diff --git a/science/nwchem/Makefile b/science/nwchem/Makefile
index b1b6bbeea975..639b8987e8ac 100644
--- a/science/nwchem/Makefile
+++ b/science/nwchem/Makefile
@@ -1,103 +1,108 @@
 PORTNAME=	nwchem
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 DISTVERSION=	7.2.0
 PORTREVISION=	3
 DISTVERSIONSUFFIX=	-release
 CATEGORIES=	science
 MASTER_SITES=	https://www.chemie.uni-bonn.de/pctc/mulliken-center/software/dft-d3/:dftd3 \
 		https://web.archive.org/web/20210527062154if_/https://www.chemie.uni-bonn.de/pctc/mulliken-center/software/dft-d3/:dft3 \
 		https://gitlab.com/libxc/libxc/-/archive/${LIBXC_VERSION}/:libxc
 DISTFILES=	dftd3.tgz:dft3 \
 		libxc-${LIBXC_VERSION}.tar.gz:libxc
 DIST_SUBDIR=	${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
 EXTRACT_ONLY=	${DISTNAME}.tar.gz
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	High-performance computational chemistry software
 WWW=		https://nwchemgit.github.io/
 
 LICENSE=	ECL20
 LICENSE_NAME=	Educational Community License (ECL) 2.0
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/../LICENSE.TXT
 LICENSE_PERMS=	dist-mirror dist-sell pkg-mirror pkg-sell auto-accept
 
 BROKEN_aarch64=	fails to build: gfortran10: error: unrecognized command-line option '-m64'
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	bash:shells/bash
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libblas.so:math/blas \
 		libga.so:devel/ga \
 		libhwloc.so:devel/hwloc2
 RUN_DEPENDS=	nwchem-data>0:science/nwchem-data
 TEST_DEPENDS=	bash:shells/bash
 
-USES=		fortran gettext-runtime gmake perl5 pkgconfig
+USES=		fortran gettext-runtime perl5 pkgconfig # gmake is temporarily removed, see https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?65533
 USE_PERL5=	build
 
+# use gmake-4.3, see https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?65533
+BUILD_DEPENDS+=	gmake43>0:devel/gmake43
+CONFIGURE_ENV+=	MAKE=gmake
+MAKE_CMD=	gmake
+
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	nwchemgit
 
 MAKEFILE=	GNUmakefile
 ARCH_64BIT=	${ARCH:C/.*64.*/64/:S/${ARCH}//}
 MAKE_ENV=	NWCHEM_TOP=${WRKSRC}/.. NWCHEM_MODULES=all NWCHEM_LONG_PATHS=Y NWCHEM_TARGET=LINUX${ARCH_64BIT} USE_INTERNALBLAS=Y EXTERNAL_GA_PATH=${LOCALBASE} \
 		BLAS_SIZE=4 USE_64TO32=y
 
 SUB_FILES=	nwchemrc
 
 WRKSRC_SUBDIR=	src
 
 BINARY_ALIAS=	gcc=${CC} gfortran=gfortran${GCC_DEFAULT}
 BINARY_ALIAS+=	make=${GMAKE} # only for LIBXC
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/nwchem etc/nwchemrc
 
 LIBXC_VERSION=	6.1.0 # from src/libext/libxc/build_libxc.sh
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		LIBXC PYTHON # more potential optional dependencies are listed in src/libext/GNUmakefile
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	LIBXC PYTHON MPICH # the default should be the same as for the MPI option in math/scalapack and devel/ga
 OPTIONS_RADIO=		MPI
 OPTIONS_RADIO_MPI=	NOMPI MPICH OPENMPI
 
 NOMPI_DESC=		MPI isn't used
 NOMPI_BROKEN=		Fails to build without MPI
 
 MPICH_MAKE_ENV=		USE_MPI=Y
 MPICH_LIB_DEPENDS=	libmpich.so:net/mpich
 
 OPENMPI_MAKE_ENV=	USE_MPI=Y PATH=${LOCALBASE}/mpi/openmpi/bin:$${PATH} # mpif90 in path determines which MPI library to use, see https://www.nwchem-sw.org/index-php/Compiling_NWChem.html#MPI_variables
 OPENMPI_BUILD_DEPENDS=	openmpi>0:net/openmpi
 OPENMPI_RUN_DEPENDS=	openmpi>0:net/openmpi
 OPENMPI_VARS=		CONFLICTS_BUILD=mpich
 
 LIBXC_DESC=		Use libxc
 LIBXC_BUILD_DEPENDS=	cmake:devel/cmake-core
 LIBXC_MAKE_ENV=		USE_LIBXC=Y
 
 PYTHON_DESC=		Enable Python syntax in input files
 PYTHON_USES=		python
 PYTHON_MAKE_ENV=	PYTHONVERSION=${PYTHON_VER} NWCHEM_MODULES="all python"
 
 post-extract:
 	@${RM} ${WRKSRC}/atomscf/src.orig
 	# symlink the downloaded dftd3.tgz
 	@${LN} -s ${DISTDIR}/${DIST_SUBDIR}/dftd3.tgz ${WRKSRC}/nwpw/nwpwlib/nwpwxc/
 
 post-extract-LIBXC-on:
 	# symlink the downloaded libxc
 	@${LN} -s ${DISTDIR}/${DIST_SUBDIR}/libxc-${LIBXC_VERSION}.tar.gz ${WRKSRC}/libext/libxc/
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} 's|nwchrc="/etc/nwchemrc"|nwchrc="${PREFIX}/etc/nwchemrc"|' ${WRKSRC}/util/util_nwchemrc.F
 
 pre-build:
 	@cd ${WRKSRC} && \
 		${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} ${MAKE_CMD} nwchem_config && \
 		${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} ${MAKE_CMD} 64_to_32
 
 do-install:
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKDIR}/nwchemrc ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/nwchemrc
 	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/../bin/LINUX${ARCH_64BIT}/${PORTNAME} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/${PORTNAME}
 
 do-test:
 	@cd ${WRKSRC}/../QA && NWCHEM_TOP=${WRKSRC}/.. NWCHEM_TARGET=LINUX64 ./doqmtests.mpi
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>