diff --git a/graphics/sdl2_image/Makefile b/graphics/sdl2_image/Makefile
index de7999fef199..278864dda1ae 100644
--- a/graphics/sdl2_image/Makefile
+++ b/graphics/sdl2_image/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PORTNAME=	sdl2_image
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	release-
-DISTVERSION=	2.8.4
+DISTVERSION=	2.8.8
 CATEGORIES=	graphics
 
 MAINTAINER=	amdmi3@FreeBSD.org
@@ -18,11 +18,14 @@ USE_SDL=	sdl2
 CMAKE_OFF=	SDL2IMAGE_DEPS_SHARED \
 		SDL2IMAGE_SAMPLES \
 		SDL2IMAGE_BACKEND_STB
+CMAKE_ON=	SDL2IMAGE_STRICT
 CMAKE_ARGS=	-DSDL2IMAGE_DEBUG_POSTFIX:STRING=
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
+PLIST_SUB=	LIBVERSION=0.${DISTVERSION:R:E}00.${DISTVERSION:E}
+
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	AVIF JPEG JXL PNG TIFF WEBP TEST
-OPTIONS_DEFAULT=AVIF JPEG JXL PNG WEBP
+OPTIONS_DEFAULT=AVIF JPEG JXL PNG TIFF WEBP
 
 AVIF_LIB_DEPENDS=	libavif.so:graphics/libavif
 AVIF_CMAKE_BOOL=	SDL2IMAGE_AVIF
diff --git a/graphics/sdl2_image/distinfo b/graphics/sdl2_image/distinfo
index 0f4162c91629..14fb2d2dcab1 100644
--- a/graphics/sdl2_image/distinfo
+++ b/graphics/sdl2_image/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1735295930
-SHA256 (libsdl-org-SDL_image-release-2.8.4_GH0.tar.gz) = 8a6adb95fbc3d376ebd6e64617698ffebaaf83c6f1e31d57b9000812024bb5d4
-SIZE (libsdl-org-SDL_image-release-2.8.4_GH0.tar.gz) = 11625263
+TIMESTAMP = 1741178810
+SHA256 (libsdl-org-SDL_image-release-2.8.8_GH0.tar.gz) = 2bd2c17cab3744ebfe7351ded8c70dc2078d8c7c24eb9f4ebb1b26a623e2a747
+SIZE (libsdl-org-SDL_image-release-2.8.8_GH0.tar.gz) = 6925189
diff --git a/graphics/sdl2_image/pkg-plist b/graphics/sdl2_image/pkg-plist
index af47a7d6f992..8ecd98c82458 100644
--- a/graphics/sdl2_image/pkg-plist
+++ b/graphics/sdl2_image/pkg-plist
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ lib/cmake/SDL2_image/SDL2_imageConfig.cmake
 lib/cmake/SDL2_image/SDL2_imageConfigVersion.cmake
 lib/libSDL2_image-2.0.so
 lib/libSDL2_image-2.0.so.0
-lib/libSDL2_image-2.0.so.0.800.4
+lib/libSDL2_image-2.0.so.%%LIBVERSION%%
 lib/libSDL2_image.so
 libdata/pkgconfig/SDL2_image.pc