diff --git a/devel/Makefile b/devel/Makefile
index e389728f587b..696cc354eb0a 100644
--- a/devel/Makefile
+++ b/devel/Makefile
@@ -3611,6 +3611,7 @@
     SUBDIR += py-anonfunc
     SUBDIR += py-anyjson
     SUBDIR += py-apipkg
+    SUBDIR += py-appdirs
     SUBDIR += py-application
     SUBDIR += py-archetypes.querywidget
     SUBDIR += py-archetypes.referencebrowserwidget
diff --git a/devel/py-appdirs/Makefile b/devel/py-appdirs/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5d57ae21cbdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-appdirs/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Created by: Thomas Zander <riggs@FreeBSD.org>
+# $FreeBSD$
+
+PORTNAME=	appdirs
+PORTVERSION=	1.4.0
+CATEGORIES=	devel python
+PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
+
+MAINTAINER=	python@FreeBSD.org
+COMMENT=	Python module for determining platform-specific dirs
+
+LICENSE=	MIT
+LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
+
+USE_GITHUB=	yes
+GH_ACCOUNT=	ActiveState
+GH_COMMIT=	57f2bc4
+GH_TAGNAME=	${GH_COMMIT}
+
+USES=		python
+USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-appdirs/distinfo b/devel/py-appdirs/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5163605ad5f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-appdirs/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+SHA256 (appdirs-1.4.0.tar.gz) = e2c72891487a6cf82f918735457cb18e700eb9b5129aa7c44284a4d956d585ce
+SIZE (appdirs-1.4.0.tar.gz) = 12109
diff --git a/devel/py-appdirs/pkg-descr b/devel/py-appdirs/pkg-descr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5bb5e7a55943
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-appdirs/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+appdirs is small Python module for determining appropriate platform-specific
+dirs, e.g. a "user data dir". Those are typically platform-specific, for
+instance, if running on Mac OS X, you should use:
+
+~/Library/Application Support/<AppName>
+
+On Linux (and other Unices) the dir, according to the XDG spec, is:
+
+~/.local/share/<AppName>
+
+appdirs will help the application to choose an appropriate:
+- user data dir (user_data_dir)
+- user config dir (user_config_dir)
+- user cache dir (user_cache_dir)
+- site data dir (site_data_dir)
+- site config dir (site_config_dir)
+- user log dir (user_log_dir)
+
+WWW: http://github.com/ActiveState/appdirs