diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d52d9d8778..d28a49a06f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ SUBDIR+=	R-mclust
 SUBDIR+=	R-mpfr
 SUBDIR+=	R-np
 SUBDIR+=	R-optparse
+SUBDIR+=	R-png
 SUBDIR+=	R-progress
 SUBDIR+=	R-quantreg
 SUBDIR+=	R-readxl
diff --git a/R-png/DESCR b/R-png/DESCR
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f973ecf0c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R-png/DESCR
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+This package provides an easy and simple way to read, write and
+display bitmap images stored in the PNG format. It can read and
+write both files and in-memory raw vectors.
diff --git a/R-png/Makefile b/R-png/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..02ff89900b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R-png/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# $NetBSD$
+
+CATEGORIES=	math graphics
+MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_R_CRAN:=contrib/}
+
+MAINTAINER=	mishka@NetBSD.org
+HOMEPAGE=	http://www.rforge.net/png/
+COMMENT=	Read and write PNG images
+LICENSE=	gnu-gpl-v2 OR gnu-gpl-v3
+
+R_PKGNAME=	png
+R_PKGVER=	0.1-7
+
+USE_LANGUAGES=	c
+
+BUILDLINK_API_DEPENDS.R+=	R>=2.9.0
+
+.include "../../math/R/Makefile.extension"
+.include "../../graphics/png/buildlink3.mk"
+.include "../../mk/bsd.pkg.mk"
diff --git a/R-png/distinfo b/R-png/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..474be29a57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R-png/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+$NetBSD$
+
+SHA1 (R/png_0.1-7.tar.gz) = 433aeec293faa67d1024af80097c64578b837bf7
+RMD160 (R/png_0.1-7.tar.gz) = 50737d128b362a3073493202d6f57f363f712df7
+SHA512 (R/png_0.1-7.tar.gz) = 033a2a45e0fc55a9975257397162ceac0416afb47bbf266025e1ed00790ea1261d1254255aa09cd8828e034b0cd8006cc5e26c9f732ec996dcbec3c937e00f5f
+Size (R/png_0.1-7.tar.gz) = 24990 bytes