diff --git a/textproc/jq/Makefile b/textproc/jq/Makefile
index 1c2fc839a539b..4c90c6f6d5624 100644
--- a/textproc/jq/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/jq/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 PORTNAME=	jq
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	${PORTNAME}-
 DISTVERSION=	1.7
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
@@ -10,7 +11,9 @@ WWW=		https://stedolan.github.io/jq/
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
-USES=		autoreconf cpe gmake libtool
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	gsed:textproc/gsed
+
+USES=		autoreconf bison cpe gmake libtool
 USE_CSTD=	gnu99
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
@@ -23,6 +26,8 @@ GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--docdir="${DOCSDIR}" \
 		--disable-maintainer-mode
 
+BINARY_ALIAS=	sed=${LOCALBASE}/bin/gsed # fixes the build problem on 15: sed: No error: 0; checking for sys/cygwin.h... eval: ${+...}: Bad substitution
+
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 TEST_TARGET=	check # 3 tests fail, see https://github.com/jqlang/jq/issues/2885