diff --git a/devel/dbus-c++/Makefile b/devel/dbus-c++/Makefile
index 3f1e72da6701..deea24ddd9ab 100644
--- a/devel/dbus-c++/Makefile
+++ b/devel/dbus-c++/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	devel gnome
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@rawbw.com
 COMMENT=	C++ API for D-BUS
 
-LICENSE=	LGPL21
+LICENSE=	LGPL21+
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libexpat.so:textproc/expat2 \
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	andreas-volz
 GH_PROJECT=	dbus-cplusplus
 
-USES=		autoreconf compiler:c++11-lib gettext gmake libtool pkgconfig
+USES=		autoreconf compiler:c++11-lib gettext gmake libtool localbase pkgconfig
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 USE_GNOME=	glib20
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
@@ -31,11 +31,10 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--prefix=${LOCALBASE} \
 		--disable-tests \
 		--disable-examples \
 		--disable-doxygen-docs
-CPPFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include
-LDFLAGS+=	-L${LOCALBASE}/lib
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} 's|^pkgconfigdir = .*|pkgconfigdir=$${prefix}/libdata/pkgconfig|' ${WRKSRC}/Makefile.am
+
 post-install:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/libdbus-c++-1.so
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/libdbus-c++-glib-1.so