diff --git a/math/Makefile b/math/Makefile
index c8447a5c98cb..6bbbb2fe6152 100644
--- a/math/Makefile
+++ b/math/Makefile
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     SUBDIR += R-cran-mvtnorm
     SUBDIR += R-cran-nnls
     SUBDIR += R-cran-psych
+    SUBDIR += R-cran-quadprog
     SUBDIR += R-cran-sandwich
     SUBDIR += R-cran-sm
     SUBDIR += R-cran-sp
diff --git a/math/R-cran-quadprog/Makefile b/math/R-cran-quadprog/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..592288fe6980
--- /dev/null
+++ b/math/R-cran-quadprog/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Created by: David Naylor <naylor.b.david@gmail.com>
+# $FreeBSD$
+
+PORTNAME=	quadprog
+DISTVERSION=	1.5-4
+CATEGORIES=	math
+DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}_${DISTVERSION}
+
+MAINTAINER=	naylor.b.david@gmail.com
+COMMENT=	Functions to solve Quadratic Programming Problems
+
+LICENSE=	GPLv2 GPLv3
+LICENSE_COMB=	dual
+
+USE_R_MOD=	yes
+R_MOD_AUTOPLIST=	yes
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/math/R-cran-quadprog/distinfo b/math/R-cran-quadprog/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cf5d93182aa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/math/R-cran-quadprog/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+SHA256 (quadprog_1.5-4.tar.gz) = b596941afb3809a4f7fb7a635c78e64f9dbbce80c7f053825765880e79fe4ea0
+SIZE (quadprog_1.5-4.tar.gz) = 34653
diff --git a/math/R-cran-quadprog/pkg-descr b/math/R-cran-quadprog/pkg-descr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c7b8e9aaee51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/math/R-cran-quadprog/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+This routine implements the dual method of Goldfarb and Idnani
+(1982, 1983) for solving quadratic programming problems of the form
+min(?dT b + 1/2bT Db) with the constraints AT b >= b0.
+
+WWW: http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/quadprog/