diff --git a/audio/libshout2/Makefile b/audio/libshout2/Makefile
index 5ddeb2b6fa43..1152aeed3e9c 100644
--- a/audio/libshout2/Makefile
+++ b/audio/libshout2/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	libshout2
 PORTVERSION=	2.0
-PORTREVISION=	3
+PORTREVISION=	4
 PORTEPOCH=	1
 CATEGORIES=	audio net
 MASTER_SITES=	http://www.icecast.org/files/libshout/
@@ -27,6 +27,16 @@ USE_LIBTOOL_VER=13
 CONFLICTS=	libshout-1.0.7
 USE_REINPLACE=	yes
 
+.include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
+
+## Megacrude hack to make the shared lib link against libc_r on -STABLE.
+## If anybody finds a way to do it with -pthread, let me know.
+
+.if ${OSVERSION} < 500016
+CONFIGURE_ENV=  CFLAGS="${PTHREAD_CFLAGS} -I${LOCALBASE}/include" \
+		LDFLAGS="-lc_r -L${LOCALBASE}/lib"
+.endif
+
 pre-configure:
 	@ ${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s|-ffast-math||g" ${WRKSRC}/configure
 
@@ -34,4 +44,4 @@ post-configure:
 	@ ${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s|pkgconfigdir =.*|pkgconfigdir = ${PREFIX}/libdata/pkgconfig|g" \
 		${WRKSRC}/Makefile
 
-.include <bsd.port.mk>
+.include <bsd.port.post.mk>