diff --git a/www/ocaml-net/Makefile b/www/ocaml-net/Makefile
index 00b353539c44..e9ed5bc7cbc0 100644
--- a/www/ocaml-net/Makefile
+++ b/www/ocaml-net/Makefile
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	net
-PORTVERSION=	0.97
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTVERSION=	0.98
 CATEGORIES=	www
 MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_SOURCEFORGE}
 MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	ocamlnet
@@ -27,6 +26,8 @@ WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${DISTNAME}/src
 USE_GMAKE=	yes
 
 HAS_CONFIGURE=	yes
+# seems required to build www/ocaml-wdialog:
+CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	-enable-compatcgi
 
 ALL_TARGET=	all opt
 
diff --git a/www/ocaml-net/distinfo b/www/ocaml-net/distinfo
index 855f64ad9728..0c1ba046c66d 100644
--- a/www/ocaml-net/distinfo
+++ b/www/ocaml-net/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-MD5 (ocamlnet-0.97.tar.gz) = 60e2afa16e0ee55828822b365791793b
-SIZE (ocamlnet-0.97.tar.gz) = 383163
+MD5 (ocamlnet-0.98.tar.gz) = 229b7ed78b4c3ffae41b83625a13c3da
+SIZE (ocamlnet-0.98.tar.gz) = 639820