diff --git a/helper-templates/xml-catalogs.sh b/helper-templates/xml-catalogs.sh
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+#
+# This helper registers DTDs and XML/SGML catalogs through the
+# xmlcatmgr application, as done in pkgsrc.
+#
+
+xmlcatmgr_cmd=$XBPS_MASTERDIR/bin/xmlcatmgr
+sgml_catalog=$XBPS_MASTERDIR/share/sgml/catalog
+xml_catalog=$XBPS_MASTERDIR/share/xml/catalog
+
+if [ -x $xmlcatmgr_cmd -a -f $sgml_catalog -a -f $xml_catalog ]; then
+	if [ -n "$sgml_entries" ]; then
+		echo "=> Registering SGML catalogs for \`$pkgname-$version'."
+		set -- ${sgml_entries}
+		while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+			$xmlcatmgr_cmd -sc $sgml_catalog add "$1" "$2" "$3"
+			shift; shift; shift;
+		done
+	fi
+
+	if [ -n "$xml_entries" ]; then
+		echo "=> Registering XML catalogs for \`$pkgname-$version'."
+		set -- ${xml_entries}
+		while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+			$xmlcatmgr_cmd -c $xml_catalog add "$1" "$2" "$3"
+			shift; shift; shift;
+		done
+	fi
+fi
+
+unset xmlcatmgr_cmd sgml_catalog xml_catalog