diff --git a/ports/textproc/the_silver_searcher/dragonfly/patch-src_zfile.c b/ports/textproc/the_silver_searcher/dragonfly/patch-src_zfile.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b8d5d8850a66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/textproc/the_silver_searcher/dragonfly/patch-src_zfile.c
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+--- src/zfile.c.orig	2023-11-29 22:40:36 UTC
++++ src/zfile.c
+@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
+ #include <sys/types.h>
+ 
+ #ifdef __CYGWIN__
+-typedef _off64_t off64_t;
++typedef _off64_t z_off64_t;
+ #endif
+ 
+ #include <assert.h>
+@@ -331,14 +331,14 @@ zfile_read(void *cookie_, char *buf, siz
+ }
+ 
+ static int
+-zfile_seek(void *cookie_, off64_t *offset_, int whence) {
++zfile_seek(void *cookie_, z_off64_t *offset_, int whence) {
+     struct zfile *cookie = cookie_;
+-    off64_t new_offset = 0, offset = *offset_;
++    z_off64_t new_offset = 0, offset = *offset_;
+ 
+     if (whence == SEEK_SET) {
+         new_offset = offset;
+     } else if (whence == SEEK_CUR) {
+-        new_offset = (off64_t)cookie->logic_offset + offset;
++        new_offset = (z_off64_t)cookie->logic_offset + offset;
+     } else {
+         /* SEEK_END not ok */
+         return -1;
+@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ zfile_seek(void *cookie_, off64_t *offse
+         return -1;
+ 
+     /* Backward seeks to anywhere but 0 are not ok */
+-    if (new_offset < (off64_t)cookie->logic_offset && new_offset != 0) {
++    if (new_offset < (z_off64_t)cookie->logic_offset && new_offset != 0) {
+         return -1;
+     }
+