diff --git a/math/Makefile b/math/Makefile
index d9440c5c9701..40c93b8a44c3 100644
--- a/math/Makefile
+++ b/math/Makefile
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
     SUBDIR += R-cran-psych
     SUBDIR += R-cran-quadprog
     SUBDIR += R-cran-quantreg
+    SUBDIR += R-cran-rgenoud
     SUBDIR += R-cran-sandwich
     SUBDIR += R-cran-sm
     SUBDIR += R-cran-sp
diff --git a/math/R-cran-rgenoud/Makefile b/math/R-cran-rgenoud/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2300710a2760
--- /dev/null
+++ b/math/R-cran-rgenoud/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Created by: Wen Heping <wen@FreeBSD.org>
+# $FreeBSD$
+
+PORTNAME=	rgenoud
+DISTVERSION=	5.7-12.4
+CATEGORIES=	math
+DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}_${DISTVERSION}
+
+MAINTAINER=	wen@FreeBSD.org
+COMMENT=	R Version of GENetic Optimization Using Derivatives
+
+LICENSE=	GPLv2 GPLv3
+LICENSE_COMB=	dual
+
+USES=		cran:auto-plist
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/math/R-cran-rgenoud/distinfo b/math/R-cran-rgenoud/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0b75be110bcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/math/R-cran-rgenoud/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+TIMESTAMP = 1493102892
+SHA256 (rgenoud_5.7-12.4.tar.gz) = 96cc56cc1c9f21d1bbf9ad5682ebf0c8e1456751c3a22d5b96ef75ed4e12c0a7
+SIZE (rgenoud_5.7-12.4.tar.gz) = 728226
diff --git a/math/R-cran-rgenoud/pkg-descr b/math/R-cran-rgenoud/pkg-descr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1e4b4bf1681e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/math/R-cran-rgenoud/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+A genetic algorithm plus derivative optimizer.
+
+WWW: http://sekhon.berkeley.edu/rgenoud/