diff --git a/textproc/Makefile b/textproc/Makefile
index 5a04c0348b14..0c7c8138b446 100644
--- a/textproc/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/Makefile
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@
     SUBDIR += jing
     SUBDIR += jq
     SUBDIR += jrefentry
+    SUBDIR += jshon
     SUBDIR += kbedic
     SUBDIR += kdiff3
     SUBDIR += kmfl-european-latin
diff --git a/textproc/jshon/Makefile b/textproc/jshon/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e6c15b4b5cd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/jshon/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# $FreeBSD$
+
+PORTNAME=	jshon
+PORTVERSION=	20121210
+CATEGORIES=	textproc
+
+MAINTAINER=	bapt@FreeBSD.org
+COMMENT=	json parser for the shell.
+
+LICENSE=	MIT
+
+LIB_DEPENDS=	jansson:${PORTSDIR}/devel/jansson
+
+USE_GMAKE=	yes
+USE_GITHUB=	yes
+GH_ACCOUNT=	keenerd
+GH_COMMIT=	b21bc98
+GH_TAGNAME=	${GH_COMMIT}
+
+CFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include
+
+PLIST_FILES=	bin/${PORTNAME}
+MAN1=	${PORTNAME}.1
+
+post-patch:
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's,-ljansson,-L${LOCALBASE}/lib -ljansson,g' ${WRKSRC}/Makefile
+
+do-install:
+	@${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/${PORTNAME} ${PREFIX}/bin
+	@${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/${PORTNAME}.1 ${MANPREFIX}/man/man1
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/jshon/distinfo b/textproc/jshon/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..73b4487f952e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/jshon/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+SHA256 (jshon-20121210.tar.gz) = 130d6b8536dd8ea6b31394f5d5ff5e63f941f54e70b2fac68d9e0ce147b1b4db
+SIZE (jshon-20121210.tar.gz) = 10712
diff --git a/textproc/jshon/pkg-descr b/textproc/jshon/pkg-descr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d757ef4e352b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/jshon/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+jshon parses, reads and creates JSON. It is designed to be as usable as possible
+from within the shell and replaces fragile adhoc parsers made from grep/sed/awk
+as well as heavyweight one-line parsers made from perl/python.
+
+WWW: http://kmkeen.com/jshon/