diff --git a/devel/libshhmsg/Makefile b/devel/libshhmsg/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..58bfe151c969
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/libshhmsg/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# New ports collection makefile for:	libshhmsg
+# Version required:			1.4.0
+# Date created:				1 May 1998
+# Whom:					Andrey Zakhvatov
+#
+# $Id$
+#
+
+DISTNAME=	shhmsg-1.4.0
+PKGNAME=	libshhmsg-1.4.0
+CATEGORIES=	devel
+MASTER_SITES=   http://home.sol.no/~sverrehu/pub-unix/files/
+
+MAINTAINER=	andy@icc.surw.chel.su
+
+USE_GMAKE=	yes
+
+post-install:
+	${SETENV} OBJFORMAT=${PORTOBJFORMAT} ${LDCONFIG} -m ${PREFIX}/lib
+.if !defined(NOPORTDOCS)
+	@ ${MKDIR} ${PREFIX}/share/doc/libshhmsg
+.for file in CREDITS README shhmsg.txt
+	@ ${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/${file} ${PREFIX}/share/doc/libshhmsg
+.endfor
+.endif
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/libshhmsg/distinfo b/devel/libshhmsg/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9b804a7440b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/libshhmsg/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+MD5 (shhmsg-1.4.0.tar.gz) = e4bfbcef3f067af49df865d2d40d0a5d
diff --git a/devel/libshhmsg/files/patch-aa b/devel/libshhmsg/files/patch-aa
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cf4a685feab4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/libshhmsg/files/patch-aa
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+--- Makefile.orig	Tue Oct 13 13:11:42 1998
++++ Makefile	Fri Apr  2 15:33:32 1999
+@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
+ VERSION		= $(VERMAJ).$(VERMIN).$(VERPAT)
+ 
+ # Define SHARED as 1 for Linux shared ELF library
+-#SHARED		= 1
++SHARED		= 1
+ 
+ ifeq ($(SHARED),1)
+-LIBTARGET	= lib$(DIST).so.$(VERSION)
++LIBTARGET	= lib$(DIST).so.$(VERMAJ)
+ LIBTARGETSO	= lib$(DIST).so
+ LIBTARGETSOMAJ	= $(LIBTARGETSO).$(VERMAJ)
+ CCSHRD		= -fPIC
+@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
+ INSTBASEDIR	= /usr/local
+ INSTLIBDIR	= $(INSTBASEDIR)/lib
+ INSTINCDIR	= $(INSTBASEDIR)/include
+-INSTALL		= install -m 644
+-INSTALLPROG	= install -m 755
++INSTALL		= install -c -m 644
++INSTALLPROG	= install -c -m 755
+ MKDIRP		= install -d -m 755
+ 
+ CC		= gcc
+@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
+ 
+ INCDIR		= -I.
+ 
+-CCOPT		= -s -Wall $(OPTIM) $(INCDIR)
++CCOPT		= -s -Wall $(OPTIM) $(INCDIR) -D_POSIX_SOURCE
+ 
+ # Object files to store in the library
+ LIBOBJS		= vars.o streams.o progname.o \
+@@ -59,9 +59,7 @@
+ 	$(INSTALL) $(LIBTARGET) $(INSTLIBDIR)
+ 	$(INSTALL) $(LIBHEAD) $(INSTINCDIR)
+ ifeq ($(SHARED),1)
+-	ln -sf $(LIBTARGET) $(INSTLIBDIR)/$(LIBTARGETSOMAJ)
+-	ln -sf $(LIBTARGETSOMAJ) $(INSTLIBDIR)/$(LIBTARGETSO)
+-	echo "If you use GNU/Linux, remember to run ldconfig"
++	ln -sf $(LIBTARGET) $(INSTLIBDIR)/$(LIBTARGETSO)
+ endif
+ 
+ clean:
diff --git a/devel/libshhmsg/pkg-comment b/devel/libshhmsg/pkg-comment
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2dc9ea29cca5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/libshhmsg/pkg-comment
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+A library for displaying messages.
diff --git a/devel/libshhmsg/pkg-descr b/devel/libshhmsg/pkg-descr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e0665eaf18a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/libshhmsg/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+shhmsg - library for displaying messages. It contains
+C-functions for error messages, verbose messages and
+`normal' messages in terminalbased programs.
diff --git a/devel/libshhmsg/pkg-plist b/devel/libshhmsg/pkg-plist
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..25876160b016
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/libshhmsg/pkg-plist
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+include/shhmsg.h
+lib/libshhmsg.so
+lib/libshhmsg.so.1
+@exec /usr/bin/env OBJFORMAT=%%PORTOBJFORMAT%% /sbin/ldconfig -m %B
+@unexec /usr/bin/env OBJFORMAT=%%PORTOBJFORMAT%% /sbin/ldconfig -R
+share/doc/libshhmsg/CREDITS
+share/doc/libshhmsg/README
+share/doc/libshhmsg/shhmsg.txt
+@dirrm share/doc/libshhmsg