diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/uses.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/uses.xml
index 87e4701f96..a63d6e1bb2 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/uses.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/uses.xml
@@ -354,6 +354,14 @@
     <varname>lua_CMD</varname>.</entry>
 </row>
 
+<row>
+  <entry><literal>uidfix</literal></entry>
+  <entry>(none)</entry>
+  <entry>Changes some default behavior (mostly variables) of the build
+    system to allow installing this port as a normal user.  Try this in
+    your port before adding <literal>NEED_ROOT=yes</literal></entry>
+</row>
+
 <row>
   <entry><literal>zenoss</literal></entry>
   <entry>(none)</entry>