diff --git a/audio/cava/Makefile b/audio/cava/Makefile
index cb586a335ca4..bedaa79865fd 100644
--- a/audio/cava/Makefile
+++ b/audio/cava/Makefile
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ pre-configure:
 	@${ECHO_CMD} ${DISTVERSION} > ${WRKSRC}/version
 
 pre-build-VT-on:
-	psf2bdf ${WRKSRC}/cava.psf > ${WRKSRC}/cava.bdf
+	psf2bdf --fontname="-gnu-cava-medium-r-normal--16-160-75-75-c-80-iso10646-1" \
+		${WRKSRC}/cava.psf > ${WRKSRC}/cava.bdf
 	vtfontcvt ${WRKSRC}/cava.bdf ${WRKSRC}/cava.fnt
 
 post-install-DOCS-on: