diff --git a/french/Makefile b/french/Makefile
index f10b6b9b5ec6..6363e4d6e9a7 100644
--- a/french/Makefile
+++ b/french/Makefile
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     SUBDIR += gimp-help
     SUBDIR += homard
     SUBDIR += hunspell
+    SUBDIR += hyphen
     SUBDIR += ispell
     SUBDIR += jdictionary-fre-hun
     SUBDIR += kde3-i18n
diff --git a/french/hyphen/Makefile b/french/hyphen/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..24c8fcd68b54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/french/hyphen/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# New ports collection makefile for:	hyphen
+# Date created:		2011-07-20
+# Whom:			Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>
+#
+# $FreeBSD$
+#
+
+PORTNAME=	hyphen
+PORTVERSION=	2.0
+#PORTREVISION=	0
+#PORTEPOCH=	0
+CATEGORIES=	french textproc
+MASTER_SITES=	http://www.dicollecte.org/download/fr/
+DISTNAME=	hyph_fr_${PORTVERSION:S/./-/}
+
+MAINTAINER=	bapt@FreeBSD.org
+COMMENT=	French hyphenation rules
+
+USE_ZIP=	yes
+NO_BUILD=	yes
+
+PLIST_FILES=	share/hyphen/hyph_fr_FR.dic
+
+FRALIASES=	fr_BE fr_CA fr_CH fr_LU
+
+.for ALIAS in ${FRALIASES}
+PLIST_FILES+=	share/hyphen/hyph_${ALIAS}.dic
+.endfor
+PLIST_DIRS=	share/hyphen
+
+do-install:
+	@${MKDIR} ${PREFIX}/share/hyphen
+	@${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKDIR}/hyph_fr_FR.dic ${PREFIX}/share/hyphen
+	@cd ${PREFIX}/share/hyphen; \
+	for alias in ${FRALIASES}; do \
+		${LN} -s hyph_fr_FR.dic hyph_$${alias}.dic ; \
+	done
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/french/hyphen/distinfo b/french/hyphen/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5d28fd80b3e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/french/hyphen/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+SHA256 (hyph_fr_2-0.zip) = b947910457001fc0ca187354ec2256753c07a7fade7be60507c6c4b85f926c24
+SIZE (hyph_fr_2-0.zip) = 325626
diff --git a/french/hyphen/pkg-descr b/french/hyphen/pkg-descr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6197fa2fb2e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/french/hyphen/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+French hyphenation rules
+
+WWW:	http://www.dicollecte.org/download.php?prj=fr