diff --git a/sysutils/Makefile b/sysutils/Makefile
index be2895fc9e79..42f96810d2a4 100644
--- a/sysutils/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/Makefile
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
     SUBDIR += rdate
     SUBDIR += rtty
     SUBDIR += roottail
+    SUBDIR += ruby-syslog
     SUBDIR += sarah
     SUBDIR += sdd
     SUBDIR += setcdboot
diff --git a/sysutils/ruby-syslog/Makefile b/sysutils/ruby-syslog/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d5dc35f5e7f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysutils/ruby-syslog/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# New ports collection makefile for:	Ruby-syslog
+# Date created:		15 Aug 2000
+# Whom:			Akinori MUSHA aka knu <knu@idaemons.org>
+#
+# $FreeBSD$
+#
+
+PORTNAME=	syslog
+PORTVERSION=	0.1.1
+CATEGORIES=	sysutils	# ruby
+MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_LOCAL} \
+		http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/~yoshidam/
+MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	knu
+PKGNAMEPREFIX=	ruby-
+DIST_SUBDIR=	ruby
+
+MAINTAINER=	knu@FreeBSD.org
+
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	ruby:${PORTSDIR}/lang/ruby
+RUN_DEPENDS=	ruby:${PORTSDIR}/lang/ruby
+
+WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}
+INSTALL_TARGET=	site-install
+PLIST_SUB=	RUBY_VER="${RUBY_VER}" RUBY_ARCH="${RUBY_ARCH}"
+
+RUBY?=		${LOCALBASE}/bin/ruby
+RUBY_VER?=	1.4
+RUBY_ARCH?=	${ARCH}-freebsd${OSREL}
+
+do-configure:
+	@cd ${WRKSRC}; \
+	${SETENV} ${CONFIGURE_ENV} ${RUBY} extconf.rb
+
+post-install:
+.if !defined(NOPORTDOCS)
+	${MKDIR} ${PREFIX}/share/examples/ruby/syslog
+	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/test.rb ${PREFIX}/share/examples/ruby/syslog/
+	${MKDIR} ${PREFIX}/share/doc/ruby/syslog/
+	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/README ${PREFIX}/share/doc/ruby/syslog/
+.endif
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/sysutils/ruby-syslog/distinfo b/sysutils/ruby-syslog/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9d9c0a43367a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysutils/ruby-syslog/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+MD5 (ruby/syslog-0.1.1.tar.gz) = 183a78576dde88dd5659f25dd1e269ac
diff --git a/sysutils/ruby-syslog/pkg-comment b/sysutils/ruby-syslog/pkg-comment
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dafff2d8af9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysutils/ruby-syslog/pkg-comment
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Ruby module to access syslog(3) interface
diff --git a/sysutils/ruby-syslog/pkg-descr b/sysutils/ruby-syslog/pkg-descr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8e12596fceae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysutils/ruby-syslog/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+This is a Ruby module to access syslog(3) interface.
+
+Author:	Yoshida Masato <yoshidam@yoshidam.net>
+WWW:	http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/~yoshidam/Ruby.html#syslog
diff --git a/sysutils/ruby-syslog/pkg-plist b/sysutils/ruby-syslog/pkg-plist
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..220268990cae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysutils/ruby-syslog/pkg-plist
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+lib/ruby/site_ruby/%%RUBY_VER%%/%%RUBY_ARCH%%/syslog.so
+share/examples/ruby/syslog/test.rb
+@dirrm share/examples/ruby/syslog
+share/doc/ruby/syslog/README
+@dirrm share/doc/ruby/syslog