diff --git a/cmake/modules/DetectMachine.cmake b/cmake/modules/DetectMachine.cmake
index cd2ffe4f28e..4c35147b134 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/DetectMachine.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/DetectMachine.cmake
@@ -164,20 +164,25 @@ ENDIF(LMMS_BUILD_WIN32)
 IF(LMMS_BUILD_APPLE)
 	# Detect Homebrew versus Macports environment
 	EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND brew --prefix RESULT_VARIABLE DETECT_HOMEBREW OUTPUT_VARIABLE HOMEBREW_PREFIX ERROR_QUIET OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-	EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND port dir RESULT_VARIABLE DETECT_MACPORTS OUTPUT_VARIABLE MACPORTS_PREFIX ERROR_QUIET OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-	IF(${DETECT_HOMEBREW} EQUAL 0)
+	EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND which port RESULT_VARIABLE DETECT_MACPORTS OUTPUT_VARIABLE MACPORTS_PREFIX ERROR_QUIET OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+	IF(DETECT_HOMEBREW EQUAL 0)
 		SET(HOMEBREW 1)
 		SET(APPLE_PREFIX "${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}")
+		# Configure Qt
 		SET(Qt5_DIR "${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/opt/qt@5/lib/cmake/Qt5")
 		SET(Qt5Test_DIR "${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/opt/qt@5/lib/cmake/Qt5Test")
 		SET(Qt6_DIR "${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/opt/qt@6/lib/cmake/Qt6")
 		SET(Qt6Test_DIR "${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/opt/qt@6/lib/cmake/Qt6Test")
-	ELSEIF(${DETECT_MACPORTS} EQUAL 0)
+	ELSEIF(DETECT_MACPORTS EQUAL 0)
 		SET(MACPORTS 1)
-		SET(APPLE_PREFIX "${MACPORTS_PREFIX}")
+		# move up two directories
+		GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(MACPORTS_PREFIX "${MACPORTS_PREFIX}" DIRECTORY)
+        GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(MACPORTS_PREFIX "${MACPORTS_PREFIX}" DIRECTORY)
+        SET(APPLE_PREFIX "${MACPORTS_PREFIX}")
+		# Configure Qt
 		SET(Qt5_DIR "${MACPORTS_PREFIX}/lib/qt5/cmake/Qt5")
-		SET(Qt6_DIR "${MACPORTS_PREFIX}/lib/qt6/cmake/Qt6")
 		SET(Qt5Test_DIR "${MACPORTS_PREFIX}/lib/qt5/cmake/Qt5Test")
+		SET(Qt6_DIR "${MACPORTS_PREFIX}/lib/qt6/cmake/Qt6")
 		SET(Qt6Test_DIR "${MACPORTS_PREFIX}/lib/qt6/cmake/Qt6Test")
 		LINK_DIRECTORIES(${LINK_DIRECTORIES} ${APPLE_PREFIX}/lib)
 	ENDIF()