diff -ruN /usr/ports/science/py-h5py/Makefile ./Makefile
--- /usr/ports/science/py-h5py/Makefile 2013-06-15 17:04:24.798080308 +0300
+++ ./Makefile  2013-06-15 16:50:09.308100218 +0300
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-# Ports collection makefile for:       h5py
-# Date created:                        Jun 22, 2009
-# Whom:                                TAOKA Fumiyoshi
-#
-# $FreeBSD: ports/science/py-h5py/Makefile,v 1.4 2012/11/17 06:00:59 svnexp Exp $
-#
+# Created by: TAOKA Fumiyoshi <fmysh@iijmio-mail.jp>
+# $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=      h5py
 PORTVERSION=   1.2.1
@@ -17,7 +13,16 @@
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS= ${PYNUMPY}
 RUN_DEPENDS=   ${PYNUMPY}
-LIB_DEPENDS=   hdf5.0:${PORTSDIR}/science/hdf5
+
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=        NEW_HDF5
+NEW_HDF5_DESC= Use port science/hdf5-18 instead of science/hdf5
+
+.include <bsd.port.options.mk>
+.if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MNEW_HDF5}
+LIB_DEPENDS=hdf5:${PORTSDIR}/science/hdf5-18
+.else
+LIB_DEPENDS=   hdf5:${PORTSDIR}/science/hdf5
+.endif
 
 USE_PYTHON=            2.5+
 USE_PYDISTUTILS=       easy_install
diff -ruN /usr/ports/science/py-h5py/pkg-descr ./pkg-descr
--- /usr/ports/science/py-h5py/pkg-descr        2009-07-13 17:07:16.000000000 +0300
+++ ./pkg-descr 2013-06-15 17:01:31.368711067 +0300
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-The h5py package provides both a high- and low-level interface to the 
-HDF5 library from Python.  The low-level interface is
-intended to be a complete wrapping of the HDF5 1.6 API, while the high-
-level component supports Python-style object-oriented access to HDF5 files, 
-datasets and groups.
+The h5py package provides both a high- and low-level interface to the HDF5
+library from Python.  The low-level interface is intended to be a complete
+wrapping of the HDF5 1.6 and 1.8 APIs, while the high-level component supports
+Python-style object-oriented access to HDF5 files, datasets and groups.
 
 The goal of this package is not to provide yet another scientific data
 model. It is an attempt to create as straightforward a binding as possible