diff --git a/irc/weechat/Makefile b/irc/weechat/Makefile
index ed9b626dcbb0..0be4778f2090 100644
--- a/irc/weechat/Makefile
+++ b/irc/weechat/Makefile
@@ -1,86 +1,89 @@
 PORTNAME=	weechat
-PORTVERSION=	4.2.2
+PORTVERSION=	4.3.0
 CATEGORIES=	irc
 MASTER_SITES=	https://weechat.org/files/src/
 
 MAINTAINER=	brnrd@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Lightweight and user friendly ncurses based IRC client
 WWW=		https://weechat.org/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3+
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 LIB_DEPENDS+=	libcurl.so:ftp/curl \
 		libgcrypt.so:security/libgcrypt \
 		libgnutls.so:security/gnutls \
 		libgpg-error.so:security/libgpg-error
 
 USES=		cmake cpe ncurses pkgconfig tar:xz
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 CMAKE_ARGS=	-DLIBDATADIR=${LOCALBASE}/libdata
 
-OPTIONS_DEFINE=		BACKTRACE DOCS HEADLESS ICON ICONV MANPAGES NLS ZSTD
-OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	ASPELL BACKTRACE CHARSET HEADLESS ICON LUA MANPAGES \
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=		API BACKTRACE DOCS HEADLESS ICON ICONV MANPAGES NLS ZSTD
+OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	API ASPELL BACKTRACE CHARSET HEADLESS ICON LUA MANPAGES \
 			NLS PERL PYTHON RUBY TCL TYPING ZSTD
 OPTIONS_SUB=		yes
 
 OPTIONS_GROUP=		PLUGINS
 OPTIONS_GROUP_PLUGINS=	ASPELL CHARSET GUILE JAVASCRIPT LUA PERL PHP PYTHON \
 			RUBY TCL TYPING
 
+API_DESC=		HTTP REST API
 BACKTRACE_DESC=		Provide crash backtraces
 CHARSET_DESC=		Charset plugin (implies ICONV)
 GUILE_DESC=		Guile script support
 HEADLESS_DESC=		Build headless weechat as well
 ICON_DESC=		Desktop icon
 JAVASCRIPT_DESC=	Javascript script support
 PLUGINS_DESC=		Weechat Plugins
 PYTHON_DESC=		Python script support
 RUBY_DESC=		Ruby script support
 TYPING_DESC=		Typing status plugin
 
 .for _opt in ${OPTIONS_GROUP_PLUGINS} BACKTRACE HEADLESS ICONV GNUTLS NLS ZSTD
 ${_opt}_CMAKE_BOOL=	ENABLE_${_opt}
 .endfor
 
+API_CMAKE_BOOL=		ENABLE_CJSON
+API_LIB_DEPENDS=	libcjson.so:devel/libcjson
 ASPELL_CMAKE_BOOL=	ENABLE_SPELL
 ASPELL_LIB_DEPENDS=	libaspell.so:textproc/aspell
 CHARSET_IMPLIES=	ICONV
 DOCS_CMAKE_BOOL=	ENABLE_DOC ENABLE_DOC_INCOMPLETE
 DOCS_BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/bin/asciidoctor:textproc/rubygem-asciidoctor
 GUILE_USES=		guile:2.2,conflicts
 ICONV_USES=		iconv
 JAVASCRIPT_LIB_DEPENDS=	libv8.so:lang/v8
 LUA_USES=		lua pkgconfig
 MANPAGES_CMAKE_BOOL=	ENABLE_MAN
 MANPAGES_CMAKE_ON=	-DMANDIR=${PREFIX}/share/man
 MANPAGES_BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/bin/asciidoctor:textproc/rubygem-asciidoctor
 NLS_USES=		gettext
 PERL_USES=		perl5
 PHP_USES=		php:build,embed
 PYTHON_USES=		python
 RUBY_USES=		ruby
 TCL_CMAKE_ON=		-DTCL_VERSION:STRING="${TCL_VER}" \
 			-DTCL_TCLSH:PATH="${TCLSH}"
 TCL_USES=		tcl
 ZSTD_LIB_DEPENDS=	libzstd.so:archivers/zstd
 
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
 post-patch:
 .if ${LOCALBASE} != "/usr/local"
 .  for f in src/core/CMakeLists.txt cmake/*.cmake
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} 's|/usr/local|${LOCALBASE}|' ${WRKSRC}/$f
 .  endfor
 .endif
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} 's|python${PYTHON_MAJOR_VER}|python-${PYTHON_VER}|' \
 		${WRKSRC}/cmake/FindPython.cmake
 
 post-patch-ICON-off:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e '/^# icon$$/,/^$$/d' ${WRKSRC}/CMakeLists.txt
 
 post-install:
 	${LN} -sf weechat ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/weechat-curses
 
 .include <bsd.port.post.mk>
diff --git a/irc/weechat/distinfo b/irc/weechat/distinfo
index 463bba8aa5f6..1c56c9a977fb 100644
--- a/irc/weechat/distinfo
+++ b/irc/weechat/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1712605917
-SHA256 (weechat-4.2.2.tar.xz) = 20968b22c7f0f50df9cf6ff8598dd1bd017c5759b2c94593f5d9ed7b24ebb941
-SIZE (weechat-4.2.2.tar.xz) = 2594452
+TIMESTAMP = 1716798621
+SHA256 (weechat-4.3.0.tar.xz) = 36f9f90bf2f69f77a34d1e0d58f06ca08f0f20f8263ab940b637e7abf796862d
+SIZE (weechat-4.3.0.tar.xz) = 2692816
diff --git a/irc/weechat/patch b/irc/weechat/patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..48ab4bee5e71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/irc/weechat/patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+diff --git a/irc/weechat/Makefile b/irc/weechat/Makefile
+index dba99258c7..770bb3aad8 100644
+--- a/irc/weechat/Makefile
++++ b/irc/weechat/Makefile
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ PORTNAME=	weechat
+-PORTVERSION=	4.2.2
++PORTVERSION=	4.3.0
+ CATEGORIES=	irc
+ MASTER_SITES=	https://weechat.org/files/src/
+ 
+@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
+ 
+ CMAKE_ARGS=	-DLIBDATADIR=${LOCALBASE}/libdata
+ 
+-OPTIONS_DEFINE=		BACKTRACE DOCS HEADLESS ICON ICONV MANPAGES NLS ZSTD
+-OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	ASPELL BACKTRACE CHARSET HEADLESS ICON LUA MANPAGES \
++OPTIONS_DEFINE=		API BACKTRACE DOCS HEADLESS ICON ICONV MANPAGES NLS ZSTD
++OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	API ASPELL BACKTRACE CHARSET HEADLESS ICON LUA MANPAGES \
+ 			NLS PERL PYTHON RUBY TCL TYPING ZSTD
+ OPTIONS_SUB=		yes
+ 
+@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ OPTIONS_GROUP=		PLUGINS
+ OPTIONS_GROUP_PLUGINS=	ASPELL CHARSET GUILE JAVASCRIPT LUA PERL PHP PYTHON \
+ 			RUBY TCL TYPING
+ 
++API_DESC=		HTTP REST API
+ BACKTRACE_DESC=		Provide crash backtraces
+ CHARSET_DESC=		Charset plugin (implies ICONV)
+ GUILE_DESC=		Guile script support
+@@ -44,6 +45,8 @@ TYPING_DESC=		Typing status plugin
+ ${_opt}_CMAKE_BOOL=	ENABLE_${_opt}
+ .endfor
+ 
++API_CMAKE_BOOL=		ENABLE_CJSON
++API_LIB_DEPENDS=	libcjson.so:devel/libcjson
+ ASPELL_CMAKE_BOOL=	ENABLE_SPELL
+ ASPELL_LIB_DEPENDS=	libaspell.so:textproc/aspell
+ CHARSET_IMPLIES=	ICONV