diff --git a/libports/lib/import/import-libssh.mk b/libports/lib/import/import-libssh.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba492020d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libports/lib/import/import-libssh.mk
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+REP_INC_DIR += include/libssh
diff --git a/libports/lib/mk/libssh.mk b/libports/lib/mk/libssh.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..90740eb41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libports/lib/mk/libssh.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+include $(REP_DIR)/ports/libssh.inc
+
+LIBSSH_DIR = $(REP_DIR)/contrib/$(LIBSSH)
+
+SRC_C = \
+        agent.c \
+        auth.c \
+        base64.c \
+        buffer.c \
+        callbacks.c \
+        channels.c \
+        client.c \
+        config.c \
+        connect.c \
+        crc32.c \
+        crypt.c \
+        dh.c \
+        error.c \
+        getpass.c \
+        gcrypt_missing.c \
+        gzip.c \
+        init.c \
+        kex.c \
+        keyfiles.c \
+        keys.c \
+        known_hosts.c \
+        legacy.c \
+        libcrypto.c \
+        libgcrypt.c \
+        log.c \
+        match.c \
+        messages.c \
+        misc.c \
+        options.c \
+        packet.c \
+        pcap.c \
+        pki.c \
+        poll.c \
+        session.c \
+        scp.c \
+        socket.c \
+        string.c \
+        threads.c \
+        wrapper.c
+
+#INC_DIR += $(LIBSSH_DIR)
+INC_DIR += $(REP_DIR)/src/lib/libssh
+
+CC_OPT += -DHAVE_CONFIG_H
+
+LIBS += libc zlib libcrypto
+
+SHARED_LIB = yes
+
+vpath %.c $(LIBSSH_DIR)/src
diff --git a/libports/ports/libssh.inc b/libports/ports/libssh.inc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cadf1c634
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libports/ports/libssh.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+LIBSSH_VERSION = 0.5.4
+LIBSSH         = libssh-$(LIBSSH_VERSION)
diff --git a/libports/ports/libssh.mk b/libports/ports/libssh.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff2873ffe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libports/ports/libssh.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+include ports/libssh.inc
+
+LIBSSH_TGZ = $(LIBSSH).tar.gz
+LIBSSH_URL = https://red.libssh.org/attachments/download/41/$(LIBSSH_TGZ)
+
+#
+# Interface to top-level prepare Makefile
+#
+PORTS += $(LIBSSH)
+
+prepare-libssh: $(CONTRIB_DIR)/$(LIBSSH) include/libssh
+
+$(CONTRIB_DIR)/$(LIBSSH): clean-libssh
+
+#
+# Port-specific local rules
+#
+$(DOWNLOAD_DIR)/$(LIBSSH_TGZ):
+	$(VERBOSE)wget -c -P $(DOWNLOAD_DIR) $(LIBSSH_URL) && touch $@
+
+$(CONTRIB_DIR)/$(LIBSSH): $(DOWNLOAD_DIR)/$(LIBSSH_TGZ)
+	$(VERBOSE)tar xfz $< -C $(CONTRIB_DIR) && touch $@
+
+include/libssh:
+	$(VERBOSE)mkdir -p $@
+	$(VERBOSE)for f in $(shell find $(CONTRIB_DIR)/$(LIBSSH)/include -name *.h); do \
+		ln -sf ../../$$f $@; done
+
+clean-libssh:
+	$(VERBOSE)rm -rf $(CONTRIB_DIR)/$(LIBSSH)
+	$(VERBOSE)rm -rf include/libssh
diff --git a/libports/src/lib/libssh/config.h b/libports/src/lib/libssh/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8d308da8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libports/src/lib/libssh/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+/* Name of package */
+#define PACKAGE "libssh"
+
+/* Version number of package */
+#define VERSION "0.5.2"
+
+/* #undef LOCALEDIR */
+#define DATADIR "/share/libssh"
+#define LIBDIR "/lib"
+#define PLUGINDIR "/lib/libssh-4"
+#define SYSCONFDIR "/etc"
+
+/************************** HEADER FILES *************************/
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <argp.h> header file. */
+#define HAVE_ARGP_H 1
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <pty.h> header file. */
+#define HAVE_PTY_H 1
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <termios.h> header file. */
+#define HAVE_TERMIOS_H 1
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <openssl/aes.h> header file. */
+#define HAVE_OPENSSL_AES_H 1
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <wspiapi.h> header file. */
+/* #undef HAVE_WSPIAPI_H */
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <openssl/blowfish.h> header file. */
+#define HAVE_OPENSSL_BLOWFISH_H 1
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <openssl/des.h> header file. */
+#define HAVE_OPENSSL_DES_H 1
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <pthread.h> header file. */
+/* #undef HAVE_PTHREAD_H */
+
+
+/*************************** FUNCTIONS ***************************/
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `snprintf' function. */
+#define HAVE_SNPRINTF 1
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `_snprintf' function. */
+/* #undef HAVE__SNPRINTF */
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `_snprintf_s' function. */
+/* #undef HAVE__SNPRINTF_S */
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `vsnprintf' function. */
+#define HAVE_VSNPRINTF 1
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `_vsnprintf' function. */
+/* #undef HAVE__VSNPRINTF */
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `_vsnprintf_s' function. */
+/* #undef HAVE__VSNPRINTF_S */
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `strncpy' function. */
+#define HAVE_STRNCPY 1
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `cfmakeraw' function. */
+/* #unfdef HAVE_CFMAKERAW */
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `getaddrinfo' function. */
+#define HAVE_GETADDRINFO 1
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `poll' function. */
+/* #undef HAVE_POLL */
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `select' function. */
+#define HAVE_SELECT 1
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `regcomp' function. */
+#define HAVE_REGCOMP 1
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `clock_gettime' function. */
+#define HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME 1
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `ntohll' function. */
+/* #undef HAVE_NTOHLL */
+
+/*************************** LIBRARIES ***************************/
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `crypto' library (-lcrypto). */
+#define HAVE_LIBCRYPTO 1
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `gcrypt' library (-lgcrypt). */
+/* #undef HAVE_LIBGCRYPT */
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `z' library (-lz). */
+#define HAVE_LIBZ 1
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `pthread' library (-lpthread). */
+/* #undef HAVE_PTHREAD */
+
+
+/**************************** OPTIONS ****************************/
+
+/* Define to 1 if you want to enable ZLIB */
+#define WITH_LIBZ 1
+
+/* Define to 1 if you want to enable SFTP */
+#define WITH_SFTP 1
+
+/* Define to 1 if you want to enable SSH1 */
+/* #undef WITH_SSH1 */
+
+/* Define to 1 if you want to enable server support */
+/* #undef WITH_SERVER */
+
+/* Define to 1 if you want to enable debug output for crypto functions */
+/* #undef DEBUG_CRYPTO */
+
+/* Define to 1 if you want to enable pcap output support (experimental) */
+/* #undef WITH_PCAP */
+
+/* Define to 1 if you want to enable calltrace debug output */
+#define DEBUG_CALLTRACE 1
+
+/*************************** ENDIAN *****************************/
+
+/* Define WORDS_BIGENDIAN to 1 if your processor stores words with the most
+   significant byte first (like Motorola and SPARC, unlike Intel). */
+/* #undef WORDS_BIGENDIAN */
diff --git a/libports/src/test/libports/libssh/target.mk b/libports/src/test/libports/libssh/target.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b287223a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libports/src/test/libports/libssh/target.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+TARGET = test-libssh
+LIBS   = base libcrypto libssh
+SRC_CC = main.cc
+
+vpath main.cc $(PRG_DIR)/..