diff --git a/www/librespeed/Makefile b/www/librespeed/Makefile
index fbee48b3acc9..89d8975ac0d5 100644
--- a/www/librespeed/Makefile
+++ b/www/librespeed/Makefile
@@ -1,52 +1,55 @@
 PORTNAME=	librespeed
 DISTVERSION=	5.2.4
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	www net
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	${PHP_PKGNAMESUFFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	driesm.michiels@gmail.com
 COMMENT=	Lightweight selfhosted speedtest
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		php:flavors,web
 
+USE_PHP=	ctype json openssl pdo session
+
 USE_GITHUB=	YES
 GH_PROJECT=	speedtest
 
 NO_ARCH=	YES
 NO_BUILD=	YES
 SUB_FILES=	pkg-message
 
 PLIST_SUB=	LIBRESPEED_USERNAME=${WWWOWN}
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS EXAMPLES
 
 OPTIONS_RADIO=		BACKEND
 OPTIONS_RADIO_BACKEND=	MYSQL PGSQL SQLITE
 
-MYSQL_USE=	PHP=mysqli
+MYSQL_USE=	PHP=pdo_mysql
 PGSQL_USE=	PHP=pdo_pgsql
 SQLITE_USE=	PHP=pdo_sqlite
 
 do-install:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${WWWDIR}
 	${CP} -a ${WRKSRC}/*.js ${WRKSRC}/favicon.ico ${STAGEDIR}${WWWDIR}
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${WWWDIR}/backend
 	cd ${WRKSRC}/backend && ${COPYTREE_SHARE} . ${STAGEDIR}${WWWDIR}/backend
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${WWWDIR}/results
 	cd ${WRKSRC}/results && ${COPYTREE_SHARE} . ${STAGEDIR}${WWWDIR}/results
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/results/telemetry_settings.php \
 		${STAGEDIR}${WWWDIR}/results/telemetry_settings.php.sample
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/backend/getIP_ipInfo_apikey.php \
 		${STAGEDIR}${WWWDIR}/backend/getIP_ipInfo_apikey.php.sample
 
 post-install-DOCS-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/doc.md ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 
 post-install-EXAMPLES-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${EXAMPLESDIR}
 	${CP} -a ${WRKSRC}/*.html ${STAGEDIR}${EXAMPLESDIR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/www/librespeed/files/pkg-message.in b/www/librespeed/files/pkg-message.in
index c7f741ff23af..2f5c6db4e0ee 100644
--- a/www/librespeed/files/pkg-message.in
+++ b/www/librespeed/files/pkg-message.in
@@ -1,23 +1,24 @@
 [
 { type: install
   message: <<EOM
 You can mostly follow the guide on: https://fdossena.com/speedtest/qs_v5_ubuntu1904.webm
 For more advanced docs: https://github.com/librespeed/speedtest/blob/master/doc.md
 
 Copy your preferred example from %%PREFIX%%/share/examples/librespeed to %%PREFIX%%/www/librespeed/index.html.
-To use the backend feature, be sure to copy a -full example and rebuild the port with backend support.
+To use the backend (i.e. telemetry) feature, be sure to copy a -full example and rebuild
+the port with backend support.
 
 	cd %%PREFIX%%/share/examples/librespeed
 	cp -a example-singleServer-full.html %%PREFIX%%/www/librespeed/index.html
 
 The next step is to install and setup a web server with PHP to serve the content.
 EOM
 }
 { type: remove
   message: <<EOM
 If you are uninstalling librespeed permanently,
 and you do *NOT* want to retain the configured landing page and config files,
 you should manually remove %%WWWDIR%%.
 EOM
 }
 ]