diff --git a/math/Makefile b/math/Makefile
index a909f527188d..64a0ebd226e3 100644
--- a/math/Makefile
+++ b/math/Makefile
@@ -585,6 +585,7 @@
     SUBDIR += octave-forge-geometry
     SUBDIR += octave-forge-gnuplot
     SUBDIR += octave-forge-gsl
+    SUBDIR += octave-forge-hdf5oct
     SUBDIR += octave-forge-ident
     SUBDIR += octave-forge-image
     SUBDIR += octave-forge-informationtheory
diff --git a/math/octave-forge-hdf5oct/Makefile b/math/octave-forge-hdf5oct/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d0611a530cd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/math/octave-forge-hdf5oct/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+PORTNAME=	octave-forge-hdf5oct
+DISTVERSION=	1.0.0
+CATEGORIES=	math
+
+MAINTAINER=	stephen@FreeBSD.org
+COMMENT=	Octave-forge package ${OCTAVE_PKGNAME}
+WWW=		https://packages.octave.org/
+
+LICENSE=	GPLv3
+LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/../COPYING
+
+USES=		octave
+USE_GITHUB=	yes
+GH_ACCOUNT=	gapost
+GH_PROJECT=	hdf5oct
+
+OCTAVE_SRC=	${GH_PROJECT}-${DISTVERSION}
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/math/octave-forge-hdf5oct/distinfo b/math/octave-forge-hdf5oct/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d827fc5ef2ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/math/octave-forge-hdf5oct/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+TIMESTAMP = 1720924668
+SHA256 (octave-forge/gapost-hdf5oct-1.0.0_GH0.tar.gz) = dec661f16b0743d03e5edbe59f2be49df3d10bbd73c0edcbea26e52ad682c4c8
+SIZE (octave-forge/gapost-hdf5oct-1.0.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 121874
diff --git a/math/octave-forge-hdf5oct/files/patch-Makefile b/math/octave-forge-hdf5oct/files/patch-Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2e2076a738e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/math/octave-forge-hdf5oct/files/patch-Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+--- Makefile.orig	2024-07-14 02:44:32 UTC
++++ Makefile
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ 
+-OCTAVE ?= octave
++OCTAVE ?= octave-cli -H
+ MKOCTFILE ?= mkoctfile
+ 
+ H5FLAGS=$(shell ${OCTAVE} --eval 's="";if __octave_config_info__().build_features.HDF5==1,s="-DHAVE_HDF5";end;printf(s)') \
diff --git a/math/octave-forge-hdf5oct/pkg-descr b/math/octave-forge-hdf5oct/pkg-descr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..628b847bd704
--- /dev/null
+++ b/math/octave-forge-hdf5oct/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+The octave-forge package is the result of The GNU Octave Repositry project,
+which is intended to be a central location for custom scripts, functions and
+extensions for GNU Octave. contains the source for all the functions plus
+build and install scripts.
+
+This is hdf5oct.
+
+ MATLAB compatible high-level functions for HDF5 file I/O.