diff --git a/distrib/sets/lists/minix/mi b/distrib/sets/lists/minix/mi
index 407a6326d..9d7db3791 100644
--- a/distrib/sets/lists/minix/mi
+++ b/distrib/sets/lists/minix/mi
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@
 ./usr/bin/cmp				minix-sys
 ./usr/bin/co				minix-sys
 ./usr/bin/col				minix-sys
+./usr/bin/column			minix-sys
 ./usr/bin/colcrt			minix-sys
 ./usr/bin/comm				minix-sys
 ./usr/bin/compress			minix-sys
@@ -1823,6 +1824,7 @@
 ./usr/man/man1/cmp.1			minix-sys
 ./usr/man/man1/co.1			minix-sys
 ./usr/man/man1/col.1			minix-sys
+./usr/man/man1/column.1			minix-sys
 ./usr/man/man1/comm.1			minix-sys
 ./usr/man/man1/command.1		minix-sys
 ./usr/man/man1/compress.1		minix-sys
diff --git a/releasetools/nbsd_ports b/releasetools/nbsd_ports
index c1770b05d..790d0e73a 100644
--- a/releasetools/nbsd_ports
+++ b/releasetools/nbsd_ports
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@
 2009/04/11 12:10:02,usr.bin/chpass
 2012/10/17 12:00:00,usr.bin/cksum
 2012/10/17 12:00:00,usr.bin/col
+2013/10/16 12:00:00,usr.bin/column
 2012/10/17 12:00:00,usr.bin/ctags
 2013/10/14 12:00:00,usr.bin/cut
 2012/10/17 12:00:00,usr.bin/dirname
diff --git a/usr.bin/Makefile b/usr.bin/Makefile
index 0c8afbd5a..445a7bd9a 100644
--- a/usr.bin/Makefile
+++ b/usr.bin/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ SUBDIR= \
 	banner basename bdes \
 	bzip2 bzip2recover \
 	cal chpass cksum \
-	col ctags cut \
+	col column ctags cut \
 	dirname du \
 	expand \
 	finger from \
diff --git a/usr.bin/column/Makefile b/usr.bin/column/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c41e3b6e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr.bin/column/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.7 2009/04/14 22:15:18 lukem Exp $
+#	@(#)Makefile	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
+
+PROG=	column
+
+LDADD+=-lutil
+DPADD+=${LIBUTIL}
+
+.include <bsd.prog.mk>
diff --git a/usr.bin/column/column.1 b/usr.bin/column/column.1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c68fca5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr.bin/column/column.1
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+.\"	$NetBSD: column.1,v 1.9 2009/03/09 19:24:32 joerg Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993
+.\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+.\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
+.\"    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
+.\"    without specific prior written permission.
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
+.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+.\" ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
+.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\"     @(#)column.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
+.\"
+.Dd March 9, 2008
+.Dt COLUMN 1
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm column
+.Nd columnate lists
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm
+.Op Fl tx
+.Op Fl c Ar columns
+.Op Fl s Ar sep
+.Op Ar
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm
+utility formats its input into multiple columns.
+Rows are filled before columns.
+Input is taken from
+.Ar file
+operands, or, by default, from the standard input.
+Empty lines are ignored.
+.Pp
+The options are as follows:
+.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Fl c
+Output is formatted for a display
+.Ar columns
+wide.
+.It Fl s
+Specify a set of characters to be used to delimit columns for the
+.Fl t
+option.
+.It Fl t
+Determine the number of columns the input contains and create a table.
+Columns are delimited with whitespace, by default, or with the characters
+supplied using the
+.Fl s
+option.
+Useful for pretty-printing displays.
+.It Fl x
+Fill columns before filling rows.
+.El
+.Pp
+.Nm
+exits 0 on success, \*[Gt]0 if an error occurred.
+.Sh ENVIRONMENT
+.Bl -tag -width COLUMNS
+.It Ev COLUMNS
+The environment variable
+.Ev COLUMNS
+is used to determine the size of
+the screen if no other information is available.
+.El
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+.Dl (echo \&"PERM LINKS OWNER GROUP SIZE MONTH DAY HH:MM/YEAR NAME\&"\&;\ \&\e
+.Dl ls -l \&| sed 1d) \&| column -t
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr colrm 1 ,
+.Xr ls 1 ,
+.Xr paste 1 ,
+.Xr sort 1
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm
+command appeared in
+.Bx 4.3 Reno .
diff --git a/usr.bin/column/column.c b/usr.bin/column/column.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ceae2284a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr.bin/column/column.c
@@ -0,0 +1,307 @@
+/*	$NetBSD: column.c,v 1.21 2008/07/21 14:19:21 lukem Exp $	*/
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 1989, 1993, 1994
+ *	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ * are met:
+ * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+ *    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+ * 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
+ *    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
+ *    without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
+ * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+ * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+ * ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+ * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+ * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
+ * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+ * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+ * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+ * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+ * SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+#include <sys/cdefs.h>
+#ifndef lint
+__COPYRIGHT("@(#) Copyright (c) 1989, 1993, 1994\
+ The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.");
+#endif /* not lint */
+
+#ifndef lint
+#if 0
+static char sccsid[] = "@(#)column.c	8.4 (Berkeley) 5/4/95";
+#endif
+__RCSID("$NetBSD: column.c,v 1.21 2008/07/21 14:19:21 lukem Exp $");
+#endif /* not lint */
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <err.h>
+#include <termios.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <util.h>
+
+#define	TAB	8
+#define TABROUND(l) 	(((l) + TAB) & ~(TAB - 1))
+
+static void  c_columnate(void);
+static void  input(FILE *);
+static void  maketbl(void);
+static void  print(void);
+static void  r_columnate(void);
+static void  usage(void) __dead;
+
+static int termwidth = 80;		/* default terminal width */
+
+static int entries;			/* number of records */
+static int eval;			/* exit value */
+static int maxlength;			/* longest record */
+static char **list;			/* array of pointers to records */
+static const char *separator = "\t ";	/* field separator for table option */
+
+int
+main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	struct winsize win;
+	FILE *fp;
+	int ch, tflag, xflag;
+	const char *p;
+
+	setprogname(*argv);
+
+	if (ioctl(STDOUT_FILENO, TIOCGWINSZ, &win) == -1 || !win.ws_col) {
+		if ((p = getenv("COLUMNS")) != NULL)
+			termwidth = atoi(p);
+	} else
+		termwidth = win.ws_col;
+
+	tflag = xflag = 0;
+	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "c:s:tx")) != -1)
+		switch(ch) {
+		case 'c':
+			termwidth = atoi(optarg);
+			break;
+		case 's':
+			separator = optarg;
+			break;
+		case 't':
+			tflag = 1;
+			break;
+		case 'x':
+			xflag = 1;
+			break;
+		case '?':
+		default:
+			usage();
+		}
+	argc -= optind;
+	argv += optind;
+
+	if (!*argv)
+		input(stdin);
+	else for (; *argv; ++argv)
+		if ((fp = fopen(*argv, "r")) != NULL) {
+			input(fp);
+			(void)fclose(fp);
+		} else {
+			warn("Cannot open `%s'", *argv);
+			eval = 1;
+		}
+
+	if (!entries)
+		return eval;
+
+	maxlength = TABROUND(maxlength);
+	if (tflag)
+		maketbl();
+	else if (maxlength >= termwidth)
+		print();
+	else if (xflag)
+		c_columnate();
+	else
+		r_columnate();
+	return eval;
+}
+
+static void
+c_columnate(void)
+{
+	int chcnt, col, cnt, endcol, numcols;
+	char **lp;
+
+	numcols = termwidth / maxlength;
+	endcol = maxlength;
+	for (chcnt = col = 0, lp = list;; ++lp) {
+		chcnt += printf("%s", *lp);
+		if (!--entries)
+			break;
+		if (++col == numcols) {
+			chcnt = col = 0;
+			endcol = maxlength;
+			(void)putchar('\n');
+		} else {
+			while ((cnt = TABROUND(chcnt)) <= endcol) {
+				(void)putchar('\t');
+				chcnt = cnt;
+			}
+			endcol += maxlength;
+		}
+	}
+	if (chcnt)
+		(void)putchar('\n');
+}
+
+static void
+r_columnate(void)
+{
+	int base, chcnt, cnt, col, endcol, numcols, numrows, row;
+
+	numcols = termwidth / maxlength;
+	numrows = entries / numcols;
+	if (entries % numcols)
+		++numrows;
+
+	for (row = 0; row < numrows; ++row) {
+		endcol = maxlength;
+		for (base = row, chcnt = col = 0; col < numcols; ++col) {
+			chcnt += printf("%s", list[base]);
+			if ((base += numrows) >= entries)
+				break;
+			while ((cnt = TABROUND(chcnt)) <= endcol) {
+				(void)putchar('\t');
+				chcnt = cnt;
+			}
+			endcol += maxlength;
+		}
+		(void)putchar('\n');
+	}
+}
+
+static void
+print(void)
+{
+	int cnt;
+	char **lp;
+
+	for (cnt = entries, lp = list; cnt--; ++lp)
+		(void)printf("%s\n", *lp);
+}
+
+typedef struct _tbl {
+	char **list;
+	int cols, *len;
+} TBL;
+#define	DEFCOLS	25
+
+static void
+maketbl(void)
+{
+	TBL *t;
+	int coloff, cnt;
+	char *p, **lp;
+	int *lens, *nlens, maxcols;
+	TBL *tbl;
+	char **cols, **ncols;
+
+	t = tbl = ecalloc(entries, sizeof(*t));
+	cols = ecalloc((maxcols = DEFCOLS), sizeof(*cols));
+	lens = ecalloc(maxcols, sizeof(*lens));
+	for (cnt = 0, lp = list; cnt < entries; ++cnt, ++lp, ++t) {
+		for (coloff = 0, p = *lp;
+		    (cols[coloff] = strtok(p, separator)) != NULL; p = NULL)
+			if (++coloff == maxcols) {
+				ncols = erealloc(cols, (maxcols +
+				    DEFCOLS) * sizeof(*ncols));
+				nlens = erealloc(lens, (maxcols +
+				    DEFCOLS) * sizeof(*nlens));
+				cols = ncols;
+				lens = nlens;
+				(void)memset(cols + maxcols, 0,
+				    DEFCOLS * sizeof(*cols));
+				(void)memset(lens + maxcols, 0,
+				    DEFCOLS * sizeof(*lens));
+				maxcols += DEFCOLS;
+			}
+		t->list = ecalloc(coloff, sizeof(*(t->list)));
+		t->len = ecalloc(coloff, sizeof(*(t->len)));
+		for (t->cols = coloff; --coloff >= 0;) {
+			t->list[coloff] = cols[coloff];
+			t->len[coloff] = strlen(cols[coloff]);
+			if (t->len[coloff] > lens[coloff])
+				lens[coloff] = t->len[coloff];
+		}
+	}
+	for (cnt = 0, t = tbl; cnt < entries; ++cnt, ++t) {
+		for (coloff = 0; coloff < t->cols  - 1; ++coloff)
+			(void)printf("%s%*s", t->list[coloff],
+			    lens[coloff] - t->len[coloff] + 2, " ");
+		(void)printf("%s\n", t->list[coloff]);
+	}
+	free(tbl);
+	free(cols);
+	free(lens);
+}
+
+#define	DEFNUM		1000
+
+static void
+input(FILE *fp)
+{
+	static int maxentry;
+	int len;
+	size_t blen;
+	char *p, *buf;
+	char **n;
+
+	if (!list)
+		list = ecalloc((maxentry = DEFNUM), sizeof(*list));
+	while ((buf = fgetln(fp, &blen)) != NULL) {
+		buf = estrndup(buf, blen);
+		for (p = buf; *p && isspace((unsigned char)*p); ++p);
+		if (!*p) {
+			free(buf);
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (!(p = strchr(p, '\n'))) {
+			warnx("line too long");
+			eval = 1;
+			free(buf);
+			continue;
+		}
+		*p = '\0';
+		len = p - buf;
+		if (maxlength < len)
+			maxlength = len;
+		if (entries == maxentry) {
+			n = erealloc(list, (maxentry + DEFNUM) * sizeof(*n));
+			(void)memset(n + maxentry, 0, sizeof(*n) * DEFNUM);
+			maxentry += DEFNUM;
+			list = n;
+		}
+		list[entries++] = buf;
+	}
+}
+
+static void
+usage(void)
+{
+
+	(void)fprintf(stderr,
+	    "Usage: %s [-tx] [-c columns] [-s sep] [file ...]\n",
+	    getprogname());
+	exit(1);
+}