diff --git a/devel/py-serial/Makefile b/devel/py-serial/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d01eee312b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-serial/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.1.1.1 2009/06/05 04:29:22 wcmaier Exp $
+
+COMMENT =		serial interface class for Python
+
+MODPY_EGG_VERSION =	2.4
+DISTNAME =		pyserial-${MODPY_EGG_VERSION}
+PKGNAME =		${DISTNAME:S/py/py-/}
+
+CATEGORIES =		devel
+
+HOMEPAGE =		http://pyserial.wiki.sourceforge.net/pySerial
+
+MAINTAINER =		Daniel Gruber <daniel@tydirium.org>
+
+# Python license
+PERMIT_PACKAGE_FTP =	Yes
+PERMIT_PACKAGE_CDROM =	Yes
+PERMIT_DISTFILES_FTP =	Yes
+PERMIT_DISTFILES_CDROM =Yes
+
+MASTER_SITES =		${MASTER_SITE_SOURCEFORGE:=pyserial/}
+
+MODULES =		lang/python
+MODPY_SETUPTOOLS =	Yes
+
+DOCSDIR =		${PREFIX}/share/doc/py-serial
+EXAMPLESDIR =		${PREFIX}/share/examples/py-serial
+
+post-install:
+	${INSTALL_DATA_DIR} ${DOCSDIR}
+	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/README.txt ${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt ${DOCSDIR}
+	${INSTALL_DATA_DIR} ${EXAMPLESDIR}
+	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/examples/*.py ${EXAMPLESDIR}
+
+# NOTE: tests require a serial setup; see ${WRKSRC}/examples/test.py 
+# for more information
+do-regress:
+	cd ${WRKSRC} && \
+	for _test in ${WRKSRC}/examples/test*; do \
+		PYTHONPATH=. ${MODPY_BIN} $${_test}; \
+	done
+.for _test in ${WRKSRC}/examples/test*
+	cd ${WRKSRC} && ${MODPY_BIN} ${_test}
+.endfor
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-serial/distinfo b/devel/py-serial/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9cde8071610
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-serial/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+MD5 (pyserial-2.4.tar.gz) = 7sGd9Z/XW6WhNpkol/jkaA==
+RMD160 (pyserial-2.4.tar.gz) = x5TLxL8AZijiipHJdb+JeZTewJU=
+SHA1 (pyserial-2.4.tar.gz) = lTZDRzaqktoX/QXu0mDv04ZP+b0=
+SHA256 (pyserial-2.4.tar.gz) = a2qePS/Vl4ySyEPgEJkYpLysSB7srjFiVEgcDg9+c8g=
+SIZE (pyserial-2.4.tar.gz) = 44723
diff --git a/devel/py-serial/patches/patch-serialposix_py b/devel/py-serial/patches/patch-serialposix_py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fdfb389b022
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-serial/patches/patch-serialposix_py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+$OpenBSD: patch-serialposix_py,v 1.1.1.1 2009/06/05 04:29:22 wcmaier Exp $
+--- serial/serialposix.py.orig	Wed Apr  1 14:52:46 2009
++++ serial/serialposix.py	Wed Apr  1 14:52:57 2009
+@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ elif plat == 'cygwin':       #cywin/win32 (confirmed)
+     def device(port):
+         return '/dev/com%d' % (port + 1)
+ 
+-elif plat     == 'openbsd3': #BSD (confirmed)
++elif plat     == 'openbsd4': #BSD (confirmed)
+     def device(port):
+         return '/dev/ttyp%d' % port
+ 
diff --git a/devel/py-serial/pkg/DESCR b/devel/py-serial/pkg/DESCR
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8effef4671b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-serial/pkg/DESCR
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+This python module provides access to the serial port, with backends for
+standard Python running on Windows, Linux, BSD (possibly any POSIX
+compilant system), Jython and IronPython. The module named "serial"
+automatically selects the appropriate backend. 
+
+For usage instructions see ${PREFIX}/share/doc/py-serial/README.txt
diff --git a/devel/py-serial/pkg/PLIST b/devel/py-serial/pkg/PLIST
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2e8a61060ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-serial/pkg/PLIST
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+@comment $OpenBSD: PLIST,v 1.1.1.1 2009/06/05 04:29:22 wcmaier Exp $
+lib/python${MODPY_VERSION}/site-packages/pyserial-${MODPY_EGG_VERSION}-py${MODPY_VERSION}.egg-info/
+lib/python${MODPY_VERSION}/site-packages/pyserial-${MODPY_EGG_VERSION}-py${MODPY_VERSION}.egg-info/PKG-INFO
+lib/python${MODPY_VERSION}/site-packages/pyserial-${MODPY_EGG_VERSION}-py${MODPY_VERSION}.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
+lib/python${MODPY_VERSION}/site-packages/pyserial-${MODPY_EGG_VERSION}-py${MODPY_VERSION}.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
+lib/python${MODPY_VERSION}/site-packages/pyserial-${MODPY_EGG_VERSION}-py${MODPY_VERSION}.egg-info/top_level.txt
+lib/python${MODPY_VERSION}/site-packages/serial/
+lib/python${MODPY_VERSION}/site-packages/serial/__init__.py
+lib/python${MODPY_VERSION}/site-packages/serial/__init__.pyc
+lib/python${MODPY_VERSION}/site-packages/serial/serialcli.py
+lib/python${MODPY_VERSION}/site-packages/serial/serialcli.pyc
+lib/python${MODPY_VERSION}/site-packages/serial/serialjava.py
+lib/python${MODPY_VERSION}/site-packages/serial/serialjava.pyc
+lib/python${MODPY_VERSION}/site-packages/serial/serialposix.py
+lib/python${MODPY_VERSION}/site-packages/serial/serialposix.pyc
+lib/python${MODPY_VERSION}/site-packages/serial/serialutil.py
+lib/python${MODPY_VERSION}/site-packages/serial/serialutil.pyc
+lib/python${MODPY_VERSION}/site-packages/serial/serialwin32.py
+lib/python${MODPY_VERSION}/site-packages/serial/serialwin32.pyc
+lib/python${MODPY_VERSION}/site-packages/serial/sermsdos.py
+lib/python${MODPY_VERSION}/site-packages/serial/sermsdos.pyc
+share/doc/py-serial/
+share/doc/py-serial/LICENSE.txt
+share/doc/py-serial/README.txt
+share/examples/py-serial/
+share/examples/py-serial/enhancedserial.py
+share/examples/py-serial/miniterm.py
+share/examples/py-serial/scan.py
+share/examples/py-serial/scanwin32.py
+share/examples/py-serial/setup-miniterm-py2exe.py
+share/examples/py-serial/setup_demo.py
+share/examples/py-serial/tcp_serial_redirect.py
+share/examples/py-serial/test.py
+share/examples/py-serial/test_advanced.py
+share/examples/py-serial/test_high_load.py
+share/examples/py-serial/wxSerialConfigDialog.py
+share/examples/py-serial/wxTerminal.py