diff --git a/misc/sword/Makefile b/misc/sword/Makefile
index b0a99ac02ce2..1c1004a4387c 100644
--- a/misc/sword/Makefile
+++ b/misc/sword/Makefile
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--without-curl
 LIB_DEPENDS+=	clucene:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/clucene \
 		icudata:${PORTSDIR}/devel/icu
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--with-clucene --with-icu
-PLIST_SUB+=		ICU=""
+PLIST_SUB+=		ICU="" ICUVER="`${LOCALBASE}/bin/icu-config --version`"
 .else
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--without-clucene --without-icu
 PLIST_SUB+=		ICU="@comment "
diff --git a/misc/sword/pkg-plist b/misc/sword/pkg-plist
index 5878aa15ddaa..f72f2baeaf74 100644
--- a/misc/sword/pkg-plist
+++ b/misc/sword/pkg-plist
@@ -182,16 +182,16 @@ lib/libsword-%%PORTVERSION%%.so
 lib/libsword.a
 lib/libsword.la
 lib/libsword.so
-%%ICU%%lib/sword/%%PORTVERSION%%_icu_50.1/translit_Any_Latex.res
-%%ICU%%lib/sword/%%PORTVERSION%%_icu_50.1/translit_Any_Latin1.res
-%%ICU%%lib/sword/%%PORTVERSION%%_icu_50.1/translit_BETA_Greek.res
-%%ICU%%lib/sword/%%PORTVERSION%%_icu_50.1/translit_BGreek_Greek.res
-%%ICU%%lib/sword/%%PORTVERSION%%_icu_50.1/translit_CCAT_Hebrew.res
-%%ICU%%lib/sword/%%PORTVERSION%%_icu_50.1/translit_CCAT_Syriac.res
-%%ICU%%lib/sword/%%PORTVERSION%%_icu_50.1/translit_Latin_Coptic.res
-%%ICU%%lib/sword/%%PORTVERSION%%_icu_50.1/translit_Latin_Gothic.res
-%%ICU%%lib/sword/%%PORTVERSION%%_icu_50.1/translit_Latin_Ugaritic.res
-%%ICU%%lib/sword/%%PORTVERSION%%_icu_50.1/translit_swordindex.res
+%%ICU%%lib/sword/%%PORTVERSION%%_icu_%%ICUVER%%/translit_Any_Latex.res
+%%ICU%%lib/sword/%%PORTVERSION%%_icu_%%ICUVER%%/translit_Any_Latin1.res
+%%ICU%%lib/sword/%%PORTVERSION%%_icu_%%ICUVER%%/translit_BETA_Greek.res
+%%ICU%%lib/sword/%%PORTVERSION%%_icu_%%ICUVER%%/translit_BGreek_Greek.res
+%%ICU%%lib/sword/%%PORTVERSION%%_icu_%%ICUVER%%/translit_CCAT_Hebrew.res
+%%ICU%%lib/sword/%%PORTVERSION%%_icu_%%ICUVER%%/translit_CCAT_Syriac.res
+%%ICU%%lib/sword/%%PORTVERSION%%_icu_%%ICUVER%%/translit_Latin_Coptic.res
+%%ICU%%lib/sword/%%PORTVERSION%%_icu_%%ICUVER%%/translit_Latin_Gothic.res
+%%ICU%%lib/sword/%%PORTVERSION%%_icu_%%ICUVER%%/translit_Latin_Ugaritic.res
+%%ICU%%lib/sword/%%PORTVERSION%%_icu_%%ICUVER%%/translit_swordindex.res
 libdata/pkgconfig/sword.pc
 %%DATADIR%%/locales.d/locales.conf
 %%DATADIR%%/locales.d/abbr.conf
@@ -279,6 +279,6 @@ libdata/pkgconfig/sword.pc
 @dirrm %%DATADIR%%/mods.d
 @dirrm %%DATADIR%%/locales.d
 @dirrm %%DATADIR%%
-%%ICU%%@dirrm lib/sword/%%PORTVERSION%%_icu_50.1
+%%ICU%%@dirrm lib/sword/%%PORTVERSION%%_icu_%%ICUVER%%
 @dirrm lib/sword
 @dirrm include/sword