diff --git a/x11/libxkbcommon/Makefile b/x11/libxkbcommon/Makefile
index 32f1662d4802..90377035b8ff 100644
--- a/x11/libxkbcommon/Makefile
+++ b/x11/libxkbcommon/Makefile
@@ -1,46 +1,47 @@
 PORTNAME=	libxkbcommon
 PORTVERSION=	1.8.1
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	x11
 
 MAINTAINER=	x11@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Keymap handling library for toolkits and window systems
 WWW=		https://xkbcommon.org/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	xkeyboard-config>0:x11/xkeyboard-config
 
 USES=		bison compiler:c11 cpe gnome meson pkgconfig python:test \
 		shebangfix
 USE_GNOME=	libxml2
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	xkbcommon
 GH_TAGNAME=	${GH_ACCOUNT}-${PORTVERSION}
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 MESON_ARGS=	-Denable-docs=false \
 		-Dx-locale-root="${PREFIX}/lib/X11/locale" \
 		${MESON_ARGS_${OPSYS}_${OSREL:R}}
 CPE_VENDOR=	xkbcommon
 SHEBANG_FILES=	test/xkeyboard-config-test.py.in \
 		test/*.py
 
 HAS_SYMBOL_VERSION=	${PREFIX}/lib/libxkbregistry.so.0.8.1
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	EVDEV WAYLAND X11
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=EVDEV WAYLAND X11
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
 
 EVDEV_DESC=		Interactive debugger for XKB keymaps for evdev
 EVDEV_BUILD_DEPENDS=	evdev-proto>0:devel/evdev-proto
 EVDEV_USES=		localbase
 
 WAYLAND_BUILD_DEPENDS=	wayland-protocols>=1.12:graphics/wayland-protocols
 WAYLAND_LIB_DEPENDS=	libwayland-client.so:graphics/wayland
 WAYLAND_MESON_TRUE=	enable-wayland
 
 X11_USES=	xorg
 X11_USE=	XORG=xcb
 X11_MESON_TRUE=	enable-x11
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/x11/libxkbcommon/files/patch-meson.build b/x11/libxkbcommon/files/patch-meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ac0c651dc44f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11/libxkbcommon/files/patch-meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- meson.build.orig	2025-03-11 23:24:11 UTC
++++ meson.build
+@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ have_version_script = cc.links(
+ meson_test_map = meson.current_source_dir() / 'test/meson_test.map'
+ have_version_script = cc.links(
+     'int main() { return 0; }',
+-    args: f'-Wl,--version-script=@meson_test_map@',
++    args: ['-shared', f'-Wl,--version-script=@meson_test_map@'],
+     name: '-Wl,--version-script',
+ )
+