diff --git a/devel/schilybase/Makefile b/devel/schilybase/Makefile
--- a/devel/schilybase/Makefile
+++ b/devel/schilybase/Makefile
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
 
 COMMENT=	Support files and libraries for the schilytools
 
+NLS_USES=	gettext-tools
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
-OPTIONS_DEFINE=	PROFILE DOCS
-OPTIONS_DEFAULT=DOCS
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS NLS PROFILE
+OPTIONS_DEFAULT=DOCS NLS
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
 
 # do not reorder: order required for build to succeed
@@ -39,6 +40,24 @@
 		man \
 		man/man4
 
+post-build-NLS-on:
+	${SETENV} LC_ALL=de_DE.ISO8859-1 msgfmt -o ${WRKDIR}/SCHILY_utils.mo ${FILESDIR}/SCHILY_utils.po
+
+# all languages supported by FreeBSD
+_LANGUAGES=	af am ar be bg ca cs da de el en es et eu fi fr ga he hi hr hu \
+		hy is it ja kk ko lt lv mn nb nl nn pl pt ro ru se sk sl sr sv \
+		tr uk zh
+
+post-install-NLS-on:
+	@${ECHO_MSG} '=> installing dummy message catalogues'
+	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES
+	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKDIR}/SCHILY_utils.mo ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+.for lang in ${_LANGUAGES:Nde}
+	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/locale/${lang}/LC_MESSAGES
+	${RLN} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo \
+	    ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/locale/${lang}/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+.endfor
+
 post-install-PROFILE-off:
 	${RM} -r ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/profiled
 
diff --git a/devel/schilybase/Makefile.master b/devel/schilybase/Makefile.master
--- a/devel/schilybase/Makefile.master
+++ b/devel/schilybase/Makefile.master
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DISTVERSION=	2021-08-14
+DISTVERSION=	2021-09-01
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/schilytools
 DISTNAME=	schily-${DISTVERSION}
 
@@ -64,25 +64,21 @@
 	cd ${WRKSRC}/psmake && ${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} ${SH} ./MAKE-all
 .endif
 	@${ECHO_MSG} "=> configuring components"
-	for component in ${COMPONENTS} ; \
-	do \
-		cd ${WRKSRC}/$$component && \
-		${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} ${MAKE_CMD} ${MAKE_ARGS} config ; \
-	done
+.for component in ${COMPONENTS}
+	cd ${WRKSRC}/${component} && ${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} ${MAKE_CMD} ${MAKE_ARGS} config
+.endfor
 
 do-build:
-	for component in ${COMPONENTS} ; \
-	do \
-		cd ${WRKSRC}/$$component && \
-		${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} ${MAKE_CMD} ${MAKE_ARGS} all ; \
-	done
+.for component in ${COMPONENTS}
+	cd ${WRKSRC}/${component} && ${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} ${MAKE_CMD} ${MAKE_ARGS} all
+.endfor
 
 do-install:
-	for component in ${COMPONENTS} ; \
-	do \
-		cd ${WRKSRC}/$$component && \
-		${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} ${MAKE_CMD} ${MAKE_ARGS} install ; \
-	done
-	[ -z "${COMPONENTS:Mlib*}" ] || ${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/*.so.*.* 
+.for component in ${COMPONENTS}
+	cd ${WRKSRC}/${component} && ${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} ${MAKE_CMD} ${MAKE_ARGS} install
+.endfor
+.if "${COMPONENTS:Mlib}" != ""
+	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/*.so.*.* 
+.endif
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/schilybase/distinfo b/devel/schilybase/distinfo
--- a/devel/schilybase/distinfo
+++ b/devel/schilybase/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1629365867
-SHA256 (schily-2021-08-14.tar.bz2) = fb4e4c0ca534aa28127f7e7556c9017e059f4c7b93f6bfc33965f28091230f10
-SIZE (schily-2021-08-14.tar.bz2) = 4942864
+TIMESTAMP = 1630581827
+SHA256 (schily-2021-09-01.tar.bz2) = 8d1a6a1ff73144f3933367900a4f1ebe4aed63e5bb0db4e6aa2a108bb08024b8
+SIZE (schily-2021-09-01.tar.bz2) = 4954006
diff --git a/devel/schilybase/files/SCHILY_utils.po b/devel/schilybase/files/SCHILY_utils.po
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/schilybase/files/SCHILY_utils.po
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: Schilytools\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-08-21 10:40+0200\n"
+"Last-Translator: Jörg Schilling <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
+"Language: all\n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+
+#, c-format
+msgid "Jörg Schilling"
+msgstr "Jörg Schilling"
diff --git a/devel/schilybase/files/patch-compare_Makefile b/devel/schilybase/files/patch-compare_Makefile
--- a/devel/schilybase/files/patch-compare_Makefile
+++ b/devel/schilybase/files/patch-compare_Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
---- compare/Makefile.orig	2021-06-21 15:02:35 UTC
+--- compare/Makefile.orig	2021-08-19 10:00:38 UTC
 +++ compare/Makefile
 @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ include		$(SRCROOT)/$(RULESDIR)/rules.top
  ###########################################################################
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@
 +TARGET=		scompare
  CPPOPTS +=	-DUSE_LARGEFILES
  CPPOPTS +=	-DSCHILY_PRINT
- 
+ CPPOPTS +=	-DUSE_NLS		# Include locale support
diff --git a/devel/schilybase/files/patch-mt_Makefile b/devel/schilybase/files/patch-mt_Makefile
--- a/devel/schilybase/files/patch-mt_Makefile
+++ b/devel/schilybase/files/patch-mt_Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
---- mt/Makefile.orig	2021-06-07 13:29:48 UTC
+--- mt/Makefile.orig	2021-08-19 17:51:16 UTC
 +++ mt/Makefile
 @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ include		$(SRCROOT)/$(RULESDIR)/rules.top
  
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
 +#SYMLINKS=	mt
  CPPOPTS +=	-DUSE_REMOTE
  CPPOPTS +=	-DSCHILY_PRINT
- 
-@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ CFILES=		mt.c
+ CPPOPTS +=	-DUSE_NLS		# Include locale support
+@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ CFILES=		mt.c
  # LIB_CAP is needed for Linux capability support in librmt.
  #
- LIBS=		-lrmt -lschily $(LIB_SOCKET) $(LIB_CAP)
+ LIBS=		-lrmt -lschily $(LIB_SOCKET) $(LIB_CAP) $(LIB_INTL)
 -XMK_FILE=	Makefile.man mt.mk1
 +XMK_FILE=	Makefile.man
  
diff --git a/devel/schilybase/pkg-plist b/devel/schilybase/pkg-plist
--- a/devel/schilybase/pkg-plist
+++ b/devel/schilybase/pkg-plist
@@ -206,6 +206,51 @@
 %%PROFILE%%lib/profiled/libxtermcap.a
 %%PORTDOCS%%share/doc/libparanoia/README.interface
 %%PORTDOCS%%share/doc/libparanoia/README.paranoia
+%%NLS%%share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/hy/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/mn/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/se/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/zh/LC_MESSAGES/SCHILY_utils.mo
 share/lib/siconv/cp10000
 share/lib/siconv/cp10006
 share/lib/siconv/cp10007
diff --git a/misc/schilytools/pkg-descr b/misc/schilytools/pkg-descr
--- a/misc/schilytools/pkg-descr
+++ b/misc/schilytools/pkg-descr
@@ -13,3 +13,5 @@
  * SCCS derived from OpenSolaris sources
  * star, the oldest free TAR implementation, started in 1982
  * ved, A portable, easy to learn and extremely fast screen oriented editor.
+
+WWW: http://schilytools.sourceforge.net/