diff --git a/textproc/Makefile b/textproc/Makefile
index 08e5840a5254..e3733ead948f 100644
--- a/textproc/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/Makefile
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
     SUBDIR += docbook-xml
     SUBDIR += docbook-xsl
     SUBDIR += docbookide.el
+    SUBDIR += doclifter
     SUBDIR += docproj
     SUBDIR += docproj-jadetex
     SUBDIR += docproj-nojadetex
diff --git a/textproc/doclifter/Makefile b/textproc/doclifter/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..40f198f0e9b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/doclifter/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# ex:ts=8
+# Ports collection makefile for:	doclifter
+# Date created:			Apr 1, 2003
+# Whom:				ijliao
+#
+# $FreeBSD$
+#
+
+PORTNAME=	doclifter
+PORTVERSION=	1.0.4
+CATEGORIES=	textproc
+MASTER_SITES=	http://www.catb.org/~esr/doclifter/
+
+MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
+COMMENT=	Translates documents written in troff macros to DocBook
+
+USE_REINPLACE=	yes
+USE_PYTHON=	yes
+NO_BUILD=	yes
+
+MAN1=	doclifter.1
+
+post-patch:
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s,python2,${PYTHON_CMD},g" ${WRKSRC}/doclifter
+
+do-install:
+	${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${WRKSRC}/doclifter ${PREFIX}/bin
+	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/doclifter.1 ${MANPREFIX}/man/man1
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/doclifter/distinfo b/textproc/doclifter/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..43498a299d2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/doclifter/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+MD5 (doclifter-1.0.4.tar.gz) = 18d26400fa7f9b724fc03e528b6911aa
diff --git a/textproc/doclifter/pkg-descr b/textproc/doclifter/pkg-descr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1ac921a000d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/doclifter/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+The doclifter program translates documents written in troff macros to DocBook.
+
+Lifting documents from presentation level to semantic level is hard, and
+a really good job requires human polishing.  This tool aims to do everything
+that can be mechanized, and to preserve any troff-level information that might
+have structural implications in XML comments.
+
+This tool does some of the hard parts, but not all.  TBL tables are translated
+into DocBook table markup, but EQN and PIC are not translated (yet).
+
+WWW: http://www.catb.org/~esr/doclifter/
diff --git a/textproc/doclifter/pkg-plist b/textproc/doclifter/pkg-plist
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cc8941255a75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/doclifter/pkg-plist
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+bin/doclifter