diff --git a/www/Makefile b/www/Makefile
index aeaa8a726f1e..16d4fc39acb6 100644
--- a/www/Makefile
+++ b/www/Makefile
@@ -1107,6 +1107,7 @@
     SUBDIR += p5-Protocol-SocketIO
     SUBDIR += p5-Protocol-WebSocket
     SUBDIR += p5-Protocol-XMLRPC
+    SUBDIR += p5-REST-Client
     SUBDIR += p5-REST-Google-Apps-Provisioning
     SUBDIR += p5-RT-Authen-ExternalAuth
     SUBDIR += p5-RT-Client-REST
diff --git a/www/p5-REST-Client/Makefile b/www/p5-REST-Client/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..55c6118cfaa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www/p5-REST-Client/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# New ports collection makefile for:    p5-REST-Client
+# Date created:                         2012-03-09
+# Whom:                                 Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu>
+#
+# $FreeBSD$
+#
+
+PORTNAME=	REST-Client
+PORTVERSION=	243
+CATEGORIES=	www perl5
+MASTER_SITES=	CPAN
+PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
+
+MAINTAINER=	pauls@utdallas.edu
+COMMENT=	A simple client for interacting with RESTful http/https resources
+
+LICENSE=	ART10 GPLv1
+LICENSE_COMB=	dual
+
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	p5-Crypt-SSLeay>0:${PORTSDIR}/security/p5-Crypt-SSLeay \
+		p5-URI>0:${PORTSDIR}/net/p5-URI \
+		p5-libwww>0:${PORTSDIR}/www/p5-libwww
+RUN_DEPENDS:=	${BUILD_DEPENDS}
+
+PERL_CONFIGURE=	yes
+
+MAN3=		REST::Client.3
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/www/p5-REST-Client/distinfo b/www/p5-REST-Client/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0f0eb637a3b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www/p5-REST-Client/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+SHA256 (REST-Client-243.tar.gz) = 2462043a1ba0fa0094e0130333fdbd1737e7c53a080a0b65e1a75f2c1a61c167
+SIZE (REST-Client-243.tar.gz) = 28489
diff --git a/www/p5-REST-Client/pkg-descr b/www/p5-REST-Client/pkg-descr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bcc479b57661
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www/p5-REST-Client/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+REST::Client is a simple client for interacting with RESTful http/https
+resources.
+
+WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/REST-Client/
diff --git a/www/p5-REST-Client/pkg-plist b/www/p5-REST-Client/pkg-plist
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f0735752eaee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www/p5-REST-Client/pkg-plist
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+%%SITE_PERL%%/REST/Client.pm
+%%SITE_PERL%%/%%PERL_ARCH%%/auto/REST/Client/.packlist
+@dirrm %%SITE_PERL%%/%%PERL_ARCH%%/auto/REST/Client
+@dirrmtry %%SITE_PERL%%/%%PERL_ARCH%%/auto/REST
+@dirrmtry %%SITE_PERL%%/REST