diff --git a/Mk/Uses/nodejs.mk b/Mk/Uses/nodejs.mk
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Mk/Uses/nodejs.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# Provide support for NodeJS
+#
+# Feature:      nodejs
+# Usage:        USES=nodejs or USES=nodejs:args
+# Valid ARGS:	build and/or run <version>
+# version:      lts, current, 10, 14, 16, 17
+# Default is:   build,run
+# Note:			if you define a version, you must provide run and/or build
+#
+# MAINTAINER: bhughes@FreeBSD.org
+
+.if !defined(_INCLUDE_USES_NODEJS_MK)
+_INCLUDE_USES_NODEJS_MK=	yes
+
+_VALID_NODEJS_VERSION=	10 14 16 17 lts current
+_NODEJS_VERSION_SUFFIX=	${NODEJS_DEFAULT}
+
+.if ! ${_VALID_NODEJS_VERSION:M${_NODEJS_VERSION_SUFFIX}}
+IGNORE=	Invalid nodejs default version ${_NODEJS_VERSION_SUFFIX}; valid versions are ${_VALID_NODEJS_VERSION}
+.endif
+
+.if empty(nodejs_ARGS)
+nodejs_ARGS=	build,run
+.endif
+
+. if ${nodejs_ARGS:M10}
+_NODEJS_VERSION_SUFFIX=	10
+. elif ${nodejs_ARGS:M14}
+_NODEJS_VERSION_SUFFIX=	14
+. elif ${nodejs_ARGS:M16}
+_NODEJS_VERSION_SUFFIX=	16
+. elif ${nodejs_ARGS:Mlts}
+_NODEJS_VERSION_SUFFIX=	lts
+. elif ${nodejs_ARGS:M17}
+_NODEJS_VERSION_SUFFIX=	17
+. elif ${nodejs_ARGS:Mcurrent}
+_NODEJS_VERSION_SUFFIX=	current
+. elif defined(NODEJS_DEFAULT)
+. endif
+
+# The nodejs 17 version is named www/node
+. if ${_NODEJS_VERSION_SUFFIX:Mcurrent}
+_NODEJS_VERSION_SUFFIX=
+. endif
+. if ${_NODEJS_VERSION_SUFFIX:M17}
+_NODEJS_VERSION_SUFFIX=
+. endif
+# The nodejs LTS is version 16
+. if ${_NODEJS_VERSION_SUFFIX:Mlts}
+_NODEJS_VERSION_SUFFIX=	16
+. endif
+
+. if ${nodejs_ARGS:M*run*}
+RUN_DEPENDS+=	node:www/node${_NODEJS_VERSION_SUFFIX}
+. endif
+. if ${nodejs_ARGS:M*build*}
+BUILD_DEPENDS+=	node:www/node${_NODEJS_VERSION_SUFFIX}
+. endif
+
+.endif
diff --git a/Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk b/Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk
--- a/Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk
+++ b/Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 LOCALBASE?=	/usr/local
 
 .for lang in APACHE BDB COROSYNC EMACS FIREBIRD FORTRAN FPC GCC GHOSTSCRIPT GL \
-	IMAGEMAGICK JAVA LAZARUS LIBRSVG2 LINUX LLVM LUA MYSQL NINJA PERL5 \
+	IMAGEMAGICK JAVA LAZARUS LIBRSVG2 LINUX LLVM LUA MYSQL NINJA NODEJS PERL5 \
 	PGSQL PHP PYTHON PYTHON2 PYTHON3 RUBY RUST SAMBA SSL TCLTK VARNISH
 .if defined(${lang}_DEFAULT)
 ERROR+=	"The variable ${lang}_DEFAULT is set and it should only be defined through DEFAULT_VERSIONS+=${lang:tl}=${${lang}_DEFAULT} in /etc/make.conf"
@@ -163,4 +163,7 @@
 # Possible values: 4, 6
 VARNISH_DEFAULT?=	4
 
+# Possible value: 10, 14, 16, 17, lts, current
+NODEJS_DEFAULT?=    lts
+
 .endif
diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING
--- a/UPDATING
+++ b/UPDATING
@@ -5,6 +5,25 @@
 You should get into the habit of checking this file for changes each time
 you update your ports collection, before attempting any port upgrades.
 
+20211110:
+  AFFECTS: users of www/node*, www/npm*, www/yarn*
+  AUTHOR: mfechner@FreeBSD.org
+
+  The port framework was updated to use a default version for nodejs.
+  The default version is pointing to the latest LTS version which is
+  currently version 16.
+  You can overwrite this by defining in /etc/make.conf, e.g. version 17:
+  DEFAULT_VERSIONS=nodejs=17
+
+  Or if you would like to stick always to the current version use:
+  DEFAULT_VERSIONS=nodejs=current
+
+  If you would like to use yarn or npm together with nodejs version 17,
+  just install the package that is pulling the wanted dependency to nodejs:
+
+  # pkg install yarn-node17
+  # pkg install npm-node17
+
 20211109:
   AFFECTS: users of security/libressl
   AUTHOR: brnrd@FreeBSD.org