diff --git a/security/hitch/Makefile b/security/hitch/Makefile
index f534e749b27bc..830f37b4ef624 100644
--- a/security/hitch/Makefile
+++ b/security/hitch/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=		hitch
-PORTVERSION=		1.7.3
+PORTVERSION=		1.8.0
 CATEGORIES=		security
 MASTER_SITES=		http://hitch-tls.org/source/ \
 			ZI
diff --git a/security/hitch/distinfo b/security/hitch/distinfo
index 73f5d3919a5b1..8891e4afd0e6e 100644
--- a/security/hitch/distinfo
+++ b/security/hitch/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1669650966
-SHA256 (hitch-1.7.3.tar.gz) = 1a1bf4955d775b718dc31c89a1a05176530b0ca856f95ee42a2bc7a23f289787
-SIZE (hitch-1.7.3.tar.gz) = 355577
+TIMESTAMP = 1696949297
+SHA256 (hitch-1.8.0.tar.gz) = dfc99484bc7ffea27a3169e84d6c217988eda47b208ab2e5524dc2a5dd158f4e
+SIZE (hitch-1.8.0.tar.gz) = 358605
diff --git a/security/hitch/files/patch-src_configuration.c b/security/hitch/files/patch-src_configuration.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..34df06234450a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/security/hitch/files/patch-src_configuration.c
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- src/configuration.c.orig	2023-10-10 16:16:06 UTC
++++ src/configuration.c
+@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
+ 
+ #include <sys/types.h>
+ #include <sys/stat.h>
++#ifndef __FreeBSD__
+ #include <sys/sysinfo.h>
++#endif
+ 
+ #include <stdio.h>
+ #include <string.h>