diff --git a/devel/p5-prefork/Makefile b/devel/p5-prefork/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dd6e15c6438
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/p5-prefork/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.1.1.1 2005/11/22 09:00:57 kevlo Exp $
+
+COMMENT=	"optimized module loading for forking or non-forking processes"
+
+DISTNAME=	prefork-1.00
+PKGNAME=	p5-${DISTNAME}
+CATEGORIES=	devel perl5
+MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_PERL_CPAN:=../../authors/id/A/AD/ADAMK/}
+
+MAINTAINER=	Kevin Lo <kevlo@openbsd.org>
+
+# Same as Perl
+PERMIT_PACKAGE_CDROM=	Yes
+PERMIT_PACKAGE_FTP=	Yes
+PERMIT_DISTFILES_CDROM=	Yes
+PERMIT_DISTFILES_FTP=	Yes
+
+CONFIGURE_STYLE= perl 
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/p5-prefork/distinfo b/devel/p5-prefork/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..90d3848e5be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/p5-prefork/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+MD5 (prefork-1.00.tar.gz) = 41e19e56aca6ae7f36bcbfe420a0eb4c
+RMD160 (prefork-1.00.tar.gz) = 125b2f9f3768cfb20475b09f7c9774fa1dacef7f
+SHA1 (prefork-1.00.tar.gz) = 0ebf41d37971de03d33ed94ed5882a62feec6fe8
+SIZE (prefork-1.00.tar.gz) = 26602
diff --git a/devel/p5-prefork/pkg/DESCR b/devel/p5-prefork/pkg/DESCR
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index 00000000000..9dc410632f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/p5-prefork/pkg/DESCR
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+The "prefork" pragma is intended to allow module writers to optimise
+module loading for both scenarios with as little additional code as
+possible.
+
+The prefork.pm is intended to serve as a central and optional marshalling
+point for state detection (are we running in compile-time or run-time
+mode) and to act as a relatively light-weight module loader.
diff --git a/devel/p5-prefork/pkg/PLIST b/devel/p5-prefork/pkg/PLIST
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8dfd155388b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/p5-prefork/pkg/PLIST
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+@comment $OpenBSD: PLIST,v 1.1.1.1 2005/11/22 09:00:57 kevlo Exp $
+${P5SITE}/prefork.pm
+@man man/man3p/prefork.3p