diff --git a/x11/pmenu/Makefile b/x11/pmenu/Makefile
index 9efbff2b8642..4165d2b7ec67 100644
--- a/x11/pmenu/Makefile
+++ b/x11/pmenu/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PORTNAME=	pmenu
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	2.3.0
+DISTVERSION=	2.4.2
 CATEGORIES=	x11
 
 MAINTAINER=	0mp@FreeBSD.org
@@ -17,8 +17,13 @@ USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	phillbush
 USE_XORG=	x11 xext xft xinerama xrender
 
-MAKE_ARGS=	FREETYPEINC="${LOCALBASE}/include/freetype2" \
-		PREFIX="${PREFIX}"
+MAKE_ARGS=	CC="${CC}" \
+		FREETYPEINC="${LOCALBASE}/include/freetype2" \
+		LOCALINC="${LOCALBASE}/include" \
+		LOCALLIB="${LOCALBASE}/lib" \
+		PREFIX="${PREFIX}" \
+		X11INC="${LOCALBASE}/include/xorg" \
+		X11LIB="${LOCALBASE}/lib/xorg"
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/${PORTNAME} \
 		share/man/man1/${PORTNAME}.1.gz
diff --git a/x11/pmenu/distinfo b/x11/pmenu/distinfo
index 604331c4a4a6..c2e7ac1223cd 100644
--- a/x11/pmenu/distinfo
+++ b/x11/pmenu/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1620724769
-SHA256 (phillbush-pmenu-v2.3.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 957c669f31f3a54fe98c7cca1ef6fb4d3b7f400139f1ebad5832b0964cdcaccf
-SIZE (phillbush-pmenu-v2.3.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 16575
+TIMESTAMP = 1634135559
+SHA256 (phillbush-pmenu-v2.4.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 28c42bcefef63997578b56190ed442bdf248c60723e51b933c25c427b38394f5
+SIZE (phillbush-pmenu-v2.4.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 18404
diff --git a/x11/pmenu/files/patch-config.mk b/x11/pmenu/files/patch-config.mk
index 32179e87b82e..338ff92e9d99 100644
--- a/x11/pmenu/files/patch-config.mk
+++ b/x11/pmenu/files/patch-config.mk
@@ -1,39 +1,19 @@
---- config.mk.orig	2021-02-05 04:34:38 UTC
+--- config.mk.orig	2021-10-13 18:48:49 UTC
 +++ config.mk
-@@ -2,16 +2,16 @@
- PROG = pmenu
- 
- # paths
--PREFIX = /usr/local
-+PREFIX ?= /usr/local
- MANPREFIX = ${PREFIX}/share/man
- 
--LOCALINC = /usr/local/include
--LOCALLIB = /usr/local/lib
-+LOCALINC = ${LOCALBASE}/include
-+LOCALLIB = ${LOCALBASE}/lib
- 
--X11INC = /usr/X11R6/include
--X11LIB = /usr/X11R6/lib
-+X11INC = ${LOCALBASE}/include/xorg
-+X11LIB = ${LOCALBASE}/lib/xorg
- 
--FREETYPEINC = /usr/include/freetype2
-+FREETYPEINC = ${LOCALBASE}/include/freetype2
- # OpenBSD (uncomment)
+@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ FREETYPEINC = /usr/include/freetype2
  #FREETYPEINC = ${X11INC}/freetype2
  
-@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ INCS = -I${LOCALINC} -I${X11INC} -I${FREETYPEINC}
- LIBS = -L${LOCALLIB} -L${X11LIB} -lm -lfontconfig -lXft -lX11 -lXinerama -lXrender -lXext -lImlib2
+ # includes and libs
+-INCS = -I${LOCALINC} -I${X11INC} -I${FREETYPEINC}
+-LIBS = -L${LOCALLIB} -L${X11LIB} -lm -lfontconfig -lXft -lX11 -lXinerama -lXrender -lXext -lImlib2
++INCS += -I${LOCALINC} -I${X11INC} -I${FREETYPEINC}
++LIBS += -L${LOCALLIB} -L${X11LIB} -lm -lfontconfig -lXft -lX11 -lXinerama -lXrender -lXext -lImlib2
  
  # flags
--CPPFLAGS =
 -CFLAGS = -Wall -Wextra ${INCS} ${CPPFLAGS}
 -LDFLAGS = ${LIBS}
-+CPPFLAGS +=
 +CFLAGS += -Wall -Wextra ${INCS} ${CPPFLAGS}
 +LDFLAGS += ${LIBS}
  
  # compiler and linker
--CC = cc
-+CC ?= cc
+ CC = cc