diff --git a/astro/Makefile b/astro/Makefile
index 37064bcf5d57..a12b8a498fda 100644
--- a/astro/Makefile
+++ b/astro/Makefile
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
     SUBDIR += py-metar
     SUBDIR += py-metpy
     SUBDIR += py-pymetar
+    SUBDIR += py-pysofa
     SUBDIR += py-pywapi
     SUBDIR += py-spacetrack
     SUBDIR += pyephem
diff --git a/astro/py-pysofa/Makefile b/astro/py-pysofa/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..31876788f8eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/astro/py-pysofa/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# $FreeBSD$
+
+PORTNAME=	pysofa
+DISTVERSION=	0.1.1
+CATEGORIES=	astro devel python
+MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
+PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
+
+MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
+COMMENT=	Python binding for SOFA, the fundamental astronomy library
+
+LICENSE=	PD
+LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
+
+RUN_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/lib/libsofa_c.so:astro/sofa \
+		${PYNUMPY}
+
+USES=		python
+NO_ARCH=	yes
+USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist
+
+post-patch:
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s|find_library('sofa_c')|\"${LOCALBASE}/lib/libsofa_c.so\"|" \
+		${WRKSRC}/pysofa/pysofa_ctypes.py
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/astro/py-pysofa/distinfo b/astro/py-pysofa/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..97f197ec57ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/astro/py-pysofa/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+TIMESTAMP = 1532573338
+SHA256 (pysofa-0.1.1.tar.gz) = 3bc309f5a43f44bd6d543ede054657dca9335b4e12726db0e929eb7f863a8f63
+SIZE (pysofa-0.1.1.tar.gz) = 44550
diff --git a/astro/py-pysofa/pkg-descr b/astro/py-pysofa/pkg-descr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..53f2820e7698
--- /dev/null
+++ b/astro/py-pysofa/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+pysofa is a Python module for accessing International Astronomical Union's SOFA
+library from python. SOFA (Standards of Fundamental Astronomy) is a set of
+algorithms and procedures that implement standard models used in fundamental
+astronomy.
+
+WWW: https://code.google.com/archive/p/pysofa/