diff --git a/databases/sqlean/Portfile b/databases/sqlean/Portfile
index 42d3c907b2fdc..1e43c304e43be 100644
--- a/databases/sqlean/Portfile
+++ b/databases/sqlean/Portfile
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ PortSystem          1.0
 PortGroup           github      1.0
 PortGroup           makefile    1.0
 
-github.setup        nalgeon sqlean 0.22.0
+# Update to 0.24.0 once this is fixed:
+# https://github.com/nalgeon/sqlean/issues/124
+github.setup        nalgeon sqlean 0.23.0
 github.tarball_from archive
 revision            0
 
@@ -30,6 +32,13 @@ fetch.type          git
 
 patchfiles          patch-Makefile.diff
 
+# base32.c: error: ‘for’ loop initial declaration used outside C99 mode
+# However just passing -std= flag does not fix the build:
+# extension.c: error: ‘struct ipaddress’ has no member named ‘ipv4’
+# So still need to blacklist old Xcode gcc.
+compiler.blacklist-append \
+                    *gcc-4.0 *gcc-4.2
+
 build.target        prepare-dist compile-macos
 
 use_parallel_build  no