diff --git a/science/openkim-models/Makefile b/science/openkim-models/Makefile
index 3446ec05ee16..35563970d860 100644
--- a/science/openkim-models/Makefile
+++ b/science/openkim-models/Makefile
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 PORTNAME=	openkim-models
 DISTVERSION=	2021-08-11
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	science
 MASTER_SITES=	https://s3.openkim.org/archives/collection/
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Open Knowledgebase of Interatomic Models
 WWW=		https://openkim.org/
 
 LICENSE=	CDDL
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	xxd:editors/vim
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libkim-api.so:science/kim-api
 
 USES=		cmake:noninja compiler:c++11-lang fortran tar:txz
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/science/openkim-models/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt b/science/openkim-models/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5fb51b233d0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/science/openkim-models/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Need to check **some** language in order to get sizeof(void *),
+otherwise the calls to find the kim-api package will fail with
+a message saying that 2.3.0 (64 bit) is unsupported.
+
+--- CMakeLists.txt.orig	2023-03-20 12:08:16 UTC
++++ CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -25,9 +25,10 @@
+ 
+ 
+ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
+-project(openkim-models LANGUAGES NONE)
++project(openkim-models LANGUAGES CXX C Fortran)
+ enable_testing()
+ 
++message(STATUS "VOID_P=${CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P}")
+ file(GLOB MD "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/model-drivers/*")
+ foreach(item ${MD})
+   add_subdirectory(${item})