diff --git a/devel/Makefile b/devel/Makefile
index 4865e103c5c3..2e6697890a4e 100644
--- a/devel/Makefile
+++ b/devel/Makefile
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
     SUBDIR += R-cran-gbm
     SUBDIR += R-cran-gdata
     SUBDIR += R-cran-generics
+    SUBDIR += R-cran-gert
     SUBDIR += R-cran-getopt
     SUBDIR += R-cran-git2r
     SUBDIR += R-cran-glmnet
diff --git a/devel/R-cran-gert/Makefile b/devel/R-cran-gert/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b418ebbdeb10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/R-cran-gert/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+PORTNAME=	gert
+DISTVERSION=	1.3.0
+CATEGORIES=	devel
+DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}_${DISTVERSION}
+
+MAINTAINER=	jpbeconne@free.fr
+COMMENT=	Simple Git Client for R
+
+LICENSE=	MIT
+
+CRAN_DEPENDS=	R-cran-askpass>0:security/R-cran-askpass \
+		R-cran-credentials>=1.2.1:security/R-cran-credentials \
+		R-cran-openssl>=1.4.1:security/R-cran-openssl \
+		R-cran-rstudioapi>=0.11:devel/R-cran-rstudioapi \
+		R-cran-sys>0:devel/R-cran-sys \
+		R-cran-zip>=2.1.0:archivers/R-cran-zip
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${CRAN_DEPENDS}
+RUN_DEPENDS=	${CRAN_DEPENDS}
+
+USES=		cran:auto-plist
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/R-cran-gert/distinfo b/devel/R-cran-gert/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e0a9e6963c3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/R-cran-gert/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+TIMESTAMP = 1623958710
+SHA256 (gert_1.3.0.tar.gz) = 071229134517b47ef710fc5586a27458be308daef21cc8c2f603492ed21507ba
+SIZE (gert_1.3.0.tar.gz) = 66410
diff --git a/devel/R-cran-gert/pkg-descr b/devel/R-cran-gert/pkg-descr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ab9129c56625
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/R-cran-gert/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Simple git client for R based on 'libgit2' with support for SSH and
+HTTPS remotes. All functions in 'gert' use basic R data types (such
+as vectors and data-frames) for their arguments and return values.
+User credentials are shared with command line 'git' through the
+git-credential store and ssh keys stored on disk or ssh-agent.
+
+WWW: https://docs.ropensci.org/gert/