diff --git a/archivers/rpm4/Makefile b/archivers/rpm4/Makefile
index 39ce0a436121..45396fc574cc 100644
--- a/archivers/rpm4/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/rpm4/Makefile
@@ -1,78 +1,79 @@
 # Created by: Greg Lewis <glewis@FreeBSD.org>
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	rpm
 PORTVERSION=	4.13.1
 PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	archivers
 MASTER_SITES=	http://ftp.rpm.org/releases/rpm-${PORTVERSION:R}.x/
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	4
 
 MAINTAINER=	rodrigo@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Red Hat Package Manager
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libpopt.so:devel/popt \
 		libnss3.so:security/nss
 
 USES=		alias bdb gmake libarchive libtool lua:51 pathfix pkgconfig \
 		shebangfix tar:bzip2
 INVALID_BDB_VER=51
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 SHEBANG_FILES=	scripts/brp-python-bytecompile scripts/check-prereqs \
 		scripts/check-rpaths-worker scripts/pythondeps.sh \
 		scripts/mono-find-requires scripts/mono-find-provides \
 		scripts/pkgconfigdeps.sh scripts/fontconfig.prov \
 		scripts/rpmdb_loadcvt scripts/perl.prov scripts/perl.req  \
 		python/rpm/transaction.py
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--with-external-db \
 		--without-db \
 		--with-popt-prefix="${LOCALBASE}" \
 		--sysconfdir=${PREFIX}/etc \
 		--localstatedir=/var \
 		--without-javaglue \
-		am_cv_python_version=${PYTHON_VER}${PYTHON_ABIVER}
+		am_cv_python_version=${PYTHON_VER}${PYTHON_ABIVER} \
+		ac_cv_lib_elf_gelf_getvernaux=no  # otherwise fails to build in presence of devel/elfutils
 CONFIGURE_ENV=	LUA_CFLAGS=-I${LUA_INCDIR} \
 		LUA_LIBS="-L${LUA_LIBDIR} -llua-${LUA_VER} -lm"
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 
 CPPFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include \
 		-I${LOCALBASE}/include/nspr -I${LOCALBASE}/include/nss/nss \
 		-I${BDB_INCLUDE_DIR} -I${LUA_INCDIR}
 LDFLAGS+=	-L${LOCALBASE}/lib -L${LOCALBASE}/lib/nss \
 		-L${BDB_LIB_DIR} -L${LUA_LIBDIR}
 
 PLIST_SUB=	VERSION=${PORTVERSION} \
 		OPSYS=${OPSYS:tl}
 
 PORTDOCS=	*
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	PYTHON PLUGINS NLS DOCS
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=PYTHON
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
 
 PYTHON_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=python
 PYTHON_USES=		python
 
 NLS_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	nls
 NLS_USES=		gettext
 NLS_LIBS=		-lintl
 
 PLUGINS_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=plugins
 PLUGINS_LIB_DEPENDS=	libdbus-1.so:devel/dbus
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's:\.\./\.\./bin/::' ${WRKSRC}/Makefile.in
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's/(hpux)/& || defined(__FreeBSD__)/' \
 		${WRKSRC}/misc/fts.?
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's/ __GLIBC__.*/& || defined(__FreeBSD__)/' \
 		${WRKSRC}/system.h
 
 post-install-DOCS-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	cd ${WRKSRC}/doc && ${COPYTREE_SHARE} librpm/html ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>