diff --git a/games/wesnoth/Makefile b/games/wesnoth/Makefile
index bfbf570b119a..0c831f717705 100644
--- a/games/wesnoth/Makefile
+++ b/games/wesnoth/Makefile
@@ -1,93 +1,93 @@
 PORTNAME=	wesnoth
-PORTVERSION=	1.16.9
+PORTVERSION=	1.16.10
 PORTEPOCH=	1
 CATEGORIES=	games
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION:R}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION} \
 		http://files.wesnoth.org/ \
 		http://ports.toco-domains.de/
 
 MAINTAINER=	fluffy@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Fantasy turn-based strategy game
 WWW=		https://www.wesnoth.org/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2 GPLv3
 LICENSE_COMB=	dual
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libfreetype.so:print/freetype2 \
 		libvorbisfile.so:audio/libvorbis \
 		libboost_thread.so:devel/boost-libs \
 		libpng.so:graphics/png \
 		libfontconfig.so:x11-fonts/fontconfig \
 		libicudata.so:devel/icu \
 		libharfbuzz.so:print/harfbuzz
 
-LDFLAGS+=	-L${LOCALBASE}/lib -lboost_system
-
-PORTSCOUT=	limitw:1,even
-
-USES=		cmake compiler:c++17-lang cpe gnome pkgconfig \
+USES=		cmake compiler:c++17-lang cpe desktop-file-utils gnome pkgconfig \
 		python:run readline shebangfix ssl sdl tar:bzip2 xorg
 USE_SDL=	image2 mixer2 ttf2
-USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 USE_GNOME=	cairo pango
 USE_XORG=	ice sm x11 xext
+
+LDFLAGS+=	-L${LOCALBASE}/lib -lboost_system
+
+PORTSCOUT=	limitw:1,even
+
 SHEBANG_FILES=	data/tools/about_cfg_to_wiki \
 		data/tools/addon_manager/html.py \
 		data/tools/expand-terrain-macros.py \
 		data/tools/extractbindings data/tools/imgcheck \
 		data/tools/GUI.pyw \
 		data/tools/hexometer.py \
 		data/tools/steam-changelog \
 		data/tools/trackviewer.pyw \
 		data/tools/terrain2wiki.py \
 		data/tools/tmx_trackplacer \
 		data/tools/unit_tree/TeamColorizer \
 		data/tools/unit_tree/helpers.py \
 		data/tools/unit_tree/overview.py \
 		data/tools/unit_tree/update-wmlunits \
 		data/tools/wesnoth/campaignserver_client.py \
 		data/tools/wesnoth/trackplacer3/datatypes.py \
 		data/tools/wesnoth/version.py \
 		data/tools/wesnoth/wescamp.py data/tools/wesnoth/wmldata.py \
 		data/tools/wesnoth/wmlparser.py \
 		data/tools/wesnoth/wmlparser3.py \
 		data/tools/wesnoth_addon_manager data/tools/wmlflip \
 		data/tools/wmlindent data/tools/wmllint \
 		data/tools/wmllint-1.4 \
 		data/tools/wmlunits \
 		data/tools/wmlscope \
 		data/tools/wmlxgettext
 
 CPE_VENDOR=	${PORTNAME}
 CPE_PRODUCT=	battle_for_wesnoth
 CMAKE_ARGS=	-DMANDIR="man" -DENABLE_STRICT_COMPILATION=off
 
 PORTDOCS=	*
 PORTDATA=	*
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	CAMPAIGN DOCS FRIBIDI NLS \
 		NOTIFY SERVER TEST
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	CAMPAIGN FRIBIDI NOTIFY SERVER
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
 
 CAMPAIGN_DESC=	Campaign server
 CAMPAIGN_CMAKE_ON=-DENABLE_CAMPAIGN_SERVER=on
 DOCS_CMAKE_OFF=	-DDOCDIR=none
 FRIBIDI_DESC=	Bidirectional support
 FRIBIDI_LIB_DEPENDS=libfribidi.so:converters/fribidi
 FRIBIDI_CMAKE_OFF=-DENABLE_FRIBIDI=off
 NLS_USES=	gettext
 NLS_CMAKE_ON=	-DLOCALEDIR=${PREFIX}/share/locale
 NLS_CMAKE_OFF=	-DENABLE_NLS=off
 NOTIFY_DESC=	Desktop notifications
 NOTIFY_LIB_DEPENDS=libdbus-1.so:devel/dbus
 NOTIFY_CMAKE_OFF=-DENABLE_NOTIFICATIONS=off
 SERVER_DESC=	Server
 SERVER_CMAKE_OFF=-DENABLE_SERVER=off
 TEST_CMAKE_ON=	-DENABLE_TESTS=on
 
 post-install:
 	${FIND} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/man -type d -empty -delete
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/games/wesnoth/distinfo b/games/wesnoth/distinfo
index 59e9d0236ec7..14fe12a9e6b8 100644
--- a/games/wesnoth/distinfo
+++ b/games/wesnoth/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1681753961
-SHA256 (wesnoth-1.16.9.tar.bz2) = 3ded6938fb24100b9884ab5a902711f6c7a25cef65aafddb3e3b8a15b7652386
-SIZE (wesnoth-1.16.9.tar.bz2) = 476167874
+TIMESTAMP = 1695160694
+SHA256 (wesnoth-1.16.10.tar.bz2) = a60521b1ee1c2ddc7dfde89a038b893a4b43337085bd1478f4bc92dab7da7fc7
+SIZE (wesnoth-1.16.10.tar.bz2) = 476195873
diff --git a/games/wesnoth/files/patch-boost-1.83 b/games/wesnoth/files/patch-boost-1.83
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b3161206616e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games/wesnoth/files/patch-boost-1.83
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From 136e651d69fc91fa7a4154f8a4a7e977cc46eca4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Pentarctagon <pentarctagon@tutamail.com>
+Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 23:19:21 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] Compile fix for boost 1.83.
+
+Fixes #7849
+---
+ src/gettext.cpp | 4 ++++
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git src/gettext.cpp src/gettext.cpp
+index 9888dede35ad..fa9b17ba85b2 100644
+--- src/gettext.cpp
++++ src/gettext.cpp
+@@ -169,7 +169,11 @@ namespace
+ 			return msg;
+ 		}
+ 
++#if BOOST_VERSION < 108300
+ 		const char* get(int domain_id, const char* ctx, const char* sid, int n) const override
++#else
++		const char* get(int domain_id, const char* ctx, const char* sid, bl::count_type n) const override
++#endif
+ 		{
+ 			auto& base = get_base();
+ 			const char* msg = base.get(domain_id, ctx, sid, n);