diff --git a/print/scribus/Makefile b/print/scribus/Makefile
index b0d7c0909ec..9b830d8cc16 100644
--- a/print/scribus/Makefile
+++ b/print/scribus/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ DPB_PROPERTIES=	parallel
 COMMENT=	desktop publishing program
 DISTNAME=	scribus-1.6.1
 CATEGORIES=	print
-REVISION=	0
+REVISION=	1
 
 HOMEPAGE=	https://www.scribus.net/
 
@@ -46,9 +46,10 @@ LIB_DEPENDS=	graphics/lcms2 \
 		${MODPY_LIB_DEPENDS}
 
 CXXFLAGS+=	-D CMS_NO_REGISTER_KEYWORD
+# For newer versions of scribus, -DWANT_CPP20=ON will probably be
+# necessary.
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	-DCMAKE_INSTALL_MANDIR="${LOCALBASE}/man/" \
-			-DWANT_NOOSG=1 \
-			-DWANT_CPP17=ON
+			-DWANT_NOOSG=1
 #DEBUG_CONFIGURE_ARGS +=	-DWANT_DEBUG=1
 
 FIX_CRLF_FILES=	`find . -type f \( -name "*.cpp" -o -name "*.h" \)`
diff --git a/print/scribus/patches/patch-CMakeLists_txt b/print/scribus/patches/patch-CMakeLists_txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e0dfa104a0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/print/scribus/patches/patch-CMakeLists_txt
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+Enforce C++20 for poppler-24.05.0.
+
+Index: CMakeLists.txt
+--- CMakeLists.txt.orig
++++ CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -407,17 +407,8 @@ endif()
+ 
+ #C++11 Support
+ #as of 1.5.5.svn, require C++11
+-if(NOT WANT_CPP14 AND NOT WANT_CPP17)
+-	message(STATUS "Enabling C++11 compiler features")
+-	set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
+-endif()
+-if (WANT_CPP14)
+-	message(STATUS "Enabling C++14 compiler features")
+-	set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
+-elseif(WANT_CPP17)
+-		message(STATUS "Enabling C++17 compiler features")
+-		set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
+-endif()
++message(STATUS "Enabling C++20 compiler features")
++set (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)
+ set (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
+ set (CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
+