diff --git a/astro/mepo/Makefile b/astro/mepo/Makefile
index 425515f1342c..35066043f493 100644
--- a/astro/mepo/Makefile
+++ b/astro/mepo/Makefile
@@ -1,45 +1,46 @@
 PORTNAME=	mepo
 DISTVERSION=	1.1.1
 CATEGORIES=	astro geography wayland
 MASTER_SITES=	https://git.sr.ht/~mil/${PORTNAME}/archive/${DISTVERSIONFULL}${EXTRACT_SUFX}?dummy=/
 
 MAINTAINER=	jbeich@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Fast, simple, and hackable OSM map viewer
 WWW=		https://sr.ht/~mil/Mepo/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3+ OFL11
 LICENSE_COMB=	multi
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-BROKEN=		https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/12170
-
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	zig>=0.10.0:lang/zig
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libcurl.so:ftp/curl
 RUN_DEPENDS=	jq:textproc/jq
 
 USES=		pkgconfig sdl shebangfix
 USE_SDL=	gfx2 image2 ttf2
 SHEBANG_FILES=	scripts/*
 SHEBANG_LANG=	sh
 sh_CMD=		/bin/sh
 MAKE_ENV=	DESTDIR="${STAGEDIR}"
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--prefix "${PREFIX}" \
 		${WITH_DEBUG:D:U-Drelease-fast} \
 		-Dcpu=${CPUTYPE:Ubaseline} \
 		--verbose
 NO_INSTALL=	yes # strip(1) breaks runtime
 
+# https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/12170 (SDL2, curl)
+MAKE_ENV+=	PKG_CONFIG_SYSTEM_LIBRARY_PATH="${LOCALBASE}/lib"
+
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's,/usr,${LOCALBASE},' \
 		${WRKSRC}/scripts/mepo_ui_menu_user_pin_updater.sh
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's/pidof/pgrep/' \
 		-e 's/busctl/basuctl/' \
 		${WRKSRC}/scripts/mepo_ui_helper_menu.sh
 
 do-build:
 	@(cd ${WRKSRC} && ${MAKE_ENV} zig build ${CONFIGURE_ARGS})
 
 do-test:
 	@(cd ${WRKSRC} && ${TEST_ENV} zig build test ${CONFIGURE_ARGS})
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>