diff --git a/devel/Makefile b/devel/Makefile
index 0bea75884140..b7d240321514 100644
--- a/devel/Makefile
+++ b/devel/Makefile
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@
     SUBDIR += dwarfdump
     SUBDIR += dyncall
     SUBDIR += e00compr
+    SUBDIR += e2fsprogs-libss
     SUBDIR += e4graph
     SUBDIR += e_dbus
     SUBDIR += easygit
diff --git a/devel/e2fsprogs-libss/Makefile b/devel/e2fsprogs-libss/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..47cfde00bcee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/e2fsprogs-libss/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# New ports collection makefile for:	e2fsprogs-libss
+# Date created:			23 November 2009
+# Whom:				Ben Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu>
+#
+# $FreeBSD$
+#
+
+PORTREVISION=	0
+CATEGORIES=	devel
+PKGNAMESUFFIX=	-libss
+
+MAINTAINER=	kaduk-fbsd@mit.edu
+COMMENT=	Command-line interface parsing library from e2fsprogs
+
+CONFLICTS=	heimdal-[0-9]*
+CONFLICTS+=	krb4-[0-9]*
+
+WITHOUT_NLS=	yes
+OPTIONS=	#
+CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--enable-elf-shlibs
+MASTERDIR=	${.CURDIR}/../../sysutils/e2fsprogs
+GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
+USE_GMAKE=	yes
+USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
+ALL_TARGET=	subs
+INSTALL_WRKSRC=	${WRKSRC}/lib/ss
+FILESDIR=	${.CURDIR}/files
+
+EXTRA_PATCHES=	${FILESDIR}/patch-lib-ss-Makefile.in
+
+MAN1=	mk_cmds.1
+
+PKGDIR=		${.CURDIR}
+
+pre-build:
+	@(cd ${WRKSRC}/lib/ss && compile_et ss_err.et && \
+	${REINPLACE_CMD} -f ${FILESDIR}/fix-ss_err.h.sed ss_err.h)
+
+post-build:
+	@(cd ${WRKSRC}/lib/ss && ${GMAKE} ${MAKE_FLAGS} ${MAKEFILE} \
+	${_MAKE_JOBS} ${MAKE_ARGS} all)
+
+.include "${MASTERDIR}/Makefile"
diff --git a/devel/e2fsprogs-libss/files/fix-ss_err.h.sed b/devel/e2fsprogs-libss/files/fix-ss_err.h.sed
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..73dc2aff639b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/e2fsprogs-libss/files/fix-ss_err.h.sed
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/#define __ss_err_h__/a\
+#include <com_err.h>
diff --git a/devel/e2fsprogs-libss/files/patch-lib-ss-Makefile.in b/devel/e2fsprogs-libss/files/patch-lib-ss-Makefile.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6b0811c0796f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/e2fsprogs-libss/files/patch-lib-ss-Makefile.in
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- work/lib/ss/Makefile.in.orig	2009-11-28 23:03:52.000000000 +0000
++++ work/lib/ss/Makefile.in	2009-11-28 23:04:20.000000000 +0000
+@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
+ ELF_IMAGE = libss
+ ELF_MYDIR = ss
+ ELF_INSTALL_DIR = $(root_libdir)
+-ELF_OTHER_LIBS = -L../.. -lcom_err $(DLOPEN_LIB)
++ELF_OTHER_LIBS = -lcom_err $(DLOPEN_LIB)
+ 
+ BSDLIB_VERSION = 1.0
+ BSDLIB_IMAGE = libss
+@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
+ BSDLIB_INSTALL_DIR = $(root_libdir)
+ 
+ TAGS=etags
+-COMPILE_ET=../et/compile_et --build-tree
++COMPILE_ET=compile_et
+ MK_CMDS=_SS_DIR_OVERRIDE=. ./mk_cmds
+ 
+ # -I.. is so that ss/ss_err.h works
diff --git a/devel/e2fsprogs-libss/pkg-descr b/devel/e2fsprogs-libss/pkg-descr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..821bd5485b31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/e2fsprogs-libss/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+This package includes a tool that parses a command table to generate a
+simple command-line interface parser, the include files needed to compile
+and use it, and the libraries needed to run programs that use it.
+
+It was originally inspired by the Multics SubSystem library. 
diff --git a/devel/e2fsprogs-libss/pkg-plist b/devel/e2fsprogs-libss/pkg-plist
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b6eb9a7a038d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/e2fsprogs-libss/pkg-plist
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+bin/mk_cmds
+include/ss/ss.h
+include/ss/ss_err.h
+lib/libss.so.2.0
+lib/libss.so
+lib/libss.a
+lib/libss.so.2
+libdata/pkgconfig/ss.pc
+share/ss/ct_c.awk
+share/ss/ct_c.sed
+@dirrm	include/ss
+@dirrm	share/ss
diff --git a/sysutils/e2fsprogs/Makefile b/sysutils/e2fsprogs/Makefile
index 19e88e957761..b4bc53af1a26 100644
--- a/sysutils/e2fsprogs/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/e2fsprogs/Makefile
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ CONFIGURE_ENV+=	CPPFLAGS='${CPPFLAGS} -I${WRKSRC}/lib \
 		-I${LOCALBASE}/include -D_EXT2_USE_C_VERSIONS_'
 MAKE_ARGS+=	LDFLAGS='${LDFLAGS} -L${LOCALBASE}/lib'
 
-OPTIONS=	NLS "Enable national language support" on
+OPTIONS?=	NLS "Enable national language support" on
 
 .if !defined(MASTERDIR)
 MAN1=		chattr.1 lsattr.1