diff --git a/dev-perl/xml_sax/additional-files/install_xml_sax_pureperl.pl b/dev-perl/xml_sax/additional-files/install_xml_sax_pureperl.pl
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..74c9e4938
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-perl/xml_sax/additional-files/install_xml_sax_pureperl.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!perl
+
+use XML::SAX;
+
+XML::SAX->add_parser(q(XML::SAX::PurePerl))->save_parsers();
diff --git a/dev-perl/xml_sax/additional-files/uninstall_xml_sax_pureperl.pl b/dev-perl/xml_sax/additional-files/uninstall_xml_sax_pureperl.pl
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..d9816ff87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-perl/xml_sax/additional-files/uninstall_xml_sax_pureperl.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!perl
+
+use XML::SAX;
+
+XML::SAX->remove_parser(q(XML::SAX::PurePerl))->save_parsers();
diff --git a/dev-perl/xml_sax/patches/xml_sax-1.02.patchset b/dev-perl/xml_sax/patches/xml_sax-1.02.patchset
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e17fde837
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-perl/xml_sax/patches/xml_sax-1.02.patchset
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+From bb777002f24040802543de8e9ae6716365c04898 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Joachim=20Mairb=C3=B6ck?= <j.mairboeck@gmail.com>
+Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2024 21:52:07 +0100
+Subject: put ParserDetails.ini into site_perl in non-packaged
+
+
+diff --git a/lib/XML/SAX.pm b/lib/XML/SAX.pm
+index 7cd93d2..b04b3e8 100644
+--- a/lib/XML/SAX.pm
++++ b/lib/XML/SAX.pm
+@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ use Exporter ();
+ 
+ @EXPORT_OK = qw(Namespaces Validation);
+ 
++use Config;
+ use File::Basename qw(dirname);
++use File::Path qw(make_path);
+ use File::Spec ();
+ use Symbol qw(gensym);
+ use XML::SAX::ParserFactory (); # loaded for simplicity
+@@ -53,8 +55,8 @@ sub load_parsers {
+     
+     # get directory from wherever XML::SAX is installed
+     if (!$dir) {
+-        $dir = $INC{'XML/SAX.pm'};
+-        $dir = dirname($dir);
++        $dir = $Config{'sitelib'};
++        $dir = File::Spec->catdir($dir, "XML");
+     }
+     
+     my $fh = gensym();
+@@ -180,10 +182,11 @@ sub save_parsers {
+     my $class = shift;
+     
+     # get directory from wherever XML::SAX is installed
+-    my $dir = $INC{'XML/SAX.pm'};
+-    $dir = dirname($dir);
++    my $dir = $Config{'sitelib'};
++    $dir = File::Spec->catdir($dir, "XML", "SAX");
++    make_path($dir);
+     
+-    my $file = File::Spec->catfile($dir, "SAX", PARSER_DETAILS);
++    my $file = File::Spec->catfile($dir, PARSER_DETAILS);
+     chmod 0644, $file;
+     unlink($file);
+     
+-- 
+2.45.2
+
diff --git a/dev-perl/xml_sax/xml_sax-1.02.recipe b/dev-perl/xml_sax/xml_sax-1.02.recipe
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..870225952
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-perl/xml_sax/xml_sax-1.02.recipe
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+SUMMARY="Simple API for XML"
+DESCRIPTION="XML::SAX is a SAX parser access API for Perl. It includes classes and APIs required \
+for implementing SAX drivers, along with a factory class for returning any SAX parser installed \
+on the user's system."
+HOMEPAGE="https://metacpan.org/pod/XML::SAX::Base"
+COPYRIGHT="Grant McLean"
+LICENSE="Artistic"
+REVISION="1"
+SOURCE_URI="https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/G/GR/GRANTM/XML-SAX-$portVersion.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="4506c387043aa6a77b455f00f57409f3720aa7e553495ab2535263b4ed1ea12a"
+SOURCE_DIR="XML-SAX-$portVersion"
+PATCHES="xml_sax-$portVersion.patchset"
+ADDITIONAL_FILES="
+	install_xml_sax_pureperl.pl
+	uninstall_xml_sax_pureperl.pl
+	"
+
+ARCHITECTURES="any"
+
+POST_INSTALL_SCRIPTS="$relativePostInstallDir/install_xml_sax_pureperl.pl"
+PRE_UNINSTALL_SCRIPTS="$relativePreUninstallDir/uninstall_xml_sax_pureperl.pl"
+
+PROVIDES="
+	xml_sax = $portVersion
+	"
+REQUIRES="
+	haiku
+	vendor_perl
+	xml_namespacesupport
+	xml_sax_base
+	"
+
+BUILD_REQUIRES="
+	haiku_devel
+	"
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	cmd:make
+	cmd:perl
+	"
+
+TEST_REQUIRES="
+	xml_namespacesupport
+	xml_sax_base
+	"
+
+BUILD()
+{
+	perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=$prefix
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL()
+{
+	make pure_install
+
+	# remove architecture-specific files
+	cd $prefix
+	rm -r $(perl -V:vendorarch | cut -d\' -f2 | cut -d/ -f5-)
+		# cut extracts the quoted string and strips the prefix (which is perl's and not ours)
+
+	mkdir -p $postInstallDir $preUninstallDir
+	cp $portDir/additional-files/install_xml_sax_pureperl.pl $postInstallDir
+	cp $portDir/additional-files/uninstall_xml_sax_pureperl.pl $preUninstallDir
+}
+
+TEST()
+{
+	# The patch to install the configuration into site_perl in non-packaged causes two tests to
+	# fail because it can't create the configuration directory and save a configuration there.
+	# The path uses perl Config and therefore perl's prefix which is read-only and non-packaged
+	# doesn't exist inside the haikuporter chroot.
+	make test
+}