diff --git a/net/nfdump/Makefile b/net/nfdump/Makefile
index 426a571733b..86ead617fc9 100644
--- a/net/nfdump/Makefile
+++ b/net/nfdump/Makefile
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 COMMENT =	tools to collect and process netflow data
 
-V =		1.7.7
-REVISION =	0
+V =		1.7.8
 GH_ACCOUNT =	phaag
 GH_PROJECT =	nfdump
 GH_TAGNAME =	v$V
 
-SHARED_LIBS +=  nffile               1.0      # unknown
-SHARED_LIBS +=  nfdump               4.0      # unknown
+SHARED_LIBS +=  nffile               2.0      # unknown
+SHARED_LIBS +=  nfdump               5.0      # unknown
 
 CATEGORIES =	net
 
@@ -45,7 +44,8 @@ LIB_DEPENDS =		archivers/bzip2 \
 			net/flow-tools>=0.68.5 \
 			net/rrdtool
 
-CONFIGURE_ENV =		LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -L${X11BASE}/lib" \
+CONFIGURE_ENV =		CPPFLAGS="-I${LOCALBASE}/include -DMAXPATHLEN=PATH_MAX" \
+			LDFLAGS="-L${X11BASE}/lib -L${LOCALBASE}/lib" \
 			ac_cv_path_DOXYGEN=
 TEST_FLAGS =		TZ=CET
 FAKE_FLAGS =		sysconfdir=${PREFIX}/share/examples/nfdump
diff --git a/net/nfdump/distinfo b/net/nfdump/distinfo
index 669a89b0cd7..436a5dcbd89 100644
--- a/net/nfdump/distinfo
+++ b/net/nfdump/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (nfdump-1.7.7.tar.gz) = 0LRtbj2o2DFiBPt00g0S14LYUI8BVZ402cMeM/AW15Q=
-SIZE (nfdump-1.7.7.tar.gz) = 873067
+SHA256 (nfdump-1.7.8.tar.gz) = 2biB9+Ps3igcERboMwrmEtDlrc0OlS9AGyBFxkRqEjI=
+SIZE (nfdump-1.7.8.tar.gz) = 897933
diff --git a/net/nfdump/patches/patch-configure_ac b/net/nfdump/patches/patch-configure_ac
deleted file mode 100644
index b0486969fd7..00000000000
--- a/net/nfdump/patches/patch-configure_ac
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-avoid overlinking to rrdtool libs
-
-Index: configure.ac
---- configure.ac.orig
-+++ configure.ac
-@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ AC_SUBST(RRD_LIBS)
- 
- 		]])], AC_DEFINE(RRD_NEEDSCONST, 0, [No fix rrd_update const char argument]), AC_DEFINE(RRD_NEEDSCONST, 1, [Fix rrd_update const char argument])
- )
-+LIBS=$saved_LIBS
- ]
- ,
- build_nfprofile="no"
diff --git a/net/nfdump/patches/patch-src_libnfdump_Makefile_am b/net/nfdump/patches/patch-src_libnfdump_Makefile_am
index 579b64f1fa6..c3ae083ae6b 100644
--- a/net/nfdump/patches/patch-src_libnfdump_Makefile_am
+++ b/net/nfdump/patches/patch-src_libnfdump_Makefile_am
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 Index: src/libnfdump/Makefile.am
 --- src/libnfdump/Makefile.am.orig
 +++ src/libnfdump/Makefile.am
-@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ tor = tor/tor.c tor/tor.h 
+@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ endif
  
  lib_LTLIBRARIES = libnfdump.la 
  libnfdump_la_SOURCES = $(filter) $(maxmind) $(tor) $(regex) $(decode) $(digest) ../libnffile/vcs_track.h
 -libnfdump_la_LDFLAGS = -release @VERSION@
 +libnfdump_la_LDFLAGS =
+ libnfdump_la_LIBADD = $(LIBATOMIC)
   
  CLEANFILES = filter/lex.yy.c filter/grammar.c filter/grammar.h filter/scanner.c filter/scanner.h *.gch
diff --git a/net/nfdump/patches/patch-src_libnffile_Makefile_am b/net/nfdump/patches/patch-src_libnffile_Makefile_am
index ba15d1e1067..19e08c8a01b 100644
--- a/net/nfdump/patches/patch-src_libnffile_Makefile_am
+++ b/net/nfdump/patches/patch-src_libnffile_Makefile_am
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 Index: src/libnffile/Makefile.am
 --- src/libnffile/Makefile.am.orig
 +++ src/libnffile/Makefile.am
-@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ vcs_track.h: Makefile
- 
- lib_LTLIBRARIES = libnffile.la
+@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ lib_LTLIBRARIES = libnffile.la
  libnffile_la_SOURCES = $(conf) $(util) $(pidfile) $(compress) $(nffile) $(nflist) $(filter) $(output) $(regex) $(daemon) $(barrier) $(version) vcs_track.h
+ libnffile_la_CFLAGS = $(LZ4_CFLAGS) $(ZSTD_CFLAGS) $(BZ2_CFLAGS)
+ libnffile_la_LIBADD = $(LZ4_LIBS) $(ZSTD_LIBS) $(BZ2_LIBS) $(LIBATOMIC) $(RAND_LIBS)
 -libnffile_la_LDFLAGS = -release @VERSION@
 +libnffile_la_LDFLAGS =
   
diff --git a/net/nfdump/pkg/PLIST b/net/nfdump/pkg/PLIST
index 4a7a234bfcf..0e02607a71f 100644
--- a/net/nfdump/pkg/PLIST
+++ b/net/nfdump/pkg/PLIST
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ lib/libnfdump.la
 @static-lib lib/libnffile.a
 lib/libnffile.la
 @lib lib/libnffile.so.${LIBnffile_VERSION}
+lib/pkgconfig/nfdump.pc
 @man man/man1/ft2nfdump.1
 @man man/man1/geolookup.1
 @man man/man1/nfanon.1