diff --git a/editors/Makefile b/editors/Makefile
index 1b91d771e819..f8877791a2f2 100644
--- a/editors/Makefile
+++ b/editors/Makefile
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     SUBDIR += bitmap
     SUBDIR += bitmap-emacs20
     SUBDIR += bitmap-mule
+    SUBDIR += bless
     SUBDIR += boiling-egg
     SUBDIR += bpatch
     SUBDIR += bvi
diff --git a/editors/bless/Makefile b/editors/bless/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1b18bc6b52de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editors/bless/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# New ports collection makefile for:	bless
+# Date created:				24 October 2004
+# Whom:					Mezz <mezz@FreeBSD.org>
+#
+# $FreeBSD$
+#
+
+PORTNAME=	bless
+PORTVERSION=	0.2.0
+CATEGORIES=	editors
+MASTER_SITES=	http://home.gna.org/bless/
+
+MAINTAINER=	bsd-sharp-list@forge.novell.com
+COMMENT=	A high quality, full featured hex editor
+
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	gapi-fixup:${PORTSDIR}/x11-toolkits/gtk-sharp
+RUN_DEPENDS=	${BUILD_DEPENDS}
+
+USE_GMAKE=	yes
+USE_X_PREFIX=   yes
+USE_REINPLACE=	yes
+GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
+
+DOCS=		COPYING Changelog README
+
+post-patch:
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|make|${GMAKE}|g' \
+			${WRKSRC}/Makefile
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|function pkg_config_check|pkg_config_check()|g' \
+			${WRKSRC}/configure
+
+.ifndef (NOPORTDOCS)
+post-install:
+	@${MKDIR} ${DOCSDIR}
+.for i in ${DOCS}
+	@${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/${i} ${DOCSDIR}
+.endfor
+.endif
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/editors/bless/distinfo b/editors/bless/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..72235b6bd0d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editors/bless/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+MD5 (bless-0.2.0.tar.gz) = f9e89bdc032c0a6ed4e9c989f4db3194
+SIZE (bless-0.2.0.tar.gz) = 232405
diff --git a/editors/bless/files/patch-src::Makefile b/editors/bless/files/patch-src::Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..83c02c1972a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editors/bless/files/patch-src::Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+--- src/Makefile.orig	Wed Oct 27 13:21:26 2004
++++ src/Makefile	Wed Oct 27 13:23:01 2004
+@@ -44,16 +44,16 @@
+ 	   -resource:gui/default.layout,default.layout    
+ 
+ bless.exe: $(GUI_SRC) $(BB_SRC) $(GUI_DRAWERS_SRC)  $(GUI_AREAS_SRC) $(GUI_DIALOGS_SRC) $(UTIL_SRC)
+-	$(MCS) -g -o bless.exe -t:exe -r:nunit.framework  $(RESOURCES) -pkg:gtk-sharp -pkg:glade-sharp \
++	$(MCS) -g -o bless.exe -t:exe -r:nunit.framework  $(RESOURCES) $(shell pkg-config --libs gtk-sharp glade-sharp) \
+ 	$(GUI_SRC) $(BB_SRC) $(GUI_DRAWERS_SRC)  $(GUI_AREAS_SRC) $(GUI_DIALOGS_SRC) $(UTIL_SRC)
+ 
+ 
+ %.dll:%.cs
+-	$(MCS) -t:library -r:nunit.framework -pkg:gtk-sharp $<
++	$(MCS) -t:library -r:nunit.framework $(shell pkg-config --libs gtk-sharp) $<
+ 
+ install: bless.exe 
+ 	install -c -d $(PREFIX)/lib/bless
+-	install -c bless.exe /usr/local/lib/bless
++	install -c bless.exe $(PREFIX)/lib/bless
+ 	echo "mono $(PREFIX)/lib/bless/bless.exe \"\$$@\"" > bless
+ 	install -c -d $(PREFIX)/bin
+ 	install -c bless $(PREFIX)/bin
+@@ -63,4 +63,4 @@
+ 	rm -rf $(PREFIX)/lib/bless
+ 	rm $(PREFIX)/bin/bless
+ clean:
+-	rm -rf $(DLLS)
+\ No newline at end of file
++	rm -rf $(DLLS)
diff --git a/editors/bless/files/patch-src::gui::Makefile b/editors/bless/files/patch-src::gui::Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dbb81fb0432d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editors/bless/files/patch-src::gui::Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+--- src/gui/Makefile.orig	Wed Oct 27 13:13:51 2004
++++ src/gui/Makefile	Wed Oct 27 13:14:03 2004
+@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
+ DLLS= FontDrawer.dll 
+ 
+ exe: 
+-	$(MCS)  -r:nunit.framework -pkg:gtk-sharp FontDrawer.cs
++	$(MCS)  -r:nunit.framework $(shell pkg-config --libs gtk-sharp) FontDrawer.cs
+ 
+ test: fd-test oa-test
+ 
+@@ -22,21 +22,21 @@
+ 	nunit-console DataView.dll
+ 
+ FontDrawer.dll: FontDrawer.cs
+-	$(MCS) -t:library -r:nunit.framework -pkg:gtk-sharp FontDrawer.cs
++	$(MCS) -t:library -r:nunit.framework $(shell pkg-config --libs gtk-sharp) FontDrawer.cs
+ 
+ OffsetArea.dll: OffsetArea.cs
+-	$(MCS) -t:library -r:nunit.framework -pkg:gtk-sharp OffsetArea.cs Area.cs FontDrawer.cs
++	$(MCS) -t:library -r:nunit.framework $(shell pkg-config --libs gtk-sharp) OffsetArea.cs Area.cs FontDrawer.cs
+ 
+ HexArea.dll: HexArea.cs
+-	$(MCS) -t:library -r:nunit.framework -pkg:gtk-sharp HexArea.cs Area.cs FontDrawer.cs
++	$(MCS) -t:library -r:nunit.framework $(shell pkg-config --libs gtk-sharp) HexArea.cs Area.cs FontDrawer.cs
+ 
+ DataView.dll: DataView.cs Area.cs HexArea.cs OffsetArea.cs SeparatorArea.cs AsciiArea.cs FontDrawer.cs
+-	$(MCS) -t:library -r:nunit.framework -pkg:gtk-sharp DataView.cs  Area.cs HexArea.cs OffsetArea.cs SeparatorArea.cs AsciiArea.cs FontDrawer.cs
++	$(MCS) -t:library -r:nunit.framework $(shell pkg-config --libs gtk-sharp) DataView.cs  Area.cs HexArea.cs OffsetArea.cs SeparatorArea.cs AsciiArea.cs FontDrawer.cs
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ %.dll:%.cs
+-	$(MCS) -t:library -r:nunit.framework -pkg:gtk-sharp $<
++	$(MCS) -t:library -r:nunit.framework $(shell pkg-config --libs gtk-sharp) $<
+ 
+ clean:
+-	rm -rf $(DLLS)
+\ No newline at end of file
++	rm -rf $(DLLS)
diff --git a/editors/bless/pkg-descr b/editors/bless/pkg-descr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ead742e0379f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editors/bless/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Bless is a binary (hex) editor, a program that enables you to edit files as
+a sequence of bytes. It is written in C# and uses the Gtk# bindings for the 
+GTK+ toolkit.
+
+Main Features
+-------------
+  * Efficient editing of large data files. 
+  * Multilevel undo - redo operations.
+  * Customizable data views.
+  * Fast data rendering on screen.
+
+WWW: http://home.gna.org/bless/
diff --git a/editors/bless/pkg-plist b/editors/bless/pkg-plist
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7c7864e1b9af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editors/bless/pkg-plist
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+bin/bless
+lib/bless/bless.exe
+%%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/COPYING
+%%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/Changelog
+%%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/README
+%%PORTDOCS%%@dirrm %%DOCSDIR%%
+@dirrm lib/bless