diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 18246ad9c6..a4d87629b7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4323,6 +4323,7 @@ SUBDIR+=	ruby-actionmessenger
 SUBDIR+=	ruby-asciidoctor
 SUBDIR+=	ruby-blockenspiel
 SUBDIR+=	ruby-cabin
+SUBDIR+=	ruby-charlock_holmes
 SUBDIR+=	ruby-chawan
 SUBDIR+=	ruby-delegate_it
 SUBDIR+=	ruby-diaspora
diff --git a/ruby-charlock_holmes/DESCR b/ruby-charlock_holmes/DESCR
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f92fef182f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruby-charlock_holmes/DESCR
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+charlock_holmes provides binary and text detection as well as text
+transcoding using libicu
diff --git a/ruby-charlock_holmes/Makefile b/ruby-charlock_holmes/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..21c3f219b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruby-charlock_holmes/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# $NetBSD$
+
+DISTNAME=	charlock_holmes-0.7.6
+CATEGORIES=	textproc
+
+MAINTAINER=	pkgsrc-users@NetBSD.org
+HOMEPAGE=	https://github.com/brianmario/charlock_holmes
+COMMENT=	Character encoding detection, brought to you by ICU
+LICENSE=	mit
+
+USE_LANGUAGES=	c c++
+
+.include "../../lang/ruby/gem.mk"
+.include "../../textproc/icu/buildlink3.mk"
+.include "../../mk/bsd.pkg.mk"
diff --git a/ruby-charlock_holmes/PLIST b/ruby-charlock_holmes/PLIST
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..873ee03cf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruby-charlock_holmes/PLIST
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+@comment $NetBSD$
+${GEM_HOME}/cache/${GEM_NAME}.gem
+${GEM_EXTSDIR}/charlock_holmes/charlock_holmes.${RUBY_DLEXT}
+${GEM_EXTSDIR}/gem.build_complete
+${GEM_LIBDIR}/ext/charlock_holmes/common.h
+${GEM_LIBDIR}/ext/charlock_holmes/converter.c
+${GEM_LIBDIR}/ext/charlock_holmes/encoding_detector.c
+${GEM_LIBDIR}/ext/charlock_holmes/ext.c
+${GEM_LIBDIR}/ext/charlock_holmes/extconf.rb
+${GEM_LIBDIR}/ext/charlock_holmes/transliterator.cpp
+${GEM_LIBDIR}/lib/charlock_holmes.rb
+${GEM_LIBDIR}/lib/charlock_holmes/charlock_holmes.${RUBY_DLEXT}
+${GEM_LIBDIR}/lib/charlock_holmes/encoding_detector.rb
+${GEM_LIBDIR}/lib/charlock_holmes/string.rb
+${GEM_LIBDIR}/lib/charlock_holmes/version.rb
+${GEM_HOME}/specifications/${GEM_NAME}.gemspec
+@pkgdir lib/ruby/gems/2.6.0/build_info
diff --git a/ruby-charlock_holmes/distinfo b/ruby-charlock_holmes/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..acd2c7d895
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruby-charlock_holmes/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+$NetBSD$
+
+SHA1 (charlock_holmes-0.7.6.gem) = 546b3157f72a80a66627f90053d8e268f29144df
+RMD160 (charlock_holmes-0.7.6.gem) = a2d81c5e72aa1d49bd183b08787e0206bfb37838
+SHA512 (charlock_holmes-0.7.6.gem) = b31c07f823ef05a135afb39048c4b94832487da9bc007b6485d36ea56298d7a976a824553f378ac372bfb0cf2c4f944dfa0c2b33c68c4f4c15fb06db27e6c53d
+Size (charlock_holmes-0.7.6.gem) = 10752 bytes