diff --git a/x11/Makefile b/x11/Makefile
index a2d321f5170b..2d00f0e3fb24 100644
--- a/x11/Makefile
+++ b/x11/Makefile
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@
     SUBDIR += xautomation
     SUBDIR += xbacklight
     SUBDIR += xballoon
+    SUBDIR += xbanish
     SUBDIR += xbanner
     SUBDIR += xbelld
     SUBDIR += xbiff
diff --git a/x11/xbanish/Makefile b/x11/xbanish/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7f55839dd309
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11/xbanish/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Created by: Tobias Kortkamp <t@tobik.me>
+# $FreeBSD$
+
+PORTNAME=	xbanish
+PORTVERSION=	1.4
+DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
+CATEGORIES=	x11
+
+MAINTAINER=	t@tobik.me
+COMMENT=	Banish the mouse cursor when typing
+
+LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
+
+USE_GITHUB=	yes
+GH_ACCOUNT=	jcs
+
+USE_XORG=	x11 xfixes xi xt
+
+MAKE_ARGS=	X11BASE="${PREFIX}"
+
+PLIST_FILES=	bin/xbanish \
+		man/man1/xbanish.1.gz
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/x11/xbanish/distinfo b/x11/xbanish/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..56802e62b738
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11/xbanish/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+TIMESTAMP = 1469336573
+SHA256 (jcs-xbanish-v1.4_GH0.tar.gz) = df90d1fe2c2215e0bdfd3b6a3151ac29553248abd293f428760f8015e82d8c64
+SIZE (jcs-xbanish-v1.4_GH0.tar.gz) = 5407
diff --git a/x11/xbanish/pkg-descr b/x11/xbanish/pkg-descr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..be4e0e275a3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11/xbanish/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+xbanish hides the mouse cursor when you start typing, and shows it
+again when the mouse cursor moves or a mouse button is pressed.  This
+is similar to xterm's pointerMode setting, but xbanish works globally
+in the X11 session.
+
+WWW: https://github.com/jcs/xbanish/