ElementFactory.make(pipe):
++                del SINK_PRESETS[name]
++        except Exception:
+             del SINK_PRESETS[name]
+ 
+