diff --git a/devel/Makefile b/devel/Makefile
index 179d77cd5d58..bbfd57f95b30 100644
--- a/devel/Makefile
+++ b/devel/Makefile
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
     SUBDIR += nana
     SUBDIR += nasm
     SUBDIR += ncurses
+    SUBDIR += newt
     SUBDIR += noweb
     SUBDIR += omniORB
     SUBDIR += p5-AppConfig
diff --git a/devel/newt/Makefile b/devel/newt/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..68f1a8d45e72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/newt/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# New ports collection makefile for:	newt
+# Version required:	0.50-13
+# Date created:		08 Jan 2000
+# Whom:			Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com>
+#
+# $FreeBSD$
+#
+
+DISTNAME=	newt-0.50-13
+PKGNAME=	newt-0.50.13
+CATEGORIES=	devel
+MASTER_SITES=	\
+	ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/linux/redhat/redhat-6.1/SRPMS/SRPMS/ \
+	ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/redhat-6.1/SRPMS/SRPMS/ \
+	ftp://ftp.infomagic.com/pub/mirrors/linux/RedHat/redhat-6.1/SRPMS/SRPMS/
+EXTRACT_SUFX=	.src.rpm
+
+MAINTAINER=	andrews@technologist.com
+
+LIB_DEPENDS=	slang.1:${PORTSDIR}/devel/libslang
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	rpm2cpio:${PORTSDIR}/misc/rpm \
+		python:${PORTSDIR}/lang/python \
+		${LOCALBASE}/include/popt.h:${PORTSDIR}/devel/popt
+
+USE_GMAKE=	yes
+GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
+WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/newt-0.50
+VERSION=	0
+MAKE_ENV+=	prefix=${PREFIX} VERSION=${VERSION} CC=${CC} PCFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
+PLIST_SUB+=	VERSION="${VERSION}"
+CPIO?=		/usr/bin/cpio
+
+do-extract:
+	@${RM} -rf ${WRKDIR}
+	@${MKDIR} ${WRKDIR}
+	@${LOCALBASE}/bin/rpm2cpio ${_DISTDIR}${DISTFILES} | (cd ${WRKDIR};${CPIO} -i)
+	@${TAR} xfz ${WRKSRC}.tar.gz -C ${WRKDIR}
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/newt/distinfo b/devel/newt/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d2deaff1acc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/newt/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+MD5 (newt-0.50-13.src.rpm) = 20558ad28c9091272000192b53c435de
diff --git a/devel/newt/files/patch-aa b/devel/newt/files/patch-aa
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0f9064103a1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/newt/files/patch-aa
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+--- grid.c	Mon Feb  8 11:41:47 1999
++++ grid.c.new	Sun Jan  9 01:15:24 2000
+@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
+-#include <alloca.h>
+ #include <stdlib.h>
+ #include <string.h>
+ 
diff --git a/devel/newt/files/patch-ab b/devel/newt/files/patch-ab
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2a90af65b816
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/newt/files/patch-ab
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+--- Makefile.in	Wed Feb  2 22:18:26 2000
++++ Makefile.in.new	Wed Feb  2 22:19:01 2000
+@@ -1,16 +1,11 @@
+-LIBS = -lslang -lm #-lefence
+-SHLIBS = -lslang -lm -lc
++CC ?= cc
++LIBS = -L$(PREFIX)/lib -lslang -ltcl82 -lpopt -lncurses -lm
++SHLIBS = $(LIBS)
+ 
+-GPM_SUPPORT=@gpm_support@
++CFLAGS = $(PCFLAGS) -Wall -I$(prefix)/include -I$(prefix)/include/tcl8.2
+ 
+-CFLAGS = $(RPM_OPT_FLAGS) -Wall -I/usr/include/slang
+-ifeq ($(RPM_OPT_FLAGS),)
+-CFLAGS += -g # -O2 -I/usr/include/slang
+-endif
+-
+-VERSION = @VERSION@
+-CVSTAG = r$(subst .,-,$(VERSION))
+-SONAME = @VERSION@
++VERSION ?= 0
++SONAME = $(VERSION)
+ 
+ PROGS = test whiptail whiptcl.so testgrid testtree
+ TESTOBJS = test.o
+@@ -25,7 +20,7 @@
+ 
+ SHCFLAGS = -fPIC
+ 
+-prefix = /usr
++prefix ?= /usr/local
+ includedir = $(prefix)/include
+ libdir = $(prefix)/lib
+ bindir = $(prefix)/bin
+@@ -49,25 +44,25 @@
+ all:	$(TARGET) _snackmodule.so
+ 
+ test:	$(TESTOBJS) $(LIBNEWT)
+-	gcc -g -o test $(TESTOBJS) $(LIBNEWT) $(LIBS) -static
++	$(CC) -o test $(TESTOBJS) $(LIBNEWT) $(LIBS) -static
+ 
+ testgrid:	testgrid.o $(LIBNEWT)
+-	gcc -g -o testgrid testgrid.o $(LIBNEWT) $(LIBS)
++	$(CC) -o testgrid testgrid.o $(LIBNEWT) $(LIBS)
+ 
+ testtree:	testtree.o $(LIBNEWT)
+-	gcc -g -o testtree testtree.o $(LIBNEWT) $(LIBS)
++	$(CC) -o testtree testtree.o $(LIBNEWT) $(LIBS)
+ 
+ _snackmodule.so:   snackmodule.o $(LIBNEWTSH)
+-	gcc --shared -o _snackmodule.so snackmodule.o -L . $(LIBNEWTSH)
++	$(CC) --shared -o _snackmodule.so snackmodule.o -L . $(LIBNEWTSH)
+ 
+ snackmodule.o:   snackmodule.c
+-	gcc -I/usr/include/python1.5 -fPIC $(CFLAGS) -c snackmodule.c
++	$(CC) -I$(prefix)/include/python1.5 -fPIC $(CFLAGS) -c snackmodule.c
+ 
+ whiptail: $(NDIALOGOBJS) $(LIBNEWTSH)
+-	gcc -g -o whiptail $(NDIALOGOBJS) -L . $(LIBNEWTSH) $(LIBS) -lpopt
++	$(CC) -o whiptail $(NDIALOGOBJS) -L . $(LIBNEWTSH) $(LIBS)
+ 
+ whiptcl.so: $(WHIPTCLOBJS) $(LIBNEWTSH)
+-	gcc -shared -o whiptcl.so $(WHIPTCLOBJS) -L . $(LIBNEWTSH) -ltcl -lslang -lpopt -lm
++	$(CC) -shared -o whiptcl.so $(WHIPTCLOBJS) -L . $(LIBNEWTSH) $(LIBS)
+ 
+ $(LIBNEWT): $(LIBNEWT)($(LIBOBJS))
+ 
+@@ -90,7 +85,7 @@
+ sharedlib: $(LIBNEWTSH)
+ 
+ $(LIBNEWTSH): $(SHAREDDIR) $(SHAREDOBJS)
+-	gcc -shared -o $(LIBNEWTSH) -Wl,-soname,$(LIBNEWTSONAME) $(SHAREDOBJS) $(SHLIBS)
++	$(CC) -shared -o $(LIBNEWTSH) -Wl,-soname,$(LIBNEWTSONAME) $(SHAREDOBJS) $(SHLIBS)
+ 
+ $(SHAREDDIR)/%.o : %.c
+ 	$(CC) $(SHCFLAGS) -c $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $<
+@@ -100,21 +95,21 @@
+ 
+ 
+ install: $(LIBNEWT) install-sh whiptail
+-	[ -d $(instroot)/$(bindir) ] || install -m 755 -d $(instroot)/$(bindir)
+-	[ -d $(instroot)/$(libdir) ] || install -m 755 -d $(instroot)/$(libdir)
+-	[ -d $(instroot)/$(includedir) ] || install -m 755 -d $(instroot)/$(includedir)
+-	install -m 644 newt.h $(instroot)/$(includedir)
+-	install -m 644 $(LIBNEWT) $(instroot)/$(libdir)
+-	install -s -m 755 whiptail $(instroot)/$(bindir)
++	[ -d $(bindir) ] || install -m 755 -d $(bindir)
++	[ -d $(libdir) ] || install -m 755 -d $(libdir)
++	[ -d $(includedir) ] || install -m 755 -d $(includedir)
++	install -c -m 644 newt.h $(includedir)
++	install -c -m 644 $(LIBNEWT) $(libdir)
++	install -c -s -m 755 whiptail $(bindir)
+ 
+ install-sh: sharedlib whiptcl.so _snackmodule.so
+-	[ -d $(instroot)/$(libdir) ] || install -m 755 -d $(instroot)/$(libdir)
+-	install -m 755 $(LIBNEWTSH) $(instroot)/$(libdir)
+-	ln -sf $(LIBNEWTSH) $(instroot)/$(libdir)/libnewt.so
+-	install -m 755 whiptcl.so $(instroot)/$(libdir)
+-	[ -d $(instroot)/$(pythonbindir) ] || install -m 755 -d $(instroot)/$(pythonbindir)
+-	install -m 755 _snackmodule.so $(instroot)/$(pythonbindir)
+-	install -m 755 snack.py $(instroot)/$(pythondir)
++	[ -d $(libdir) ] || install -m 755 -d $(libdir)
++	install -c -m 755 $(LIBNEWTSH) $(libdir)
++	ln -sf $(LIBNEWTSH) $(libdir)/libnewt.so
++	install -c -m 755 whiptcl.so $(libdir)
++	[ -d $(pythonbindir) ] || install -m 755 -d $(pythonbindir)
++	install -c -m 755 _snackmodule.so $(pythonbindir)
++	install -c -m 755 snack.py $(pythondir)
+ 
+ archive:
+ 	@cvs tag -F $(CVSTAG)
diff --git a/devel/newt/files/patch-ac b/devel/newt/files/patch-ac
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..00e0f26439d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/newt/files/patch-ac
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+--- form.c	Fri Mar  5 18:27:57 1999
++++ form.c.new	Wed Jan 26 20:33:25 2000
+@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@
+ #include <slang.h>
+ #include <stdarg.h>
+ #include <stdlib.h>
+-#include <sys/select.h>
+-
+-#ifdef USE_GPM
++#include <string.h>
+ #include <ctype.h>
+ #include <sys/time.h>      /* timeval */
+ #include <sys/types.h>     /* socket() */
+@@ -15,11 +13,8 @@
+ #include <sys/stat.h>      /* stat() */
+ #include <termios.h>       /* winsize */
+ #include <unistd.h>
+-#include <sys/kd.h>        /* KDGETMODE */
+ #include <signal.h>
+ #include <stdio.h>
+-#endif
+-
+ #include "newt.h"
+ #include "newt_pr.h"
+ 
diff --git a/devel/newt/pkg-comment b/devel/newt/pkg-comment
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d4db52e2123c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/newt/pkg-comment
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Console I/O handling library from the Redhat people
diff --git a/devel/newt/pkg-descr b/devel/newt/pkg-descr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..628ab54a8ad3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/newt/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+This is the Redhat newt library, a library that is
+similar to (and based on) ncurses in that it does
+special things with console I/O.
+
+Unfortunately, there do not seem to be any documentation
+available on Redhat's website about newt.
+
+--Will <andrews@technologist.com>
diff --git a/devel/newt/pkg-plist b/devel/newt/pkg-plist
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..21322f7620a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/newt/pkg-plist
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+bin/whiptail
+lib/python1.5/lib-dynload/_snackmodule.so
+lib/python1.5/snack.py
+lib/whiptcl.so
+lib/libnewt.a
+lib/libnewt.so
+lib/libnewt.so.%%VERSION%%
+@exec /usr/bin/env OBJFORMAT=%%PORTOBJFORMAT%% /sbin/ldconfig -m %B
+@unexec /usr/bin/env OBJFORMAT=%%PORTOBJFORMAT%% /sbin/ldconfig -R
+include/newt.h