diff --git a/devel/qgit/Makefile b/devel/qgit/Makefile
index ea161f0389ae..9a48757f7bbf 100644
--- a/devel/qgit/Makefile
+++ b/devel/qgit/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	qgit
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	${PORTNAME}-
-DISTVERSION=	2.7
+DISTVERSION=	2.8
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 
 MAINTAINER=	adridg@FreeBSD.org
diff --git a/devel/qgit/distinfo b/devel/qgit/distinfo
index 9682289bf9b8..c6f30df9d761 100644
--- a/devel/qgit/distinfo
+++ b/devel/qgit/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1505308761
-SHA256 (tibirna-qgit-qgit-2.7_GH0.tar.gz) = 183d116b2fb38c6a76c99577f6cc86f0241f8b6bdc74042be4cb8631567f5e9e
-SIZE (tibirna-qgit-qgit-2.7_GH0.tar.gz) = 259624
+TIMESTAMP = 1527247496
+SHA256 (tibirna-qgit-qgit-2.8_GH0.tar.gz) = 792cf639fbf02eb5ec7e76d05a290062982c142355b65de873cce05e90b8a112
+SIZE (tibirna-qgit-qgit-2.8_GH0.tar.gz) = 260001
diff --git a/devel/qgit/files/patch-src_config.h b/devel/qgit/files/patch-src_config.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..074577798016
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/qgit/files/patch-src_config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- src/config.h.orig	2018-05-21 16:21:27 UTC
++++ src/config.h
+@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
+ #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "qgit"
+ 
+ /* Define to the version of this package. */
+-#define PACKAGE_VERSION "2.7"
++#define PACKAGE_VERSION "2.8"
+ 
+ /* Version number of package */
+-#define VERSION "2.7"
++#define VERSION "2.8"