diff --git a/databases/proxysql/Makefile b/databases/proxysql/Makefile
index c67986117e8e..f2ee6bdfe1ec 100644
--- a/databases/proxysql/Makefile
+++ b/databases/proxysql/Makefile
@@ -1,78 +1,80 @@
 PORTNAME=	proxysql
-PORTVERSION=	2.6.2
+PORTVERSION=	2.6.3
 CATEGORIES=	databases
 
 MAINTAINER=	zi@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	High performance, high availability, protocol-aware proxy for MySQL
 WWW=		https://www.proxysql.com/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
+BROKEN_i386=	configure: error: Unsupported pointer size: 0
+
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	aclocal:devel/automake \
 		autoreconf:devel/autoconf \
 		bash:shells/bash \
 		cmake:devel/cmake-core \
 		${LOCALBASE}/bin/grep:textproc/gnugrep \
 		libgcrypt>0:security/libgcrypt \
 		libtoolize:devel/libtool \
 		e2fsprogs-libuuid>0:misc/e2fsprogs-libuuid \
 		gnutls>0:security/gnutls
 RUN_DEPENDS=	libgcrypt>0:security/libgcrypt \
 		e2fsprogs-libuuid>0:misc/e2fsprogs-libuuid \
 		gnutls>0:security/gnutls
 
 USES=		compiler:c++11-lang gmake libtool perl5 python:build shebangfix
 USE_PERL5=	build
 USE_GCC=	yes
 MAKE_ENV=	GIT_VERSION=${PORTVERSION}
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 ALL_TARGET=	build_deps default
 SHEBANG_FILES=	deps/libssl/verify-bio_st-match.sh
 LDFLAGS+=	-L${LOCALBASE}/lib
 BINARY_ALIAS=	python3=${PYTHON_CMD}
 USE_RC_SUBR=	${PORTNAME}
 
 USERS=		${PORTNAME}
 GROUPS=		${PORTNAME}
 
 GH_ACCOUNT=	sysown
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's,/etc/,${ETCDIR}/,g' ${WRKSRC}/lib/ProxySQL_GloVars.cpp
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} \
 		-e 's|strftime(__buffer, 25, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", __tm_info);|snprintf(__buffer, 3, "%s", "");|g' \
 		-e 's,"%s \[,"%s\[,g' \
 		-e '/__timer/d' \
 		-e '/__tm_info/d' \
 		${WRKSRC}/include/proxysql_debug.h
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} \
 		-e 's,/var/lib,/var/db,g' \
 		-e '7s/^/errorlog="\/var\/log\/proxysql\/proxysql-error.log"\n\n/g' \
 		-e '7s/^/pid="\/var\/run\/${PORTNAME}\/${PORTNAME}.pid"\n/g' \
 		${WRKSRC}/src/proxysql.cfg
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} \
 		-e 's,grep,${LOCALBASE}/bin/grep,g' \
 		-e 's,ln -fsT,ln -fs,' \
 		-e 's,PROXYSQLCLICKHOUSE=1 ,,g' \
 		-e 's,--enable-fastopen=false ,--enable-fastopen=false --enable-shared=no ,g' \
 		${WRKSRC}/Makefile ${WRKSRC}/deps/Makefile \
 		${WRKSRC}/lib/Makefile ${WRKSRC}/src/Makefile
 
 do-install:
 	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/src/proxysql ${STAGEDIR}${LOCALBASE}/sbin
 
 post-install:
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR} ${STAGEDIR}/var/db/${PORTNAME} \
 		${STAGEDIR}/var/run/${PORTNAME} \
 		${STAGEDIR}${LOCALBASE}/etc/syslog.d \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/newsyslog.conf.d \
 		${STAGEDIR}/var/log/${PORTNAME}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${FILESDIR}/${PORTNAME}.conf \
 		${STAGEDIR}${LOCALBASE}/etc/syslog.d
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${FILESDIR}/proxysql.conf-newsyslog \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/newsyslog.conf.d/proxysql.conf.sample
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/src/proxysql.cfg \
 		${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}/proxysql.cfg.sample
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/databases/proxysql/distinfo b/databases/proxysql/distinfo
index 835f10ae1ca2..70ace8cf6e3b 100644
--- a/databases/proxysql/distinfo
+++ b/databases/proxysql/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1712301882
-SHA256 (sysown-proxysql-2.6.2_GH0.tar.gz) = dc0bd1cf9261ba8277a94da4db9a5fe4d628d1b21c201424c783f715d0d394db
-SIZE (sysown-proxysql-2.6.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 50030275
+TIMESTAMP = 1716221079
+SHA256 (sysown-proxysql-2.6.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 5f7e19b264f844f765e2cab6f04f51c1f53d600c82da1ec8e45bca2f472d1e55
+SIZE (sysown-proxysql-2.6.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 50064205
diff --git a/databases/proxysql/files/patch-deps_sqlite3_sqlite3__pass__exts.patch b/databases/proxysql/files/patch-deps_sqlite3_sqlite3__pass__exts.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6fd69e2b56a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/databases/proxysql/files/patch-deps_sqlite3_sqlite3__pass__exts.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- deps/sqlite3/sqlite3_pass_exts.patch.orig	2024-06-03 21:25:24 UTC
++++ deps/sqlite3/sqlite3_pass_exts.patch
+@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
+ +////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+ +
+ +// ctype.h
+-+extern int toupper (int __c) __THROW;
+++extern int toupper (int __c);
+ +
+ +// SHA256_crypt
+ +char * sha256_crypt_r (const char *key, const char *salt, char *buffer, int buflen);
diff --git a/databases/proxysql/files/patch-lib_ProxySQL__Admin.cpp b/databases/proxysql/files/patch-lib_ProxySQL__Admin.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..deeac65cb508
--- /dev/null
+++ b/databases/proxysql/files/patch-lib_ProxySQL__Admin.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- lib/ProxySQL_Admin.cpp.orig	2024-04-05 16:24:43 UTC
++++ lib/ProxySQL_Admin.cpp
+@@ -9507,7 +9507,7 @@ void ProxySQL_Admin::p_update_metrics() {
+  * @return On success, the number of currently opened file descriptors, '-1' otherwise.
+  */
+ int32_t get_open_fds() {
+-	DIR* dir = opendir("/proc/self/fd");
++	DIR* dir = opendir("/dev/fd");
+ 	if (dir == NULL) {
+ 		proxy_error("'opendir()' failed with error: '%d'\n", errno);
+ 		return -1;
diff --git a/databases/proxysql/pkg-message b/databases/proxysql/pkg-message
index f8af81593652..d7fdd1560919 100644
--- a/databases/proxysql/pkg-message
+++ b/databases/proxysql/pkg-message
@@ -1,9 +1,19 @@
 [
 { type: install
   message: <<EOM
+proxysql requires fdescfs mounted.
+
+If you have not yet enabled it, please do the following:
+
+        mount -t fdescfs fdesc /dev/fd
+
+To make this change persist through reboots, you must edit /etc/fstab:
+
+        fdesc   /dev/fd         fdescfs         rw      0       0
+
 In order for logging to function, you must restart syslogd:
 
 # service syslogd restart
 EOM
 }
 ]