diff --git a/devel/Makefile b/devel/Makefile
index 8ca7807ca06b..2f8506a3734c 100644
--- a/devel/Makefile
+++ b/devel/Makefile
@@ -5147,6 +5147,7 @@
     SUBDIR += py-update_checker
     SUBDIR += py-urlimport
     SUBDIR += py-urwid
+    SUBDIR += py-urwid-readline
     SUBDIR += py-urwidtrees
     SUBDIR += py-user_agents
     SUBDIR += py-userpath
diff --git a/devel/py-urwid-readline/Makefile b/devel/py-urwid-readline/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..76ad604a5432
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-urwid-readline/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# $FreeBSD$
+
+PORTNAME=	urwid-readline
+DISTVERSION=	0.11
+CATEGORIES=	devel python
+MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
+PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
+DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME:S/-/_/}-${DISTVERSION}
+
+MAINTAINER=	0mp@FreeBSD.org
+COMMENT=	Textbox edit widget for Urwid that supports readline shortcuts
+
+LICENSE=	MIT
+
+RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}urwid>0:devel/py-urwid@${PY_FLAVOR}
+TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest>0:devel/py-pytest@${PY_FLAVOR}
+
+USES=		python
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent distutils
+
+NO_ARCH=	yes
+
+do-test:
+	(cd ${WRKSRC} && ${SETENV} ${TEST_ENV} ${PYTHON_CMD} -m pytest)
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-urwid-readline/distinfo b/devel/py-urwid-readline/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2a52107deacd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-urwid-readline/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+TIMESTAMP = 1597669634
+SHA256 (urwid_readline-0.11.tar.gz) = 24e376d4b75940d19e8bc81c264be5d383f8d4da560f68f648dd16c85f6afdb5
+SIZE (urwid_readline-0.11.tar.gz) = 6844
diff --git a/devel/py-urwid-readline/pkg-descr b/devel/py-urwid-readline/pkg-descr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bbdf086b8d7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-urwid-readline/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Text input widget for urwid, a curses-based user interface library,
+that supports readline shortcuts.
+
+WWW: https://github.com/rr-/urwid_readline