diff --git a/dns/powerdns/Makefile b/dns/powerdns/Makefile
index 9480417196ae..90714afa7b37 100644
--- a/dns/powerdns/Makefile
+++ b/dns/powerdns/Makefile
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ LICENSE=      GPLv2
 BROKEN_sparc64=        Does not compile: error: to_string is not a member of std
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=   libboost_serialization.so:devel/boost-libs \
-               libcurl.so:ftp/curl \
-               libprotobuf.so:devel/protobuf
+               libcurl.so:ftp/curl
 
 USES=          autoreconf compiler:c++11-lib cpe gmake libtool \
                localbase:ldflags pathfix pkgconfig ssl tar:bzip2
@@ -27,8 +26,7 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS=       --disable-static \
                --sysconfdir="${PREFIX}/etc/pdns" \
                --with-boost="${LOCALBASE}" \
                --with-dynmodules="pipe bind ${MODULES}" \
-               --with-modules="" \
-               --with-protobuf
+               --with-modules=""
 
 SCRIPTS_ENV=   CURDIR2="${.CURDIR}" \
                DISTNAME="${DISTNAME}" \
diff --git a/dns/powerdns/pkg-plist b/dns/powerdns/pkg-plist
index 89fd1773ee8e..4ff983b16f7d 100644
--- a/dns/powerdns/pkg-plist
+++ b/dns/powerdns/pkg-plist
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ bin/pdnsutil
 bin/zone2json
 bin/zone2sql
 sbin/pdns_server
+%%TOOLS%%bin/dnspcap2protobuf
 %%TOOLS%%bin/calidns
 %%TOOLS%%bin/dnsbulktest
 %%TOOLS%%bin/dnsgram
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ man/man1/pdns_server.1.gz
 man/man1/zone2json.1.gz
 %%OPENLDAP%%man/man1/zone2ldap.1.gz
 man/man1/zone2sql.1.gz
+%%TOOLS%%man/man1/dnspcap2protobuf.1.gz
 %%TOOLS%%man/man1/dnstcpbench.1.gz
 %%TOOLS%%man/man1/dnsreplay.1.gz
 %%TOOLS%%man/man1/dnsscope.1.gz