diff --git a/repos/ports/ports/tar.hash b/repos/ports/ports/tar.hash
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..483c044cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/ports/ports/tar.hash
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+db5a0e4c46b7da134f19570ed97308e17c417190
diff --git a/repos/ports/ports/tar.port b/repos/ports/ports/tar.port
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f262888ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/ports/ports/tar.port
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# 1.28 is broken (SAVEDIR_SORT_INODE)
+
+LICENSE := GPLv3
+VERSION := 1.27
+DOWNLOADS := tar.archive
+
+URL(tar) := http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/tar-$(VERSION).tar.xz
+SHA(tar) := f6e601fa60ec663afd51135c8e4641e5e43ccf58
+SIG(tar) := ${URL(tar)}.sig
+KEY(tar) := GNU
+DIR(tar) := src/noux-pkg/tar
diff --git a/repos/ports/src/noux-pkg/tar/target.mk b/repos/ports/src/noux-pkg/tar/target.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..455752471
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/ports/src/noux-pkg/tar/target.mk
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include $(REP_DIR)/mk/noux.mk