diff --git a/sysutils/Makefile b/sysutils/Makefile
index 86ece31ad2bf..71821e01bff1 100644
--- a/sysutils/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/Makefile
@@ -1026,6 +1026,7 @@
     SUBDIR += py-stdiff
     SUBDIR += py-superlance
     SUBDIR += py-supervisor
+    SUBDIR += py-tarsnapper
     SUBDIR += py-tmuxp
     SUBDIR += py-uptime
     SUBDIR += py-zdaemon
diff --git a/sysutils/py-tarsnapper/Makefile b/sysutils/py-tarsnapper/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2075213a5f11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysutils/py-tarsnapper/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Created by: philip@FreeBSD.org
+# $FreeBSD$
+
+PORTNAME=	tarsnapper
+PORTVERSION=	0.4
+CATEGORIES=	sysutils python
+PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
+
+MAINTAINER=	philip@FreeBSD.org
+COMMENT=	Tarsnap wrapper which expires backups using a gfs-scheme
+
+LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
+LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
+
+USES=		python
+USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist
+USE_GITHUB=	yes
+
+GH_ACCOUNT=	miracle2k
+GH_PROJECT=	tarsnapper
+
+RUN_DEPENDS+=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}argparse>0:devel/py-argparse@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}dateutil>0:devel/py-dateutil@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pexpect>0:misc/py-pexpect@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyaml>0:textproc/py-pyaml@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		tarsnap>=0:sysutils/tarsnap
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/sysutils/py-tarsnapper/distinfo b/sysutils/py-tarsnapper/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fd419327fb14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysutils/py-tarsnapper/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+TIMESTAMP = 1542542883
+SHA256 (miracle2k-tarsnapper-0.4_GH0.tar.gz) = 94ac22c3ed72e6321596f7d229b34fd21b59a00035162c5b22f2a1ee64dc6d01
+SIZE (miracle2k-tarsnapper-0.4_GH0.tar.gz) = 19204
diff --git a/sysutils/py-tarsnapper/pkg-descr b/sysutils/py-tarsnapper/pkg-descr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..735843ae4d7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysutils/py-tarsnapper/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+A wrapper around tarsnap which does two things:
+
+* Lets you define "backup jobs" (tarsnap invocations) in a config file,
+  though on it's own this has little advantage over just using a a
+  shell script.
+* The ability to expire old backups using a Grandfather-father-son
+  backup scheme. This feature can be used in conjunction with tarsnapper
+  backup jobs, or standalone, to be applied to any existing set of
+  tarsnap backup archives, regardless of how they have been created.
+
+WWW: https://github.com/miracle2k/tarsnapper