diff --git a/devel/Makefile b/devel/Makefile
index 85a859c030c0..e7f7d2e6e5e5 100644
--- a/devel/Makefile
+++ b/devel/Makefile
@@ -7381,6 +7381,7 @@
     SUBDIR += rubygem-opentelemetry-api
     SUBDIR += rubygem-opentelemetry-common
     SUBDIR += rubygem-opentelemetry-exporter-otlp
+    SUBDIR += rubygem-opentelemetry-helpers-mysql
     SUBDIR += rubygem-opentelemetry-helpers-sql-obfuscation
     SUBDIR += rubygem-opentelemetry-instrumentation-action_mailer
     SUBDIR += rubygem-opentelemetry-instrumentation-action_pack
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-opentelemetry-helpers-mysql/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-opentelemetry-helpers-mysql/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d4f687da817b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/rubygem-opentelemetry-helpers-mysql/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+PORTNAME=	opentelemetry-helpers-mysql
+PORTVERSION=	0.1.1
+CATEGORIES=	devel rubygems
+MASTER_SITES=	RG
+
+MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
+COMMENT=	MySQL Instrumentation Helpers for the OpenTelemetry framework
+WWW=		https://opentelemetry.io/ \
+		https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby-contrib \
+		https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby-contrib/tree/main/helpers/mysql
+
+LICENSE=	APACHE20
+LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
+
+RUN_DEPENDS=	rubygem-opentelemetry-api>=1.0<2:devel/rubygem-opentelemetry-api \
+		rubygem-opentelemetry-common>=0.21<1:devel/rubygem-opentelemetry-common
+
+USES=		gem
+
+NO_ARCH=	yes
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-opentelemetry-helpers-mysql/distinfo b/devel/rubygem-opentelemetry-helpers-mysql/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d8b3e79d6696
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/rubygem-opentelemetry-helpers-mysql/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+TIMESTAMP = 1722249000
+SHA256 (rubygem/opentelemetry-helpers-mysql-0.1.1.gem) = cd99dab90bc7e483f071905ccdec266f82f13d4f2f8cf7c54d225b2c731ad1da
+SIZE (rubygem/opentelemetry-helpers-mysql-0.1.1.gem) = 10752
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-opentelemetry-helpers-mysql/pkg-descr b/devel/rubygem-opentelemetry-helpers-mysql/pkg-descr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6fa3c04a52f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/rubygem-opentelemetry-helpers-mysql/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+This Ruby gem contains logic shared among MySQL adapter libraries, such as
+mysql2 and trilogy. It's intended for use by by gem authors instrumenting MySQL
+adapter libraries.