diff --git a/devel/rubygem-licensee8/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-licensee8/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ab6eabe351a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/rubygem-licensee8/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Created by: Brendan Molloy <brendan+freebsd@bbqsrc.net>
+# $FreeBSD: head/devel/rubygem-licensee/Makefile 457898 2018-01-02 15:46:37Z swills $
+
+PORTNAME=	licensee
+PORTVERSION=	8.7.0
+CATEGORIES=	devel rubygems
+MASTER_SITES=	RG
+PKGNAMESUFFIX=	8
+
+MAINTAINER=	idefix@fechner.net
+COMMENT=	Detects under what license a project is distributed
+
+LICENSE=	MIT
+LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.md
+
+RUN_DEPENDS=	rubygem-rugged>=0.24:devel/rubygem-rugged
+
+PORTSCOUT=	limit:^8\.
+
+NO_ARCH=	yes
+USE_RUBY=	yes
+USES=		gem
+
+PLIST_FILES=	bin/licensee
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-licensee8/distinfo b/devel/rubygem-licensee8/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9e12ece0f94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/rubygem-licensee8/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+TIMESTAMP = 1515587263
+SHA256 (rubygem/licensee-8.7.0.gem) = 42992036a97e20bc1b80284d44f098f2f6e45fae7c8982cff2985230fa0612da
+SIZE (rubygem/licensee-8.7.0.gem) = 129024
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-licensee8/pkg-descr b/devel/rubygem-licensee8/pkg-descr
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cb7294aa9e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/rubygem-licensee8/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Licensee automates the process of reading LICENSE files and compares their
+contents to known licenses using a fancy math thing called Rabin-Karp
+rolling-hashes.
+
+WWW: https://github.com/benbalter/licensee
diff --git a/www/gitlab/Makefile b/www/gitlab/Makefile
index f952f6389ef..b2e6e7beffa 100644
--- a/www/gitlab/Makefile
+++ b/www/gitlab/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 PORTNAME=	gitlab
 PORTVERSION=	10.1.5
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-PORTREVISION=	6
+PORTREVISION=	7
 CATEGORIES=	www devel
 
 MAINTAINER=	idefix@fechner.net
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ RUN_DEPENDS=	git>=2.14.1:devel/git \
 	rubygem-sanitize>=2.0:textproc/rubygem-sanitize \
 	rubygem-babosa>=1.0.2:textproc/rubygem-babosa \
 	rubygem-loofah>=2.0.3:textproc/rubygem-loofah \
-	rubygem-licensee>=8.7:devel/rubygem-licensee \
+	rubygem-licensee8>=8.7:devel/rubygem-licensee8 \
 	rubygem-rack-attack>=4.4.1:www/rubygem-rack-attack \
 	rubygem-ace-rails-ap>=4.1.0:www/rubygem-ace-rails-ap \
 	rubygem-mousetrap-rails>=1.4.6:www/rubygem-mousetrap-rails \
diff --git a/www/gitlab/files/patch-Gemfile b/www/gitlab/files/patch-Gemfile
index d90b9f1c957..c168b31432e 100644
--- a/www/gitlab/files/patch-Gemfile
+++ b/www/gitlab/files/patch-Gemfile
@@ -210,8 +210,7 @@
 +gem 'loofah', '>= 2.0.3'
  
  # Working with license
--gem 'licensee', '~> 8.7.0'
-+gem 'licensee', '>= 8.7.0'
+ gem 'licensee', '~> 8.7.0'
  
  # Protect against bruteforcing
 -gem 'rack-attack', '~> 4.4.1'