diff --git a/textproc/Makefile b/textproc/Makefile
index d72c9a25273a..4976e7522b3e 100644
--- a/textproc/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/Makefile
@@ -548,6 +548,7 @@
     SUBDIR += py-tvgrab
     SUBDIR += py-twistedLore
     SUBDIR += py-wordnet
+    SUBDIR += py-xlwriter
     SUBDIR += py-xml
     SUBDIR += py-xmltools
     SUBDIR += py-xmltv
diff --git a/textproc/py-xlwriter/Makefile b/textproc/py-xlwriter/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b6bfd8e89f36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/py-xlwriter/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# New ports collection makefile for:	py-xlwriter
+# Date created:		12 May 2005
+# Whom:			Choe, Cheng-Dae
+#
+# $FreeBSD$
+#
+
+PORTNAME=	xlwriter
+PORTVERSION=	0.4a3
+CATEGORIES=	textproc python
+MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_SOURCEFORGE}
+MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	pyxlwriter
+PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
+DISTNAME=	pyXLWriter-${PORTVERSION}
+
+MAINTAINER=	whitekid@gmail.com
+COMMENT=	A python library for generating Excel-compatible spreadsheets
+
+USE_PYTHON=	yes
+USE_PYDISTUTILS=	yes
+USE_ZIP=	yes
+
+post-install:
+	${MKDIR} ${EXAMPLESDIR}
+	${FIND} ${WRKSRC}/examples -type f -exec ${INSTALL_DATA} {} ${EXAMPLESDIR} \;
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/py-xlwriter/distinfo b/textproc/py-xlwriter/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c8c628106855
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/py-xlwriter/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+MD5 (pyXLWriter-0.4a3.zip) = 6680b46a7c8159ae8d7fe23ab037a2fa
+SIZE (pyXLWriter-0.4a3.zip) = 162759
diff --git a/textproc/py-xlwriter/pkg-descr b/textproc/py-xlwriter/pkg-descr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..53ec6aa0b748
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/py-xlwriter/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+pyXLWriter is a Python library for generating Excel-compatible spreadsheets.
+It's a port of John McNamara's Perl Spreadsheet::WriteExcel module (see
+http://www.cpan.org) to Python.
+
+WWW: http://pyxlwriter.sourceforge.net/
diff --git a/textproc/py-xlwriter/pkg-plist b/textproc/py-xlwriter/pkg-plist
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aabbfb993fc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/py-xlwriter/pkg-plist
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/BIFFWriter.py
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/BIFFWriter.pyc
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/BIFFWriter.pyo
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/Format.py
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/Format.pyc
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/Format.pyo
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/Formula.py
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/Formula.pyc
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/Formula.pyo
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/OLEWriter.py
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/OLEWriter.pyc
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/OLEWriter.pyo
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/OLEWriterBig.py
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/OLEWriterBig.pyc
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/OLEWriterBig.pyo
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/Workbook.py
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/Workbook.pyc
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/Workbook.pyo
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/Worksheet.py
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/Worksheet.pyc
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/Worksheet.pyo
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/__init__.py
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/__init__.pyc
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/__init__.pyo
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/_lextab.py
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/_lextab.pyc
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/_lextab.pyo
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/_parsetab.py
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/_parsetab.pyc
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/_parsetab.pyo
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/lex.py
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/lex.pyc
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/lex.pyo
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/parse.py
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/parse.pyc
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/parse.pyo
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/utilites.py
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/utilites.pyc
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/utilites.pyo
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/yacc.py
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/yacc.pyc
+%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter/yacc.pyo
+%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/bigfile.py
+%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/cgi.py
+%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/chess.py
+%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/colors.py
+%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/comments.py
+%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/copyformat.py
+%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/csv2xls.py
+%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/datecalc2.py
+%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/dates.py
+%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/demo.py
+%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/easter_egg.py
+%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/filehandle.py
+%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/headers.py
+%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/hyperlink1.py
+%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/hyperlink2.py
+%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/images.py
+%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/long_string.py
+%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/merge1.py
+%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/merge2.py
+%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/merge3.py
+%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/merge4.py
+%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/merge5.py
+%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/outline.py
+%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/panes.py
+%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/protection.py
+%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/regions.py
+%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/repeat.py
+%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/republic.bmp
+%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/simple.py
+%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/stats.py
+%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/stats_ext.py
+%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/stocks.py
+%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/tab2xls.py
+%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/textwrap.py
+%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/win32ole.py
+%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/write_arrays.py
+@dirrm %%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyXLWriter
+@dirrm %%EXAMPLESDIR%%