diff --git a/devel/Makefile b/devel/Makefile
index 89a89b4e642f..7f5675121387 100644
--- a/devel/Makefile
+++ b/devel/Makefile
@@ -413,6 +413,7 @@
     SUBDIR += ossp-ex
     SUBDIR += ossp-l2
     SUBDIR += ossp-mm
+    SUBDIR += ossp-var
     SUBDIR += p4.el
     SUBDIR += p4db
     SUBDIR += p5-Agent
diff --git a/devel/ossp-var/Makefile b/devel/ossp-var/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c6cb7c5e2a06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/ossp-var/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# ex:ts=8	-*-mode: makefile-*-
+#
+# New ports collection makefile for:	ossp-var
+# Date created:		2003-01-31
+# Whom:			Alan Eldridge <alane@geeksrus.net>
+#
+# $FreeBSD$
+#
+
+PORTNAME=	var
+PORTVERSION=	0.9.0
+PORTREVISION=	0
+PORTEPOCH=	0
+CATEGORIES=	devel
+MASTER_SITES=	ftp://ftp.ossp.org/pkg/lib/var/
+PKGNAMEPREFIX=	ossp-
+
+MAINTAINER=	alane@FreeBSD.org
+
+USE_GMAKE=	yes
+GNU_CONFIGURE=  yes
+
+.include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
+.include "${FILESDIR}/manpages.mk"
+.include <bsd.port.post.mk>
+
+#EOF
diff --git a/devel/ossp-var/distinfo b/devel/ossp-var/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6637697578c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/ossp-var/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+MD5 (var-0.9.0.tar.gz) = 21e5d91809e2dcf73a1a85c8f3463465
diff --git a/devel/ossp-var/files/manpages.mk b/devel/ossp-var/files/manpages.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..27d96ddb8fbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/ossp-var/files/manpages.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+MAN1+=		var-config.1
+MAN3+=		var.3
diff --git a/devel/ossp-var/pkg-comment b/devel/ossp-var/pkg-comment
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0c93a23d1411
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/ossp-var/pkg-comment
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+A flexible, full-featured and fast variable expansion library
diff --git a/devel/ossp-var/pkg-descr b/devel/ossp-var/pkg-descr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e7313f130256
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/ossp-var/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+OSSP var is a flexible, full-featured and fast variable construct expansion
+library. It supports a configurable variable construct syntax very similar
+to the style found in many scripting languages (like @name, ${name}, , etc.)
+and provides both simple scalar (${name}) and array (${name[index]})
+expansion, plus optionally one or more post-operations on the expanded value
+(${name:op:op...}).
+
+WWW: http://www.ossp.org/pkg/lib/var/
+
+-- AlanE@FreeBSD.org
diff --git a/devel/ossp-var/pkg-plist b/devel/ossp-var/pkg-plist
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d7c9ef52619b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/ossp-var/pkg-plist
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+bin/var-config
+include/var.h
+lib/libvar.a
+lib/libvar.la
+lib/libvar.so
+lib/libvar.so.9