diff --git a/biology/Makefile b/biology/Makefile
index 203e2844731f..5fadbde39170 100644
--- a/biology/Makefile
+++ b/biology/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     SUBDIR += bamtools
     SUBDIR += bcftools
     SUBDIR += bedtools
+    SUBDIR += bioawk
     SUBDIR += biococoa
     SUBDIR += bolt-lmm
     SUBDIR += bowtie
diff --git a/biology/bioawk/Makefile b/biology/bioawk/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6aaaa818e60e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/biology/bioawk/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# $FreeBSD$
+
+PORTNAME=		bioawk
+DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
+DISTVERSION=		1.0-7
+DISTVERSIONSUFFIX=	-gfd40150
+CATEGORIES=		biology
+
+MAINTAINER=	jwb@FreeBSD.org
+COMMENT=	BWK awk modified for biological data
+
+LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
+
+USE_GITHUB=	yes
+
+GH_ACCOUNT=	lh3
+
+MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE=	yes
+ALL_TARGET=		bioawk
+INSTALL_TARGET=		install-strip
+
+PLIST_FILES=	bin/bioawk
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/biology/bioawk/distinfo b/biology/bioawk/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..91f16ed31f6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/biology/bioawk/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+TIMESTAMP = 1591283068
+SHA256 (lh3-bioawk-v1.0-7-gfd40150_GH0.tar.gz) = 4510ee9493d0acef846e66f7b370c83e6e731954437ef6128a2e0b1fa8a38874
+SIZE (lh3-bioawk-v1.0-7-gfd40150_GH0.tar.gz) = 72209
diff --git a/biology/bioawk/files/patch-Makefile b/biology/bioawk/files/patch-Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ef4340ba667e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/biology/bioawk/files/patch-Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+--- Makefile.orig	2017-09-11 13:43:01 UTC
++++ Makefile
+@@ -22,14 +22,20 @@
+ # THIS SOFTWARE.
+ # ****************************************************************/
+ 
+-CFLAGS = -g -Wall -O2
++CFLAGS ?= -g -Wall -O2
+ 
+-CC = gcc
++CC ?= gcc
+ 
+-YACC = bison -y
++# YACC = bison -y
+ YACC = yacc
+ YFLAGS = -d
+ 
++MKDIR	?= mkdir
++INSTALL	?= install
++DESTDIR	?= .
++PREFIX	?= /usr/local
++STRIP	?= strip
++
+ OFILES = b.o main.o parse.o proctab.o tran.o lib.o run.o lex.o addon.o
+ 
+ SOURCE = awk.h ytab.c ytab.h proto.h awkgram.y lex.c b.c main.c \
+@@ -61,5 +67,15 @@ maketab:	ytab.h maketab.c
+ names:
+ 	@echo $(LISTING)
+ 
++.PHONY:	intall-strip install clean
++
++install-strip: install
++	${STRIP} ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/bioawk
++
++install:
++	${MKDIR} -p ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
++	${INSTALL} -c bioawk ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
++
+ clean:
+-	rm -fr a.out *.o *.obj maketab maketab.exe *.bb *.bbg *.da *.gcov *.gcno *.gcda awk bioawk ytab.* proctab.c *.dSYM
++	rm -fr a.out *.o *.obj maketab maketab.exe *.bb *.bbg *.da *.gcov \
++		*.gcno *.gcda awk bioawk ytab.* proctab.c *.dSYM
diff --git a/biology/bioawk/pkg-descr b/biology/bioawk/pkg-descr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..41070de842f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/biology/bioawk/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Bioawk is an extension to Brian Kernighan's awk, adding the support of several
+common biological data formats, including optionally gzip'ed BED, GFF, SAM,
+VCF, FASTA/Q and TAB-delimited formats with column names. It also adds a few
+built-in functions and an command line option to use TAB as the input/output
+delimiter. When the new functionality is not used, bioawk is intended to behave
+exactly the same as the original BWK awk.
+
+WWW: https://github.com/lh3/bioawk