diff --git a/archivers/rpm4/Makefile b/archivers/rpm4/Makefile
--- a/archivers/rpm4/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/rpm4/Makefile
@@ -11,13 +11,16 @@
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	gsed:textproc/gsed
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	gsed:textproc/gsed \
+		${LOCALBASE}/lib/libelf.so:devel/elfutils
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libpopt.so:devel/popt \
 		libnss3.so:security/nss \
 		libzstd.so:archivers/zstd \
-		libgcrypt.so:security/libgcrypt
+		libgcrypt.so:security/libgcrypt \
+		libelf.so:devel/elfutils
 RUN_DEPENDS=	bash:shells/bash \
-		gxargs:misc/findutils
+		gxargs:misc/findutils \
+		${LOCALBASE}/lib/libelf.so:devel/elfutils
 
 USES=		alias bdb sqlite cpe gmake iconv libarchive libtool \
 		lua pathfix pkgconfig shebangfix tar:bzip2
@@ -35,8 +38,7 @@
 		--sysconfdir=${PREFIX}/etc \
 		--localstatedir=/var \
 		--without-javaglue \
-		am_cv_python_version=${PYTHON_VER}${PYTHON_ABIVER} \
-		ac_cv_lib_elf_gelf_getvernaux=no  # otherwise fails to build in presence of devel/elfutils
+		am_cv_python_version=${PYTHON_VER}${PYTHON_ABIVER}
 CONFIGURE_ENV=	LUA_CFLAGS=-I${LUA_INCDIR} \
 		LUA_LIBS="-L${LUA_LIBDIR} -llua-${LUA_VER} -lm"
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
diff --git a/archivers/rpm4/files/patch-tools_elfdeps.c b/archivers/rpm4/files/patch-tools_elfdeps.c
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archivers/rpm4/files/patch-tools_elfdeps.c
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- tools/elfdeps.c.orig	2023-01-16 16:44:45.666870000 -0500
++++ tools/elfdeps.c	2023-01-16 16:44:57.548011000 -0500
+@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
+     if (ehdr->e_ident[EI_CLASS] == ELFCLASS64) {
+ 	switch (ehdr->e_machine) {
+ 	case EM_ALPHA:
+-	case EM_FAKE_ALPHA:
++	case EM_ALPHA_STD:
+ 	    /* alpha doesn't traditionally have 64bit markers */
+ 	    break;
+ 	default:
diff --git a/archivers/rpm4/pkg-plist b/archivers/rpm4/pkg-plist
--- a/archivers/rpm4/pkg-plist
+++ b/archivers/rpm4/pkg-plist
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
 lib/rpm/check-prereqs
 lib/rpm/check-rpaths
 lib/rpm/check-rpaths-worker
+lib/rpm/elfdeps
 lib/rpm/fileattrs/debuginfo.attr
 lib/rpm/fileattrs/desktop.attr
 lib/rpm/fileattrs/elf.attr