diff --git a/textproc/highlight/Makefile b/textproc/highlight/Makefile
index 2734e5f60d66..2b1f9a9c39c3 100644
--- a/textproc/highlight/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/highlight/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ COMMENT=	Customizable syntax highlighter
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	boost-libs>0:devel/boost-libs
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/include/boost/scoped_array.hpp:devel/boost-libs
 
 USES=		compiler:c++11-lib gmake lua pkgconfig tar:bzip2
 USE_CXXSTD=	c++11
@@ -20,10 +20,23 @@ MAKEFILE=	makefile
 MAKE_ARGS=	CXX="${CXX}" \
 		CFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} ${CPPFLAGS} -DHAVE_DECL_GETOPT" \
 		LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
+ALL_TARGET=	all # cli
+INSTALL_TARGET=	install
 
 PORTDOCS=	*
 
-OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS GUI
+OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
+
+GUI_USES=	qt:5
+GUI_USE=	QT=buildtools_build,qmake_build,core,gui,widgets
+GUI_ALL_TARGET=	gui
+GUI_INSTALL_TARGET=	install-gui
+
+post-patch:
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e '/PKGCONFIG/s,lua,&-${LUA_VER}, ; \
+		/LIBS/s,-llua,&-${LUA_VER},' \
+			${WRKSRC}/src/gui-qt/highlight.pro
 
 post-install:
 .for cfg in filetypes lsp
diff --git a/textproc/highlight/pkg-plist b/textproc/highlight/pkg-plist
index d38c739fcb7e..da8fc244b505 100644
--- a/textproc/highlight/pkg-plist
+++ b/textproc/highlight/pkg-plist
@@ -1,8 +1,19 @@
 bin/highlight
+%%GUI%%bin/highlight-gui
 @sample %%ETCDIR%%/filetypes.conf.sample
 @sample %%ETCDIR%%/lsp.conf.sample
 man/man1/highlight.1.gz
 man/man5/filetypes.conf.5.gz
+%%GUI%%share/applications/highlight.desktop
+%%GUI%%share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/highlight.png
+%%GUI%%%%DATADIR%%/gui_files/ext/fileopenfilter.conf
+%%GUI%%%%DATADIR%%/gui_files/l10n/highlight_bg_BG.qm
+%%GUI%%%%DATADIR%%/gui_files/l10n/highlight_cs_CZ.qm
+%%GUI%%%%DATADIR%%/gui_files/l10n/highlight_de_DE.qm
+%%GUI%%%%DATADIR%%/gui_files/l10n/highlight_es_ES.qm
+%%GUI%%%%DATADIR%%/gui_files/l10n/highlight_fr_FR.qm
+%%GUI%%%%DATADIR%%/gui_files/l10n/highlight_it_IT.qm
+%%GUI%%%%DATADIR%%/gui_files/l10n/highlight_zh_CN.qm
 %%DATADIR%%/langDefs/abap.lang
 %%DATADIR%%/langDefs/abc.lang
 %%DATADIR%%/langDefs/abnf.lang