diff --git a/sysutils/dtc/Makefile b/sysutils/dtc/Makefile
index 96f931c46845..0040f8907708 100644
--- a/sysutils/dtc/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/dtc/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PORTNAME=	dtc
-PORTVERSION=	1.6.0
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
+DISTVERSION=	1.7.1
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 
 PATCH_SITES=	https://github.com/dgibson/dtc/commit/
-PATCHFILES+=	ca19c3db2b.patch:-p1 # https://github.com/dgibson/dtc/pull/41
+PATCHFILES=	1b75550436433e150164715dedb417e4d234df6c.patch:-p1
 
 MAINTAINER=	uboot@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Device Tree Compiler
@@ -14,18 +14,20 @@ LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libyaml.so:textproc/libyaml
 
-USES=		bison compiler:c11 cpe gmake pkgconfig shebangfix
+USES=		bison compiler:c11 cpe meson pkgconfig shebangfix
 CPE_VENDOR=	${PORTNAME}_project
+SHEBANG_FILES=	dtdiff
+USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
+
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	dgibson
-USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
-SHEBANG_FILES=	dtdiff
 
-TEST_TARGET=	check
-TEST_ENV=	STATSZ="stat -f %Uz"
+MESON_ARGS=	--default-library=shared \
+		-Dpython=disabled \
+		-Dvalgrind=disabled
 
-MAKE_ARGS+=	PREFIX=${PREFIX} NO_PYTHON=yes \
-		INSTALL_PROGRAM="${INSTALL_PROGRAM}" \
-		INSTALL_LIB="${INSTALL_LIB}"
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=		TEST
+
+TEST_MESON_TRUE=	tests
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/sysutils/dtc/distinfo b/sysutils/dtc/distinfo
index 7c9335d884be..c1df5c295394 100644
--- a/sysutils/dtc/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/dtc/distinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1598352412
-SHA256 (dgibson-dtc-v1.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 3d15dee7126a6c4a015ab47ec908cab13e39774b0315efaaebb223cb4a4d349c
-SIZE (dgibson-dtc-v1.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 200316
-SHA256 (ca19c3db2b.patch) = 0026f5ece39859bbd5ad7a9bc6d7c4dd3fb2ff85b35bf88c2dd227cfdb28c9b4
-SIZE (ca19c3db2b.patch) = 735
+TIMESTAMP = 1728145110
+SHA256 (dgibson-dtc-v1.7.1_GH0.tar.gz) = c4c4a47b8af98ad81c488d934da051f28bd2d0143a4622ea14d1920bc8c90f75
+SIZE (dgibson-dtc-v1.7.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 216960
+SHA256 (1b75550436433e150164715dedb417e4d234df6c.patch) = 01ce4fcd2b0101a582bde67f372a29d9470e7ebb86f8e98785a90435f520047c
+SIZE (1b75550436433e150164715dedb417e4d234df6c.patch) = 4569
diff --git a/sysutils/dtc/files/patch-libfdt_fdt__rw.c b/sysutils/dtc/files/patch-libfdt_fdt__rw.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c0bc333f16f..000000000000
--- a/sysutils/dtc/files/patch-libfdt_fdt__rw.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- libfdt/fdt_rw.c.orig	2020-03-04 06:14:58 UTC
-+++ libfdt/fdt_rw.c
-@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ int fdt_open_into(const void *fdt, void *buf, int bufs
- 			return struct_size;
- 	}
- 
--	if (can_assume(LIBFDT_ORDER) |
-+	if (can_assume(LIBFDT_ORDER) ||
- 	    !fdt_blocks_misordered_(fdt, mem_rsv_size, struct_size)) {
- 		/* no further work necessary */
- 		err = fdt_move(fdt, buf, bufsize);
diff --git a/sysutils/dtc/pkg-plist b/sysutils/dtc/pkg-plist
index 2d81f6ff28b2..89e3963467dc 100644
--- a/sysutils/dtc/pkg-plist
+++ b/sysutils/dtc/pkg-plist
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ bin/fdtput
 include/fdt.h
 include/libfdt.h
 include/libfdt_env.h
-lib/libfdt-1.6.0.so
-lib/libfdt.a
 lib/libfdt.so
 lib/libfdt.so.1
+lib/libfdt.so.1.7.1
+libdata/pkgconfig/libfdt.pc