diff --git a/x11-fonts/ots/Makefile b/x11-fonts/ots/Makefile
index 01d6f376f24f..1ef563fba129 100644
--- a/x11-fonts/ots/Makefile
+++ b/x11-fonts/ots/Makefile
@@ -1,27 +1,26 @@
 PORTNAME=	ots
 PORTVERSION=	9.0.0
 CATEGORIES=	x11-fonts
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/khaledhosny/ots/releases/download/v${PORTVERSION}/
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	OpenType Sanitizer
 WWW=		https://github.com/khaledhosny/ots
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	meson>=0.55.2:devel/meson
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libbrotlidec.so:archivers/brotli \
 		libfreetype.so:print/freetype2 \
 		libgtest.so:devel/googletest \
 		liblz4.so:archivers/liblz4 \
 		libwoff2dec.so:devel/woff2
 
 USES=		compiler:c++11-lang meson pkgconfig tar:xz
 
-MESON_FALSE=	debug
-MESON_TRUE=	graphite
+MESON_ARGS=	--default-library=both -Ddebug=false -Dgraphite=true
 
 PLIST_SUB=	PORTVERSION=${PORTVERSION}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/x11-fonts/ots/files/patch-meson.build b/x11-fonts/ots/files/patch-meson.build
index 65cdb7306c40..a546c2b29cc3 100644
--- a/x11-fonts/ots/files/patch-meson.build
+++ b/x11-fonts/ots/files/patch-meson.build
@@ -1,27 +1,19 @@
 --- meson.build.orig	2021-03-07 06:36:19 UTC
 +++ meson.build
-@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
- project('ots', 'c', 'cpp',
-   version: '8.1.4',
--  default_options : ['cpp_std=c++11', 'default_library=static', 'warning_level=2'],
-+  default_options : ['cpp_std=c++11', 'default_library=both', 'warning_level=2'],
-   meson_version : '>= 0.55.2',
- )
- 
 @@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ libots = library('ots',
    include_directories: include_directories('include'),
    cpp_args : '-DHAVE_CONFIG_H',
    dependencies: ots_deps,
 +  version : meson.project_version(),
 +  install: true,
  )
  
  
 @@ -175,6 +177,7 @@ executable('ots-fuzzer',
    cpp_args: fuzzer_defines,
    link_with: libots,
    link_args: fuzzer_ldflags,
 +  install: true,
  )