diff --git a/science/spheral/Makefile b/science/spheral/Makefile
index 3d84678b497f..4a71f8155ed6 100644
--- a/science/spheral/Makefile
+++ b/science/spheral/Makefile
@@ -1,67 +1,67 @@
 PORTNAME=	spheral
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 DISTVERSION=	2023.06.0
 CATEGORIES=	science # physics
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Environment for hydrodynamical & gravitational numerical simulations
 WWW=		https://github.com/LLNL/spheral
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/License.txt
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/include/polyclipper2d.hh:math/polyclipper
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libaxom.so:science/axom \
 		libboost_filesystem.so:devel/boost-libs \
 		libconduit.so:science/conduit \
 		libhdf5.so:science/hdf5 \
 		libmfem.so:math/mfem \
 		libosdCPU.so:graphics/opensubdiv \
 		libpolytope.so:science/polytope \
 		libqhull_r.so:math/qhull \
 		libsiloh5.so:science/silo
 
-USES=		cmake:testing compiler:c++14-lang eigen:3 fortran lua mpi:mpich python
+USES=		cmake:testing compiler:c++14-lang eigen:3 fortran localbase:ldflags lua mpi:mpich python
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	LLNL
 GH_TUPLE=	llnl:blt:ddd5a0c:blt/cmake/blt \
 		llnl:uberenv:126f8de:uberenv/scripts/devtools/uberenv
 
 CMAKE_ARGS=	-Daneos_DIR=${LOCALBASE} \
 		-Daxom_DIR=${LOCALBASE} \
 		-Dboost_DIR=${LOCALBASE} \
 		-Dconduit_DIR=${LOCALBASE} \
 		-Deigen_DIR=${LOCALBASE} \
 		-Dhdf5_DIR=${LOCALBASE} \
 		-Dopensubdiv_DIR=${LOCALBASE} \
 		-Dpython_DIR=${LOCALBASE} \
 		-Dpolyclipper_DIR=${LOCALBASE} \
 		-Dpolytope_DIR=${LOCALBASE} \
 		-Dpybind11_DIR=${LOCALBASE} \
 		-Dqhull_DIR=${LOCALBASE} \
 		-Dsilo_DIR=${LOCALBASE} \
 		-Dzlib_DIR=/usr
 CMAKE_OFF=	ENABLE_TESTS ENABLE_DOCS \
 		ENABLE_ANEOS \
 		ENABLE_CUDA
 CMAKE_ON=	ENABLE_CXXONLY # disable Python support which is still for Python-2.7, see https://github.com/LLNL/spheral/issues/183
 CMAKE_ON+=	ENABLE_OPENMP
 CMAKE_TESTING_ON=	ENABLE_TESTS # tests fail to build, see https://github.com/LLNL/spheral/issues/230
 
 CXXFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include/eigen3
 
 BINARY_ALIAS=	git=false python=${PYTHON_CMD}
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|\.a|.so|; s|qhullstatic|qhull_r|; s|python2\.7|python${PYTHON_VER}|g' ${WRKSRC}/cmake/tpl/*.cmake
 	@${CHMOD} +x ${WRKSRC}/src/helpers/InstantiationGenerator.py
 
 post-install:
 	# workaround for https://github.com/LLNL/spheral/issues/188
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/cmake
 	@${MV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/Spheral/lib/cmake/* ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/cmake
 	@${RM} -r ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/Spheral
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>