diff --git a/sysutils/conky/Makefile b/sysutils/conky/Makefile
index a3ac017d6d2bb..a32033c83f21d 100644
--- a/sysutils/conky/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/conky/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	conky
-PORTVERSION=	1.15.0
+PORTVERSION=	1.16.1
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ WWW=		https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libinotify.so:devel/libinotify
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	gsed:textproc/gsed
 
-USES=		cpe cmake:noninja compiler:c++11-lib gettext-runtime iconv \
+USES=		cpe cmake compiler:c++11-lib gettext-runtime iconv \
 		localbase lua:52-53 pkgconfig tar:bzip2
 
 CMAKE_ARGS=	-DBUILD_PORT_MONITORS:BOOL=false \
diff --git a/sysutils/conky/distinfo b/sysutils/conky/distinfo
index 051644f30c77c..a706ee0921c5e 100644
--- a/sysutils/conky/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/conky/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1665942072
-SHA256 (brndnmtthws-conky-v1.15.0_GH0.tar.gz) = bebd54637bf8819ee395b765e3615ad28606d28a7870ac99ed1dffb1d14087b2
-SIZE (brndnmtthws-conky-v1.15.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 1800684
+TIMESTAMP = 1672086732
+SHA256 (brndnmtthws-conky-v1.16.1_GH0.tar.gz) = a293530980bf5ec2250e6d52533cb3426de66c99477ae15430215b3e4b536593
+SIZE (brndnmtthws-conky-v1.16.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 1696411
diff --git a/sysutils/conky/files/patch-src_x11.h b/sysutils/conky/files/patch-src_x11.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c0a45206d133d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysutils/conky/files/patch-src_x11.h
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+--- src/x11.h.orig	2022-12-26 18:54:10 UTC
++++ src/x11.h
+@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
+  *
+  */
+ 
++#ifdef BUILD_X11
+ #pragma once
+ 
+ #include <X11/Xatom.h>
+@@ -157,3 +158,5 @@ extern priv::use_xpmdb_setting use_xpmdb;
+ #else
+ extern priv::use_xpmdb_setting use_xpmdb;
+ #endif
++
++#endif /* BUILD_X11 */