diff --git a/devel/Makefile b/devel/Makefile
index 941e366636e4..4e46ecd6e9f3 100644
--- a/devel/Makefile
+++ b/devel/Makefile
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@
     SUBDIR += cgit
     SUBDIR += cgprof
     SUBDIR += charva
+    SUBDIR += checkbashisms
     SUBDIR += checkheaders
     SUBDIR += chrpath
     SUBDIR += cil
diff --git a/devel/checkbashisms/Makefile b/devel/checkbashisms/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..33a3c031f47d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/checkbashisms/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# $FreeBSD$
+
+PORTNAME=	checkbashisms
+PORTVERSION=	2.0.0.2
+CATEGORIES=	devel perl5
+MASTER_SITES=	SF/${SF_PROJECT}/${DISTVERSION}
+DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}
+EXTRACT_SUFX=
+
+MAINTAINER=	bdrewery@FreeBSD.org
+COMMENT=	Script to check for Bash features not defined by POSIX
+
+LICENSE=	GPLv2
+
+SF_PROJECT=	checkbaskisms
+
+USE_PERL5_RUN=	yes
+NO_BUILD=	yes
+NO_WRKSUBDIR=	yes
+
+PLIST_FILES=	bin/${DISTNAME}
+
+do-extract:
+	@${MKDIR} ${WRKSRC}
+	@${CP} ${DISTDIR}/${DISTNAME} ${WRKSRC}
+
+do-patch:
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s| /usr/bin/perl|${PERL}|" \
+		${WRKSRC}/${DISTNAME}
+
+do-install:
+	${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${WRKSRC}/${DISTNAME} ${PREFIX}/bin/${DISTNAME}
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/checkbashisms/distinfo b/devel/checkbashisms/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3e34085aefc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/checkbashisms/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+SHA256 (checkbashisms) = 4da61b7f08b55609e80c648d215f0201aa9b5f1df53aab6252129537a7f7a0ee
+SIZE (checkbashisms) = 21258
diff --git a/devel/checkbashisms/pkg-descr b/devel/checkbashisms/pkg-descr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0e396f3d37f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/checkbashisms/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+checkbashisms is a perl script that checks for commonly used
+bash features that are not supported by POSIX shells.
+
+WWW: http://sourceforge.net/projects/checkbaskisms