diff --git a/textproc/Makefile b/textproc/Makefile
index a8980c7e71f3..89c7752a6276 100644
--- a/textproc/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/Makefile
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@
     SUBDIR += grc-aspell
     SUBDIR += greple
     SUBDIR += groff
+    SUBDIR += gron
     SUBDIR += groonga
     SUBDIR += gsed
     SUBDIR += gspell
diff --git a/textproc/gron/Makefile b/textproc/gron/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7decc83a10b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/gron/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Created by: Ryan Steinmetz <zi@FreeBSD.org>
+# $FreeBSD$
+
+PORTNAME=	gron
+PORTVERSION=	0.6.0
+DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
+CATEGORIES=	textproc
+
+MAINTAINER=	zi@FreeBSD.org
+COMMENT=	Transforms JSON into discrete assignments that are easier to grep
+
+LICENSE=	MIT
+
+USES=		go
+USE_GITHUB=	yes
+GH_ACCOUNT=	tomnomnom
+GH_TUPLE=	fatih:color:v1.7.0:color \
+		mattn:go-colorable:v0.1.1:colorable \
+		mattn:go-isatty:v0.0.6:isatty \
+		nwidger:jsoncolor:75a6de4:jsoncolor \
+		pkg:errors:v0.8.1:pkg_errors
+
+PLIST_FILES=	bin/${PORTNAME}
+
+pre-build:
+	${MKDIR} ${GO_WRKDIR_SRC}/github.com/fatih \
+		${GO_WRKDIR_SRC}/github.com/mattn \
+		${GO_WRKDIR_SRC}/github.com/pkg \
+		${GO_WRKDIR_SRC}/github.com/nwidger
+	${MV} ${WRKSRC_color} ${GO_WRKDIR_SRC}/github.com/fatih/color
+	${MV} ${WRKSRC_colorable} ${GO_WRKDIR_SRC}/github.com/mattn/go-colorable
+	${MV} ${WRKSRC_isatty} ${GO_WRKDIR_SRC}/github.com/mattn/go-isatty
+	${MV} ${WRKSRC_jsoncolor} ${GO_WRKDIR_SRC}/github.com/nwidger/jsoncolor
+	${MV} ${WRKSRC_pkg_errors} ${GO_WRKDIR_SRC}/github.com/pkg/errors
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/gron/distinfo b/textproc/gron/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3eef52667783
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/gron/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+TIMESTAMP = 1551486455
+SHA256 (tomnomnom-gron-v0.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = fe75b1b4922b591723f48cb9cd2c31cb60bb3ab9f8d0398df75a08b781d8591c
+SIZE (tomnomnom-gron-v0.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 338182
+SHA256 (fatih-color-v1.7.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 4650d7aa3feed266fc85d91dc34ca9cffdf7ee03ea29bf2cbf84bbecc75fb755
+SIZE (fatih-color-v1.7.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 816449
+SHA256 (mattn-go-colorable-v0.1.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 41773345d2a1037a37942b96e04a8ed5248f19a8f43a7ba26aa16a7b74132647
+SIZE (mattn-go-colorable-v0.1.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 8518
+SHA256 (mattn-go-isatty-v0.0.6_GH0.tar.gz) = 798c24d6e9d74c46565fa5899a514e773d7b254ee7bf45aba700f1e84681e421
+SIZE (mattn-go-isatty-v0.0.6_GH0.tar.gz) = 3566
+SHA256 (nwidger-jsoncolor-75a6de4_GH0.tar.gz) = 53ee90557b48eecdbc4ac1b835f4d761a821b94f5ca9b7e65c3c01fe0eae242c
+SIZE (nwidger-jsoncolor-75a6de4_GH0.tar.gz) = 4372
+SHA256 (pkg-errors-v0.8.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 7a428967c6fc2e80cd84a0d9469ab6bd4dbe6b13493ba6294322a933a5a7e356
+SIZE (pkg-errors-v0.8.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 11009
diff --git a/textproc/gron/pkg-descr b/textproc/gron/pkg-descr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..52076a51fc6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/gron/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Make JSON greppable!
+
+gron transforms JSON into discrete assignments to make it easier to grep for
+what you want and see the absolute 'path' to it. It eases the exploration of
+APIs that return large blobs of JSON but have terrible documentation.
+
+WWW: https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron