diff --git a/devel/patch/Makefile b/devel/patch/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b583d5f77d0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/patch/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# New ports collection makefile for:    patch
+# Version required:     2.5
+# Date created:         21 Jan 1998
+# Whom:                 ache
+#
+# $Id: Makefile,v 1.4 1996/12/07 10:54:06 max Exp $
+#
+
+DISTNAME=       patch-2.5
+CATEGORIES=	devel
+MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_GNU}
+
+MAINTAINER=     ache@FreeBSD.org
+
+GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
+
+MAN1=           patch.1
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/patch/distinfo b/devel/patch/distinfo
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index 000000000000..4d2cea5a69c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/patch/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+MD5 (patch-2.5.tar.gz) = f79af4d98c515bdccc5cf0f36cca7f85
diff --git a/devel/patch/pkg-comment b/devel/patch/pkg-comment
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index 000000000000..e804bd5d94bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/patch/pkg-comment
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+GNU Patch Utility
diff --git a/devel/patch/pkg-descr b/devel/patch/pkg-descr
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index 000000000000..2cd4d0f98b23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/patch/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+patch takes a patch file patchfile containing a difference
+listing produced by the diff  program  and  applies  those
+differences  to  one  or  more  original  files, producing
+patched versions.
diff --git a/devel/patch/pkg-plist b/devel/patch/pkg-plist
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index 000000000000..534ce6c0c8f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/patch/pkg-plist
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bin/patch
+man/man1/patch.1.gz