diff --git a/textproc/Makefile b/textproc/Makefile
index a3c61506bd0f..b9c70bf18efe 100644
--- a/textproc/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/Makefile
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@
     SUBDIR += p5-XML-RSS
     SUBDIR += p5-XML-RegExp
     SUBDIR += p5-XML-SAX
+    SUBDIR += p5-XML-SAX-Base
     SUBDIR += p5-XML-SAX-Expat
     SUBDIR += p5-XML-SAX-Machines
     SUBDIR += p5-XML-SAX-Simple
diff --git a/textproc/p5-XML-SAX-Base/Makefile b/textproc/p5-XML-SAX-Base/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..434f58fd4b5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/p5-XML-SAX-Base/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# New ports collection makefile for:	XML::SAX::Base
+# Date created:				25 Jan 2002
+# Whom:					Seamus Venasse <svenasse@polaris.ca>
+#
+# $FreeBSD$
+#
+
+PORTNAME=	XML-SAX-Base
+PORTVERSION=	1.04
+CATEGORIES=	textproc perl5
+MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_PERL_CPAN}
+#MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	XML
+MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	../by-authors/id/K/KH/KHAMPTON
+PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
+
+MAINTAINER=	svenasse@polaris.ca
+
+PERL_CONFIGURE=	yes
+
+MAN3=		XML::SAX::Exception.3 \
+		XML::SAX::Base.3
+MANPREFIX=	${PREFIX}/lib/perl5/${PERL_VERSION}
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/p5-XML-SAX-Base/distinfo b/textproc/p5-XML-SAX-Base/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..85c585a1c9f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/p5-XML-SAX-Base/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+MD5 (XML-SAX-Base-1.04.tar.gz) = e4d248e8ac1811a5db0aa043c56af612
diff --git a/textproc/p5-XML-SAX-Base/pkg-comment b/textproc/p5-XML-SAX-Base/pkg-comment
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aaf8d7556bf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/p5-XML-SAX-Base/pkg-comment
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Base class SAX Drivers and Filters
diff --git a/textproc/p5-XML-SAX-Base/pkg-descr b/textproc/p5-XML-SAX-Base/pkg-descr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9c4cd9b97988
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/p5-XML-SAX-Base/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+This module has a very simple task - to be a base class for PerlSAX
+drivers and filters. It's default behaviour is to pass the input directly
+to the output unchanged. It can be useful to use this module as a base class
+so you don't have to, for example, implement the characters() callback.
+
+WWW: http://search.cpan.org/search?dist=XML-SAX-Base
+
+Seamus Venasse <svenasse@polaris.ca>
diff --git a/textproc/p5-XML-SAX-Base/pkg-plist b/textproc/p5-XML-SAX-Base/pkg-plist
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f001db4efdb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/p5-XML-SAX-Base/pkg-plist
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+lib/perl5/site_perl/%%PERL_VER%%/%%PERL_ARCH%%/auto/XML/SAX/Base/.packlist
+lib/perl5/site_perl/%%PERL_VER%%/XML/SAX/Base.pm
+lib/perl5/site_perl/%%PERL_VER%%/XML/SAX/Exception.pm
+@unexec rmdir %D/lib/perl5/site_perl/%%PERL_VER%%/XML/SAX 2>/dev/null || true
+@unexec rmdir %D/lib/perl5/site_perl/%%PERL_VER%%/XML 2>/dev/null || true
+@unexec rmdir %D/lib/perl5/site_perl/%%PERL_VER%%/%%PERL_ARCH%%/auto/XML/SAX/Base 2>/dev/null || true
+@unexec rmdir %D/lib/perl5/site_perl/%%PERL_VER%%/%%PERL_ARCH%%/auto/XML/SAX 2>/dev/null || true
+@unexec rmdir %D/lib/perl5/site_perl/%%PERL_VER%%/%%PERL_ARCH%%/auto/XML 2>/dev/null || true