diff --git a/tools/build/options/WITH_SORT_THREADS b/tools/build/options/WITH_SORT_THREADS
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f4545c94dc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/build/options/WITH_SORT_THREADS
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+Set to enable threads in
+.Xr sort 1 .