diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b0d8aec2b..5e39602c7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ vendor/sunnyvalley -- Vendor Repository for Zenarmor (a.k.a Sensei, Next Generat
 www/c-icap -- c-icap connects the web proxy with a virus scanner
 www/cache -- Webserver cache
 www/nginx -- Nginx HTTP server and reverse proxy
+www/squid -- Squid is a caching proxy for the web
 www/web-proxy-sso -- Kerberos authentication module
 ```
 
diff --git a/www/squid/Makefile b/www/squid/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..639759f60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www/squid/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+PLUGIN_NAME=		squid
+PLUGIN_VERSION=		1.0.d
+PLUGIN_COMMENT=		Squid is a caching proxy for the web
+PLUGIN_DEPENDS=		squid squid-langpack
+PLUGIN_TIER=		2
+PLUGIN_MAINTAINER=	franco@opnsense.org
+
+.include "../../Mk/plugins.mk"
diff --git a/www/squid/pkg-descr b/www/squid/pkg-descr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b725ff7f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www/squid/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Squid is a fully-featured HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, etc. proxy offering rich access
+control, authorization and logging environment to develop web proxy and
+content serving applications.