diff --git a/devel/fossil/Makefile b/devel/fossil/Makefile
index a85de4344705..694235e8e6e6 100644
--- a/devel/fossil/Makefile
+++ b/devel/fossil/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	fossil
-PORTVERSION=	2.7
+PORTVERSION=	2.8
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	src-
 PORTREVISION=	0
 PORTEPOCH=	2
@@ -22,23 +22,28 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--prefix=${PREFIX}
 USE_RC_SUBR=	fossil
 MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE=yes
 
-PLIST_FILES=	bin/fossil
+PLIST_FILES=	bin/fossil \
+		man/man1/fossil.1.gz
 
-OPTIONS_DEFINE=	JSON FUSE STATIC TH1HOOKS TCL
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=	JSON FUSE STATIC SQLITE TH1HOOKS TCL
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=JSON
 JSON_DESC=	JSON API support
 FUSE_DESC=	Enable fossil fusefs command
+SQLITE_DESC=	Enable ports sqlite3 dependency
 TH1HOOKS_DESC=	Enable TH1 command and web page hooks
 TCL_DESC=	Enable Tcl integration
 
 JSON_CONFIGURE_ON=	--json
 STATIC_CONFIGURE_ON=	--static
+SQLITE_CONFIGURE_ON=	--disable-internal-sqlite
 FUSE_CONFIGURE_OFF=	--disable-fusefs
 TH1HOOKS_CONFIGURE_ON=	--with-th1-hooks
 TCL_CONFIGURE_ON=	--with-tcl-stubs --with-tcl=${TCL_LIBDIR}
 TCL_USES=		tcl
 TCL_CFLAGS=		-DTCL_LIBRARY_NAME=\\\"libtcl${TCL_SHLIB_VER}.so\\\" \
 			-DTCL_MINOR_OFFSET=7
+SQLITE_LIB_DEPENDS=	libsqlite3.so:databases/sqlite3
+SQLITE_USES=		localbase:ldflags
 FUSE_LIB_DEPENDS=	libfuse.so:sysutils/fusefs-libs
 FUSE_USES=		localbase:ldflags
 
@@ -47,5 +52,6 @@ post-patch-FUSE-on:
 
 post-install:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/fossil
+	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/fossil.1 ${STAGEDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man/man1
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/fossil/distinfo b/devel/fossil/distinfo
index 800dce79dbac..68bcc0a74386 100644
--- a/devel/fossil/distinfo
+++ b/devel/fossil/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1537775822
-SHA256 (fossil-src-2.7.tar.gz) = 2c24359131d7495e47dc95021eb35f1ba408ded9087e36370d94742a4011033c
-SIZE (fossil-src-2.7.tar.gz) = 5276161
+TIMESTAMP = 1550726229
+SHA256 (fossil-src-2.8.tar.gz) = 6a32bec73de26ff5cc8bbb0b7b45360f4e4145931fd215ed91414ed190b3715d
+SIZE (fossil-src-2.8.tar.gz) = 5359975