diff --git a/multimedia/vcdimager/Portfile b/multimedia/vcdimager/Portfile
index 6eb4efd835c..f6d535c6e20 100644
--- a/multimedia/vcdimager/Portfile
+++ b/multimedia/vcdimager/Portfile
@@ -22,12 +22,14 @@ checksums           rmd160  171b0deccee94281b2ef780056ab1d696bf54cd3 \
                     sha256  67515fefb9829d054beae40f3e840309be60cda7d68753cafdd526727758f67a \
                     size    1115207
 
-depends_build       port:pkgconfig
+depends_build       path:bin/pkg-config:pkgconfig
 
 depends_lib         port:libcdio \
                     port:popt \
                     port:libxml2
 
+patchfiles-append   libxml2-2.14.patch
+
 configure.args      --disable-silent-rules \
                     --with-cli-frontend \
                     --with-xml-frontend
diff --git a/multimedia/vcdimager/files/libxml2-2.14.patch b/multimedia/vcdimager/files/libxml2-2.14.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1f2a78a199f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/multimedia/vcdimager/files/libxml2-2.14.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+Fix:
+
+error: invalid operands to binary expression ('void *' and 'union (anonymous union at /opt/local/include/libxml2/libxml/encoding.h:205:5)')
+error: called object type 'union (anonymous union at /opt/local/include/libxml2/libxml/encoding.h:205:5)' is not a function or function pointer
+
+https://savannah.gnu.org/support/index.php?111233
+https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/vcdimager/-/blob/88dc511b7f3dea8fb45e0c2bfa1345a75a088848/libxml214.diff
+--- frontends/xml/vcd_xml_common.c	2018-01-03 21:17:37.000000000 +0100
++++ frontends/xml/vcd_xml_common.c	2025-04-26 05:22:03.008769534 +0200
+@@ -242,17 +242,27 @@ _convert (const char in[], const char en
+ 
+   temp = size - 1;
+   if (from) {
+-    if (NULL != handler->output)
+-      ret = handler->output (out, &out_size, (const unsigned char *) in, &temp);
+-    else
++    if (!(handler->flags & 2) && NULL != handler->output.func)
++      ret = handler->output.func (handler->outputCtxt, out, &out_size, (const unsigned char *) in, &temp, 1);
++    if ((handler->flags & 2) && NULL != handler->output.legacyFunc)
++      ret = handler->output.legacyFunc (out, &out_size, (const unsigned char *) in, &temp);
++    else {
++      xmlCharEncCloseFunc(handler);
+       return strdup(in);
++    }
+   } else {
+-    if (NULL != handler->input)
+-      ret = handler->input (out, &out_size, (const unsigned char *) in, &temp);
+-    else
++    if (!(handler->flags & 2) && NULL != handler->input.func)
++      ret = handler->input.func (handler->inputCtxt, out, &out_size, (const unsigned char *) in, &temp, 1);
++    if ((handler->flags & 2) && NULL != handler->input.legacyFunc)
++      ret = handler->input.legacyFunc (out, &out_size, (const unsigned char *) in, &temp);
++    else {
++      xmlCharEncCloseFunc(handler);
+       return strdup(in);
++    }
+   }
+ 
++  xmlCharEncCloseFunc(handler);
++
+   if (ret < 0 || (temp - size + 1))
+     {
+       free (out);