diff --git a/devel/Makefile b/devel/Makefile
index a74848fafd33..218487c08084 100644
--- a/devel/Makefile
+++ b/devel/Makefile
@@ -961,6 +961,7 @@
     SUBDIR += py-fortran
     SUBDIR += py-freebsd
     SUBDIR += py-game
+    SUBDIR += py-getargs
     SUBDIR += py-grouch
     SUBDIR += py-istring
     SUBDIR += py-kjbuckets
diff --git a/devel/py-getargs/Makefile b/devel/py-getargs/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..82fb3406df5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-getargs/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# ex:ts=8
+# Ports collection makefile for:	py-getargs
+# Date created:			Feb 2, 2004
+# Whom:				ijliao
+#
+# $FreeBSD$
+#
+
+PORTNAME=	getargs
+PORTVERSION=	2.12
+CATEGORIES=	devel python
+MASTER_SITES=	http://iamroot.beigetower.org/pkgs/getargs/
+PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
+
+MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
+COMMENT=	Parse command line arguments in sys.argv
+
+USE_BZIP2=	yes
+USE_PYTHON=	yes
+USE_PYDISTUTILS=	yes
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-getargs/distinfo b/devel/py-getargs/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dcca8b402ac9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-getargs/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+MD5 (getargs-2.12.tar.bz2) = be5a5f27e393c8923248bec281a53495
diff --git a/devel/py-getargs/pkg-descr b/devel/py-getargs/pkg-descr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..05df5958dfb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-getargs/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+This module implements a Command Line Parser class (CLParser) that 
+applications can use to parse command line arguments in sys.argv.
+
+getargs is designed as a considerably more powerful and flexible alternative
+to the standard getopt module.
+
+WWW: http://iamroot.beigetower.org/getargs.html
diff --git a/devel/py-getargs/pkg-plist b/devel/py-getargs/pkg-plist
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..53e554a42d27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-getargs/pkg-plist
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/getargs.py
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/getargs.pyc
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/getargs.pyo