diff --git a/devel/cjson/Makefile b/devel/cjson/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d55f225a788
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/cjson/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+COMMENT =	ultralightweight JSON parser in ANSI C
+
+GH_ACCOUNT =	DaveGamble
+GH_PROJECT =	cJSON
+GH_TAGNAME =	v1.7.15
+
+PKGNAME =	${DISTNAME:L}
+
+SHARED_LIBS +=	cjson	0.0	# 0.0
+
+CATEGORIES =	devel
+
+# MIT
+PERMIT_PACKAGE =	Yes
+
+WANTLIB +=	m
+
+MODULES =	devel/cmake
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/cjson/distinfo b/devel/cjson/distinfo
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index 00000000000..3c8b859dadd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/cjson/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+SHA256 (cJSON-1.7.15.tar.gz) = Uwj9S9kM73qgYFWFFN5qGkoIGZdKJubtE5c8X2JMJLI=
+SIZE (cJSON-1.7.15.tar.gz) = 352278
diff --git a/devel/cjson/pkg/DESCR b/devel/cjson/pkg/DESCR
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index 00000000000..d13a681d2b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/cjson/pkg/DESCR
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+cJSON aims to be the dumbest possible parser that you can get your job
+done with. It's a single file of C, and a single header file.
diff --git a/devel/cjson/pkg/PLIST b/devel/cjson/pkg/PLIST
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..72fecab4602
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/cjson/pkg/PLIST
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+include/cjson/
+include/cjson/cJSON.h
+lib/cmake/
+lib/cmake/cJSON/
+lib/cmake/cJSON/cJSONConfig.cmake
+lib/cmake/cJSON/cJSONConfigVersion.cmake
+lib/cmake/cJSON/cjson${MODCMAKE_BUILD_SUFFIX}
+lib/cmake/cJSON/cjson.cmake
+@lib lib/libcjson.so.${LIBcjson_VERSION}
+lib/pkgconfig/libcjson.pc