diff --git a/games/widelands/Portfile b/games/widelands/Portfile
index 49b32d4c144..a223aa33a6b 100644
--- a/games/widelands/Portfile
+++ b/games/widelands/Portfile
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ if {${subport} eq ${name}} {
         This port follows the master version of ${name}, which is typically updated every few weeks.
 }
 
+# ensure mesa isn't picked up by the build
+patchfiles          patch-fix-opengl.diff
+
 compiler.cxx_standard   2017
 
 configure.args-append   -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH="${applications_dir}/Widelands.app/Contents/MacOS" \
diff --git a/games/widelands/files/patch-fix-opengl.diff b/games/widelands/files/patch-fix-opengl.diff
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..892b649f252
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games/widelands/files/patch-fix-opengl.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- CMakeLists.txt.orig	2024-11-13 00:03:25
++++ CMakeLists.txt	2024-12-15 23:30:20
+@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
+ option(OPTION_TSAN "Build with ThreadSanitizer" OFF)
+ option(OPTION_FORCE_EMBEDDED_MINIZIP "Use embedded minizip sources" OFF)
+ option(USE_XDG "Follow XDG-Basedir specification" ON) # Enabled by default
+-
+-set(CMAKE_FIND_FRAMEWORK LAST)
+ 
+ # Absolute path reference for submodules
+ set(WL_ROOT_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")