diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7eaafd7e7e..15d14e4576 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1196,6 +1196,7 @@ SUBDIR+=	go-opentracing
 SUBDIR+=	go-humanize
 SUBDIR+=	go-jira
 SUBDIR+=	go-junit-report
+SUBDIR+=	go-intern
 SUBDIR+=	go-kong
 SUBDIR+=	go-kr-text
 SUBDIR+=	go-log
diff --git a/go-intern/DESCR b/go-intern/DESCR
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd3d2cd1e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go-intern/DESCR
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Intern Go strings
diff --git a/go-intern/Makefile b/go-intern/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..621bc695a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go-intern/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# $NetBSD$
+
+DISTNAME=	go-intern-1.0.0
+GITHUB_PROJECT=	intern
+GITHUB_TAG=	v${PKGVERSION_NOREV}
+CATEGORIES=	devel
+MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_GITHUB:=josharian/}
+
+MAINTAINER=	kamelderouiche@yahoo.com
+HOMEPAGE=	https://github.com/josharian/intern/
+COMMENT=	Intern Go strings
+LICENSE=	mit
+
+GO_SRCPATH=     github.com/josharian/intern
+GO_DIST_BASE=   ${GITHUB_PROJECT}-${PKGVERSION_NOREV}
+
+.include "../../lang/go/go-package.mk"
+.include "../../mk/bsd.pkg.mk"
diff --git a/go-intern/PLIST b/go-intern/PLIST
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4b2347211e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go-intern/PLIST
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+@comment $NetBSD$
+gopkg/pkg/${GO_PLATFORM}/github.com/josharian/intern.a
+gopkg/src/github.com/josharian/intern/README.md
+gopkg/src/github.com/josharian/intern/go.mod
+gopkg/src/github.com/josharian/intern/intern.go
+gopkg/src/github.com/josharian/intern/intern_test.go
+gopkg/src/github.com/josharian/intern/license.md
diff --git a/go-intern/buidlink3.mk b/go-intern/buidlink3.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ec9fba9313
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go-intern/buidlink3.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# $NetBSD$
+
+BUILDLINK_TREE+=	go-intern
+
+.if !defined(GO_INTERN_BUILDLINK3_MK)
+GO_INTERN_BUILDLINK3_MK:=
+
+BUILDLINK_CONTENTS_FILTER.go-intern=	${EGREP} gopkg/
+BUILDLINK_DEPMETHOD.go-intern?=		build
+
+BUILDLINK_API_DEPENDS.go-intern+=	go-intern>=1.0.0
+BUILDLINK_PKGSRCDIR.go-intern?=	../../wip/go-intern
+.endif	# GO_INTERN_BUILDLINK3_MK
+
+BUILDLINK_TREE+=	-go-intern
diff --git a/go-intern/distinfo b/go-intern/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1dfbbb9e44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go-intern/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+$NetBSD$
+
+SHA1 (go-intern-1.0.0.tar.gz) = 7aa76b7b797c17c056374d8f81daf90d8b09a11e
+RMD160 (go-intern-1.0.0.tar.gz) = 7fcad218ad188b0aa305e7fd007d3b28d7a04794
+SHA512 (go-intern-1.0.0.tar.gz) = a150ba1b054dab2a8f93ba5128aae8101b7b696198bfa5dc38efe79f68b44255caa65c38e0fc30f164e714ae0c5c5e2527fa1d36af6654d6a40e11974e9b9854
+Size (go-intern-1.0.0.tar.gz) = 1927 bytes