diff --git a/textproc/Makefile b/textproc/Makefile
index a580342d3798..1d57ff36c178 100644
--- a/textproc/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/Makefile
@@ -1338,6 +1338,7 @@
     SUBDIR += py-asonic
     SUBDIR += py-autopep8
     SUBDIR += py-awesome-slugify
+    SUBDIR += py-backrefs
     SUBDIR += py-bibtexparser
     SUBDIR += py-bracex
     SUBDIR += py-cchardet
diff --git a/textproc/py-backrefs/Makefile b/textproc/py-backrefs/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7dab29e80fb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/py-backrefs/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+PORTNAME=	backrefs
+DISTVERSION=	5.8
+CATEGORIES=	textproc python
+MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
+PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
+
+MAINTAINER=	kai@FreeBSD.org
+COMMENT=	Wrapper around re and regex that adds additional back references
+WWW=		https://github.com/facelessuser/backrefs
+
+LICENSE=	MIT
+LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.md
+
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}hatchling>=0.21.1:devel/py-hatchling@${PY_FLAVOR}
+
+USES=		python
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517 pytest
+
+TEST_ENV=	PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
+
+NO_ARCH=	yes
+
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=		EXTRAS
+OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	EXTRAS
+
+EXTRAS_DESC=	Support for bregex (a wrapper for the external Regex library)
+EXTRAS_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}regex>0:textproc/py-regex@${PY_FLAVOR}
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/py-backrefs/distinfo b/textproc/py-backrefs/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..551bb31115c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/py-backrefs/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+TIMESTAMP = 1741278890
+SHA256 (backrefs-5.8.tar.gz) = 2cab642a205ce966af3dd4b38ee36009b31fa9502a35fd61d59ccc116e40a6bd
+SIZE (backrefs-5.8.tar.gz) = 6773994
diff --git a/textproc/py-backrefs/pkg-descr b/textproc/py-backrefs/pkg-descr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f2403b684b28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/py-backrefs/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Backrefs is a wrapper around Python's built-in Re and the 3rd party Regex
+library.
+
+Backrefs adds various additional back references (and a couple other features)
+that are known to some regular expression engines, but not to Python's Re
+and/or Regex.  The supported back references actually vary depending on the
+regular expression engine being used as the engine may already have support for
+some.