diff --git a/audio/yoshimi/Makefile b/audio/yoshimi/Makefile
index e7042f0d9b58..50de08285173 100644
--- a/audio/yoshimi/Makefile
+++ b/audio/yoshimi/Makefile
@@ -1,33 +1,36 @@
 PORTNAME=	yoshimi
 DISTVERSION=	2.2.2.1
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	audio
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME}/${DISTVERSION:R:R}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Sophisticated software synthesizer
 WWW=		https://yoshimi.github.io/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2+
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/include/fftw3.h:math/fftw3 \
 		dssi>0:audio/dssi \
 		lv2>0:audio/lv2
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libargp.so:devel/argp-standalone \
 		libfftw3f.so:math/fftw3-float \
 		libfltk.so:x11-toolkits/fltk \
 		libjack.so:audio/jack \
 		libmxml.so:textproc/mxml
 
 USES=		cmake compiler:c++14-lang gnome ncurses pkgconfig readline tar:bz2
 USE_GNOME=	cairo
 
 CMAKE_SOURCE_PATH=	${WRKSRC}/src
 LDFLAGS+=		-Wl,--as-needed
 
 PORTDATA=	*
 PORTDOCS=	*
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
+# ALSA can also be enabled, but its build fails, see https://github.com/Yoshimi/yoshimi/issues/175
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/audio/yoshimi/files/patch-src_globals.h b/audio/yoshimi/files/patch-src_globals.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..272ba8a39937
--- /dev/null
+++ b/audio/yoshimi/files/patch-src_globals.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+- workaround for https://github.com/Yoshimi/yoshimi/issues/174
+
+--- src/globals.h.orig	2023-02-19 18:22:47 UTC
++++ src/globals.h
+@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ typedef unsigned int  uint;
+ #define DEFAULT_NAME "Simple Sound"
+ #define UNTITLED "No Title"
+ 
+-#define DEFAULT_AUDIO alsa_audio
+-#define DEFAULT_MIDI alsa_midi
++#define DEFAULT_AUDIO jack_audio
++#define DEFAULT_MIDI jack_midi
+ 
+ #define FORCED_EXIT 16
+