diff --git a/textproc/jq/Makefile b/textproc/jq/Makefile
--- a/textproc/jq/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/jq/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PORTNAME=	jq
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	${PORTNAME}-
 DISTVERSION=	1.7
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTREVISION=	2
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
@@ -39,4 +39,9 @@
 ONIGURUMA_LIB_DEPENDS=		libonig.so:devel/oniguruma
 ONIGURUMA_CONFIGURE_WITH=	oniguruma=${LOCALBASE}
 
+post-patch:
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -E \
+		-e 's|generate_ver = ver=".+|generate_ver = ver="\\#define JQ_VERSION \\"${DISTVERSION}\\""|' \
+		${WRKSRC}/Makefile.am
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>