diff --git a/math/mfem/Makefile b/math/mfem/Makefile
index 8e298e41a2fd..4f1d71b3f041 100644
--- a/math/mfem/Makefile
+++ b/math/mfem/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PORTNAME=	mfem
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 DISTVERSION=	4.4
-PORTREVISION=	2
+PORTREVISION=	3
 CATEGORIES=	math
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 CMAKE_ON=	BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
 CMAKE_TESTING_ON=	MFEM_ENABLE_TESTING # tests are broken, see https://github.com/mfem/mfem/issues/3163
 
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=		SUPERLU
 OPTIONS_SINGLE=		MPI
 OPTIONS_SINGLE_MPI=	NOMPI MPICH OPENMPI
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	MPICH # should be the same choice as in science/hypre
@@ -35,4 +36,9 @@ OPENMPI_CMAKE_ON=	-DTPL_ENABLE_MPI=ON
 OPENMPI_LIB_DEPENDS=	libHYPRE.so:science/hypre \
 			libmetis.so:math/metis
 
+SUPERLU_DESC=		Enable SuperLU use
+SUPERLU_CMAKE_BOOL=	MFEM_USE_SUPERLU
+SUPERLU_CMAKE_ON=	-DSuperLUDist_DIR=${LOCALBASE} -DSuperLUDist_INCLUDE_DIRS=${LOCALBASE}/include/superlu
+SUPERLU_BROKEN=		build fails, see https://github.com/mfem/mfem/issues/3171
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>