diff --git a/devel/py-linecache2/Makefile b/devel/py-linecache2/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..30a938f5b91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-linecache2/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.1.1.1 2020/01/16 13:53:02 pamela Exp $
+
+COMMENT =		backports of the Python linecache module
+
+MODPY_EGG_VERSION =	1.0.0
+
+DISTNAME =		linecache2-${MODPY_EGG_VERSION}
+PKGNAME =		py-${DISTNAME}
+
+CATEGORIES =		devel
+
+HOMEPAGE =		https://github.com/testing-cabal/linecache2
+
+MAINTAINER =		Pamela Mosiejczuk <pamela@openbsd.org>
+
+# Python Software Foundation License
+PERMIT_PACKAGE =	Yes
+
+MODULES =		lang/python
+
+MODPY_PI =		Yes
+MODPY_SETUPTOOLS =	Yes
+MODPY_PYTEST =		Yes
+MODPY_PYTEST_ARGS =	linecache2
+
+BUILD_DEPENDS =		devel/py-pbr
+
+TEST_DEPENDS =		devel/py-fixtures \
+			devel/py-unittest2
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-linecache2/distinfo b/devel/py-linecache2/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1542e4a4fd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-linecache2/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+SHA256 (linecache2-1.0.0.tar.gz) = Syb/TnEQ23butvWntkqCYjg51ZXCA47tpmLyott46Xw=
+SIZE (linecache2-1.0.0.tar.gz) = 11013
diff --git a/devel/py-linecache2/pkg/DESCR b/devel/py-linecache2/pkg/DESCR
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e94f6c9e9b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-linecache2/pkg/DESCR
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+A backport of linecache to older supported Pythons. The linecache
+module allows one to get any line from a Python source file, while
+attempting to optimize internally, using a cache, the common case
+where many lines are read from a single file.
diff --git a/devel/py-linecache2/pkg/PLIST b/devel/py-linecache2/pkg/PLIST
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1f0864abacb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-linecache2/pkg/PLIST
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+@comment $OpenBSD: PLIST,v 1.1.1.1 2020/01/16 13:53:02 pamela Exp $
+lib/python${MODPY_VERSION}/site-packages/linecache2/
+lib/python${MODPY_VERSION}/site-packages/linecache2-${MODPY_EGG_VERSION}-py${MODPY_VERSION}.egg-info/
+lib/python${MODPY_VERSION}/site-packages/linecache2-${MODPY_EGG_VERSION}-py${MODPY_VERSION}.egg-info/PKG-INFO
+lib/python${MODPY_VERSION}/site-packages/linecache2-${MODPY_EGG_VERSION}-py${MODPY_VERSION}.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
+lib/python${MODPY_VERSION}/site-packages/linecache2-${MODPY_EGG_VERSION}-py${MODPY_VERSION}.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
+lib/python${MODPY_VERSION}/site-packages/linecache2-${MODPY_EGG_VERSION}-py${MODPY_VERSION}.egg-info/not-zip-safe
+lib/python${MODPY_VERSION}/site-packages/linecache2-${MODPY_EGG_VERSION}-py${MODPY_VERSION}.egg-info/pbr.json
+lib/python${MODPY_VERSION}/site-packages/linecache2-${MODPY_EGG_VERSION}-py${MODPY_VERSION}.egg-info/top_level.txt
+lib/python${MODPY_VERSION}/site-packages/linecache2/__init__.py
+lib/python${MODPY_VERSION}/site-packages/linecache2/__init__.pyc
+lib/python${MODPY_VERSION}/site-packages/linecache2/tests/
+lib/python${MODPY_VERSION}/site-packages/linecache2/tests/__init__.py
+lib/python${MODPY_VERSION}/site-packages/linecache2/tests/__init__.pyc
+lib/python${MODPY_VERSION}/site-packages/linecache2/tests/inspect_fodder.py
+lib/python${MODPY_VERSION}/site-packages/linecache2/tests/inspect_fodder.pyc
+${MODPY_COMMENT}lib/python${MODPY_VERSION}/site-packages/linecache2/tests/inspect_fodder2.py
+lib/python${MODPY_VERSION}/site-packages/linecache2/tests/mapping_tests.py
+lib/python${MODPY_VERSION}/site-packages/linecache2/tests/mapping_tests.pyc
+lib/python${MODPY_VERSION}/site-packages/linecache2/tests/test_linecache.py
+lib/python${MODPY_VERSION}/site-packages/linecache2/tests/test_linecache.pyc