diff --git a/release/packages/bhyve/+MANIFEST b/release/packages/bhyve/+MANIFEST
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9ffae42bb248
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release/packages/bhyve/+MANIFEST
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+name = "FreeBSD-bhyve"
+origin = "base"
+version = "%VERSION%"
+comment = "The BSD Hypervisor"
+categories = [ base ]
+maintainer = "re@FreeBSD.org"
+www = "http://www.FreeBSD.org"
+prefix = "/"
+licenselogic = "single"
+licenses = [ BSD2CLAUSE ]
+desc = <<EOD
+bhyve, the "BSD hypervisor" is a hypervisor/virtual machine manager developed on
+FreeBSD and relies on modern CPU features such as Extended Page Tables (EPT) and
+VirtIO network and storage drivers
+EOD
diff --git a/usr.sbin/bhyve/Makefile b/usr.sbin/bhyve/Makefile
index 5a1c2c6ceccc..0273b0fa60ba 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/bhyve/Makefile
+++ b/usr.sbin/bhyve/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #
 
 PROG=	bhyve
+PACKAGE=	bhyve
 
 DEBUG_FLAGS= -g -O0
 
diff --git a/usr.sbin/bhyvectl/Makefile b/usr.sbin/bhyvectl/Makefile
index 4a33dee94676..c48ca6e67073 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/bhyvectl/Makefile
+++ b/usr.sbin/bhyvectl/Makefile
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 PROG=	bhyvectl
 SRCS=	bhyvectl.c
+PACKAGE=	bhyve
 
 MAN=
 
diff --git a/usr.sbin/bhyveload/Makefile b/usr.sbin/bhyveload/Makefile
index aa89b6c16d91..17c6c8d39059 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/bhyveload/Makefile
+++ b/usr.sbin/bhyveload/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 PROG=	bhyveload
 SRCS=	bhyveload.c
 MAN=	bhyveload.8
+PACKAGE=	bhyve
 
 LIBADD=	vmmapi util