diff --git a/misc/pkgsel/sets/basic.set b/misc/pkgsel/sets/basic.set
index 8832a0e92..6cb0413d0 100644
--- a/misc/pkgsel/sets/basic.set
+++ b/misc/pkgsel/sets/basic.set
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 / bzip2 /		{ p; d; }
 / texinfo /		{ p; d; }
 / man /			{ p; d; }
+/ groff /		{ p; d; }
 
 / e2fsprogs /		{ p; d; }
 / file /		{ p; d; }