diff --git c/graphics/colord/Makefile i/graphics/colord/Makefile
index d063633c7173..3e6c1d953672 100644
--- c/graphics/colord/Makefile
+++ i/graphics/colord/Makefile
@@ -39,12 +39,17 @@ INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 GLIB_SCHEMAS=	org.freedesktop.ColorHelper.gschema.xml
 
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
-OPTIONS_DEFINE=	MANPAGES PPROFILES
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=	MANPAGES PPROFILES VALA
+OPTIONS_DEFAULT=VALA
 
-MANPAGES_BUILD_DEPENDS=	docbook2html:textproc/docbook-utils \
-			docbook-sgml>0:textproc/docbook-sgml
-PPROFILES_DESC=		Build extra print profiles (long build time)
+PPROFILES_DESC=	Build extra print profiles (long build time)
+VALA_DESC=	Build Vala language bindings
+
+MANPAGES_BUILD_DEPENDS=		docbook2html:textproc/docbook-utils \
+				docbook-sgml>0:textproc/docbook-sgml
 PPROFILES_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	print-profiles
+VALA_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=		vala
+VALA_BUILD_DEPENDS=		vapigen:lang/vala
 
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
 
diff --git c/graphics/colord/pkg-plist i/graphics/colord/pkg-plist
index d6171a232cb6..aa71946a6928 100644
--- c/graphics/colord/pkg-plist
+++ i/graphics/colord/pkg-plist
@@ -201,5 +201,6 @@ share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/colord.mo
 share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/colord.mo
 share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/colord.mo
 share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.color.policy
+%%VALA%%share/vala/vapi/colord.vapi
 @dir /var/db/colord/icc
 @dir /var/db/colord