diff --git a/textproc/Makefile b/textproc/Makefile
index 57111c63c65d..0e1f21b8612f 100644
--- a/textproc/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/Makefile
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@
     SUBDIR += p5-String-ShellQuote
     SUBDIR += p5-String-ShowDiff
     SUBDIR += p5-String-Strip
+    SUBDIR += p5-Syntax-Highlight-Perl-Improved
     SUBDIR += p5-TeX-Hyphen
     SUBDIR += p5-Template-Magic
     SUBDIR += p5-Text-ASCIITable
diff --git a/textproc/p5-Syntax-Highlight-Perl-Improved/Makefile b/textproc/p5-Syntax-Highlight-Perl-Improved/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6d10d5b7120c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/p5-Syntax-Highlight-Perl-Improved/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# New ports collection makefile for:   textproc/p5-Syntax-Highlight-Perl-Improved
+# Date created:                                2 August 2005
+# Whom:                                        Mauricio Herrera Cuadra <mauricio@arareko.net>
+#
+# $FreeBSD$
+#
+
+PORTNAME=	Syntax-Highlight-Perl-Improved
+PORTVERSION=	1.01
+CATEGORIES=	textproc perl5
+MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_PERL_CPAN}
+MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	../by-authors/id/D/DA/DAVIDCYL/Syntax-Highlight-Perl-Improved-101
+PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
+
+MAINTAINER=	mauricio@arareko.net
+COMMENT=	Syntax highlighting for Perl code
+
+PERL_CONFIGURE=	yes
+
+MAN3=		Syntax::Highlight::Perl::Improved.3
+
+.include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
+
+.if ${PERL_LEVEL} < 500600
+IGNORE=	requires at least perl5.6 to build
+.endif
+
+.include <bsd.port.post.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/p5-Syntax-Highlight-Perl-Improved/distinfo b/textproc/p5-Syntax-Highlight-Perl-Improved/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1b53c905de92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/p5-Syntax-Highlight-Perl-Improved/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+MD5 (Syntax-Highlight-Perl-Improved-1.01.tar.gz) = e5235f8e1f3f57c28105ea4a2fec7209
+SIZE (Syntax-Highlight-Perl-Improved-1.01.tar.gz) = 30051
diff --git a/textproc/p5-Syntax-Highlight-Perl-Improved/pkg-descr b/textproc/p5-Syntax-Highlight-Perl-Improved/pkg-descr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7dcee01d33e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/p5-Syntax-Highlight-Perl-Improved/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Syntax::Highlight::Perl::Improved - Highlighting of Perl Syntactical Structures.
+
+WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Syntax-Highlight-Perl-Improved/
diff --git a/textproc/p5-Syntax-Highlight-Perl-Improved/pkg-plist b/textproc/p5-Syntax-Highlight-Perl-Improved/pkg-plist
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..90a2717818bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/p5-Syntax-Highlight-Perl-Improved/pkg-plist
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+%%SITE_PERL%%/Syntax/Highlight/Perl/Improved.pm
+%%SITE_PERL%%/%%PERL_ARCH%%/auto/Syntax/Highlight/Perl/Improved/.packlist
+@dirrm %%SITE_PERL%%/%%PERL_ARCH%%/auto/Syntax/Highlight/Perl/Improved
+@unexec rmdir %D/%%SITE_PERL%%/%%PERL_ARCH%%/auto/Syntax/Highlight/Perl 2>/dev/null || true
+@unexec rmdir %D/%%SITE_PERL%%/%%PERL_ARCH%%/auto/Syntax/Highlight 2>/dev/null || true
+@unexec rmdir %D/%%SITE_PERL%%/%%PERL_ARCH%%/auto/Syntax 2>/dev/null || true
+@unexec rmdir %D/%%SITE_PERL%%/Syntax/Highlight/Perl 2>/dev/null || true
+@unexec rmdir %D/%%SITE_PERL%%/Syntax/Highlight 2>/dev/null || true
+@unexec rmdir %D/%%SITE_PERL%%/Syntax 2>/dev/null || true