diff --git a/lib/libc/locale/Makefile.inc b/lib/libc/locale/Makefile.inc
index 54e9e23760ff..711ad8d47137 100644
--- a/lib/libc/locale/Makefile.inc
+++ b/lib/libc/locale/Makefile.inc
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ MAN+=	btowc.3 \
 	wcsrtombs.3 wcstod.3 wcstol.3 \
 	wctrans.3 wctype.3 wcwidth.3
 MAN+=	euc.4 utf2.4
-MAN+=	big5.5 gb18030.5 gbk.5 mskanji.5 utf8.5
+MAN+=	big5.5 gb18030.5 gb2312.5 gbk.5 mskanji.5 utf8.5
 
 MLINKS+=btowc.3 wctob.3
 MLINKS+=isdigit.3 isnumber.3
diff --git a/lib/libc/locale/gb2312.5 b/lib/libc/locale/gb2312.5
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dd63aa7f9039
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/libc/locale/gb2312.5
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Tim J. Robbins
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+.\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
+.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+.\" ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
+.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.Dd November 7, 2003
+.Dt GB2312 5
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm gb2312
+.Nd "GB2312 encoding method for Chinese text"
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm ENCODING
+.Qq GB2312
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm GB2312
+encoding implements GB\ 2312-1980, a PRC national standard
+for the encoding of simplified Chinese characters. 
+.Pp
+Multibyte characters in the GB2312
+encoding can be one byte or two bytes long.
+.No GB\ 11383-1981 ( Ns
+.Tn ASCII )
+characters are represented by single bytes in the range 0x00 to 0x7F.
+Simplified Chinese characters are represented by two bytes, both in
+the range 0xA1-0xFE.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr euc 4 ,
+.Xr gb18030 5 ,
+.Xr gbk 5
+.Sh STANDARDS
+The
+.Nm GB2312
+encoding is believed to be compatible with GB\ 2312-1980.
+This standard has been superceded by GB\ 18030-2000, but is still
+in wide use.