diff --git a/multimedia/x265/Makefile b/multimedia/x265/Makefile
index 9c7136c4cd2..60a6314a951 100644
--- a/multimedia/x265/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/x265/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.51 2021/04/24 20:08:20 rsadowski Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.52 2021/04/27 04:42:09 rsadowski Exp $
 
 COMMENT=	free H.265/HEVC encoder
 
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ WRKSRC=		${WRKDIST}/source
 
 MODULES=	devel/cmake
 
-# source/cmake/Version.cmake
-BUILD_DEPENDS+=	devel/git
-
 # XXX requires __sync builtins
 COMPILER=	base-clang ports-gcc
 
@@ -37,6 +34,9 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS+=-DCMAKE_ASM_YASM_FLAGS_DEBUG="-g dwarf2" \
 		-DENABLE_PIC=On \
 		-DENABLE_TESTS=On
 
+CONFIGURE_ARGS+=-DX265_VERSION=${VER} \
+		-DX265_LATEST_TAG=${VER}
+
 .if ${MACHINE_ARCH} == "aarch64" || ${MACHINE_ARCH} == "i386"
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=-DENABLE_ASSEMBLY=Off
 .endif
diff --git a/multimedia/x265/patches/patch-source_CMakeLists_txt b/multimedia/x265/patches/patch-source_CMakeLists_txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..49d069ebce7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/multimedia/x265/patches/patch-source_CMakeLists_txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+$OpenBSD: patch-source_CMakeLists_txt,v 1.6 2021/04/27 04:42:09 rsadowski Exp $
+
+Index: source/CMakeLists.txt
+--- source/CMakeLists.txt.orig
++++ source/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -485,7 +485,8 @@ if(POWER)
+     endif()
+ endif()
+ 
+-include(Version) # determine X265_VERSION and X265_LATEST_TAG
++set(X265_VERSION "unknown" CACHE STRING "")
++set(X265_LATEST_TAG "0.0" CACHE STRING "")
+ include_directories(. common encoder "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}")
+ 
+ option(ENABLE_PPA "Enable PPA profiling instrumentation" OFF)