diff --git a/lang/ghc/bsd.hackage.mk b/lang/ghc/bsd.hackage.mk
index 97f2907fe0fd..31b8b3139f40 100644
--- a/lang/ghc/bsd.hackage.mk
+++ b/lang/ghc/bsd.hackage.mk
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ json_port=			converters/hs-json
 language-c_port=		devel/hs-language-c-ghc
 lazysmallcheck_port=		devel/hs-lazysmallcheck-ghc
 libmpd_port=			audio/hs-libmpd
+libxml_port=			textproc/hs-libxml
 MemoTrie_port=			devel/hs-MemoTrie
 mime_port=			mail/hs-mime
 MissingH_port=			devel/hs-MissingH
diff --git a/textproc/Makefile b/textproc/Makefile
index 28ab7096e6c2..a60fd664e04a 100644
--- a/textproc/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/Makefile
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@
     SUBDIR += hs-highlighting-kate-ghc
     SUBDIR += hs-hs-bibutils
     SUBDIR += hs-hxt
+    SUBDIR += hs-libxml
     SUBDIR += hs-polyparse-ghc
     SUBDIR += hs-stringsearch
     SUBDIR += hs-tagsoup
diff --git a/textproc/hs-libxml/Makefile b/textproc/hs-libxml/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..456bd51f268e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/hs-libxml/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# New ports collection makefile for: hs-libxml
+# Date created:        May 22, 2010
+# Whom:                Gabor Pali <pgj@FreeBSD.org>
+#
+# $FreeBSD$
+#
+
+PORTNAME=	libxml
+PORTVERSION=	0.1.1
+CATEGORIES=	textproc haskell
+
+MAINTAINER=	haskell@FreeBSD.org
+COMMENT=	Binding to libxml2
+
+USE_GNOME=	libxml2
+
+CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--extra-include-dirs="${LOCALBASE}/include/libxml2"
+
+.include "${.CURDIR}/../../lang/ghc/bsd.cabal.mk"
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/hs-libxml/distinfo b/textproc/hs-libxml/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6b9edbf42d0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/hs-libxml/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+MD5 (libxml-0.1.1.tar.gz) = 417ec538637b313bd4d5ef9545624ab5
+SHA256 (libxml-0.1.1.tar.gz) = d1e92affb41e7abe1c7b692aa24ae47dbcf3636f2753bb85a3469c370d9afb07
+SIZE (libxml-0.1.1.tar.gz) = 3959
diff --git a/textproc/hs-libxml/pkg-descr b/textproc/hs-libxml/pkg-descr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1fbf9c4d4b1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/hs-libxml/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Minimal binding to libxml2.  Additional functions will be added when
+needed.
+
+WWW: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/libxml
diff --git a/textproc/hs-libxml/pkg-plist b/textproc/hs-libxml/pkg-plist
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2d7d5e25053a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/hs-libxml/pkg-plist
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+@comment $FreeBSD$
+%%LIBDIR_REL%%/ghc-%%GHC_VERSION%%/Text/XML/LibXML.hi
+%%LIBDIR_REL%%/ghc-%%GHC_VERSION%%/Text/XML/LibXML/Internals.hi
+%%LIBDIR_REL%%/ghc-%%GHC_VERSION%%/Text/XML/LibXML/Parser.hi
+%%LIBDIR_REL%%/ghc-%%GHC_VERSION%%/Text/XML/LibXML/Tree.hi
+%%LIBDIR_REL%%/ghc-%%GHC_VERSION%%/Text/XML/LibXML/Types.hi
+%%LIBDIR_REL%%/ghc-%%GHC_VERSION%%/HS%%PORTNAME%%-%%PORTVERSION%%.o
+%%LIBDIR_REL%%/ghc-%%GHC_VERSION%%/libHS%%PORTNAME%%-%%PORTVERSION%%.a
+%%LIBDIR_REL%%/register.sh
+%%NOPORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/LICENSE
+%%NOPORTDOCS%%@dirrmtry %%DOCSDIR%%
+@dirrm %%LIBDIR_REL%%/ghc-%%GHC_VERSION%%/Text/XML/LibXML
+@dirrm %%LIBDIR_REL%%/ghc-%%GHC_VERSION%%/Text/XML
+@dirrm %%LIBDIR_REL%%/ghc-%%GHC_VERSION%%/Text
+@dirrm %%LIBDIR_REL%%/ghc-%%GHC_VERSION%%
+@dirrm %%LIBDIR_REL%%
+@exec /bin/sh %D/%%LIBDIR_REL%%/register.sh
+@exec /bin/rm -f %D/lib/ghc-%%GHC_VERSION%%/package.conf.old
+@unexec %D/bin/ghc-pkg unregister %%PORTNAME%%-%%PORTVERSION%%
+@unexec /bin/rm -f %D/lib/ghc-%%GHC_VERSION%%/package.conf.old