diff --git a/science/votca/Makefile b/science/votca/Makefile
index 0a05b64299e6..6c8ad2ba96bc 100644
--- a/science/votca/Makefile
+++ b/science/votca/Makefile
@@ -1,65 +1,65 @@
 PORTNAME=	votca
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 DISTVERSION=	2022
 PORTREVISION=	2
 CATEGORIES=	science
 
 PATCH_SITES=	https://github.com/${GH_ACCOUNT}/${PORTNAME}/commit/
 PATCHFILES=	078c6814797749cd1b92a2b19f0302265ccf6463.patch:-p1 # fix testsuite build
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	CSG and XTP: libraries for atomistic simulations
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 
 BROKEN_i386=	undefined reference to `__atomic_load'
 
 PY_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}h5py>0:science/py-h5py@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}lxml>0:devel/py-lxml@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		rdkit>0:science/rdkit
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	bash:shells/bash \
 		lmp:science/lammps \
 		${PY_DEPENDS}
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libboost_program_options.so:devel/boost-libs \
 		libecpint.so:science/libecpint \
 		libexpat.so:textproc/expat2 \
 		libfftw3.so:math/fftw3 \
 		libgromacs_d.so:science/gromacs \
 		libhdf5.so:science/hdf5 \
 		libint2.so:science/libint2 \
 		libsz.so:science/libaec \
 		libxc.so:science/libxc
 RUN_DEPENDS=	bash:shells/bash \
 		${PYNUMPY} \
 		${PY_DEPENDS}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest>0:devel/py-pytest@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		cmake compiler:c++14-lang eigen:3 perl5 pkgconfig python:run \
 		shebangfix
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 SHEBANG_GLOB=	*.sh *.pl *.py
 SHEBANG_FILES=	csg/scripts/csg_call.in csg/scripts/csg_inverse.in \
 		tools/scripts/votca_compare.in tools/scripts/votca_help2doc.in \
 		xtp/scripts/xtp_update_mapfile.in xtp/scripts/xtp_basisset.in xtp/share/benchmark/xtp_benchmark.in xtp/scripts/xtp_autogen_mapping.in \
 		xtp/scripts/xtp_modify_jobfile.in \
 		xtp/scripts/xtp_qmmm2qm.in
 
 CMAKE_ON=	BUILD_XTP
-CMAKE_ARGS=	-DPython_EXECUTABLE=${PYTHON_CMD}
+CMAKE_ARGS=	-DLOCALBASE=${LOCALBASE} -DPython_EXECUTABLE=${PYTHON_CMD}
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		APPS
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	APPS
 OPTIONS_SUB=		yes
 
 APPS_DESC=		Build applications
 APPS_CMAKE_BOOL=	BUILD_CSGAPPS
 
 do-test:
 	@cd ${BUILD_WRKSRC} && \
 		${SETENV} ${CONFIGURE_ENV} ${CMAKE_BIN} ${CMAKE_ARGS} -DENABLE_TESTING:BOOL=ON ${CMAKE_SOURCE_PATH} && \
 		${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} ${MAKE_CMD} ${MAKE_ARGS} ${ALL_TARGET} && \
 		${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} ${MAKE_CMD} ${MAKE_ARGS} test
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/science/votca/files/patch-hdf5 b/science/votca/files/patch-hdf5
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..24bcadb8e571
--- /dev/null
+++ b/science/votca/files/patch-hdf5
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+--- csg/src/libcsg/CMakeLists.txt.orig	2022-01-15 22:47:05 UTC
++++ csg/src/libcsg/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ if (TARGET Gromacs::libgromacs)
+   target_link_libraries(votca_csg PRIVATE Gromacs::libgromacs)
+ endif()
+ 
+-
+-find_package(HDF5 COMPONENTS "CXX")
++set(HDF5_FOUND TRUE)
++set(HDF5_INCLUDE_DIRS "${LOCALBASE}/include")
++set(HDF5_LIBRARIES "-L${LOCALBASE}/lib -lhdf5 -lhdf5_cpp")
+ set_package_properties(HDF5 PROPERTIES TYPE RECOMMENDED PURPOSE "Used to read h5md data files")
+ if(HDF5_FOUND)
+   set(H5MD true)
+--- xtp/CMakeLists.txt.orig	2022-01-15 22:47:05 UTC
++++ xtp/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -50,7 +50,10 @@ find_package(ecpint REQUIRED)
+ set_package_properties(ecpint PROPERTIES TYPE REQUIRED PURPOSE "Calculates Gaussian integrals over pseudo potentials")
+ message(STATUS "Found libecpint: ${ecpint_DIR}")
+ 
+-find_package(HDF5 1.8 REQUIRED COMPONENTS CXX)
++set(HDF5_FOUND TRUE)
++set(HDF5_VERSION 1.12)
++set(HDF5_INCLUDE_DIRS "${LOCALBASE}/include")
++set(HDF5_LIBRARIES "-L${LOCALBASE}/lib -lhdf5 -lhdf5_cpp")
+ set_package_properties(HDF5 PROPERTIES TYPE REQUIRED PURPOSE "Used to read/write HDF5 data files")
+ 
+ if(HDF5_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 1.8)