diff --git a/net-p2p/Makefile b/net-p2p/Makefile
--- a/net-p2p/Makefile
+++ b/net-p2p/Makefile
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@
     SUBDIR += py-transmission-rpc
     SUBDIR += py-tremc
     SUBDIR += py-vertex
+    SUBDIR += pyln-bolt7
+    SUBDIR += pyln-client
+    SUBDIR += pyln-proto
     SUBDIR += qbittorrent
     SUBDIR += radarr
     SUBDIR += readarr
diff --git a/net-p2p/c-lightning/Makefile b/net-p2p/c-lightning/Makefile
--- a/net-p2p/c-lightning/Makefile
+++ b/net-p2p/c-lightning/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # To build from an arbitrary git commit comment PORTVERSION and PORTREVISION (if present)
 PORTVERSION=	23.11.2
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
+PORTREVISION=	1
 # and uncomment the following two lines (use for example -git-HEAD or -git-f8d8348c)
 #PORTVERSION=	0
 #PKGNAMESUFFIX=	-git-f8d8348c
@@ -38,12 +39,58 @@
 EXTRA_PATCHES_aarch64=	${FILESDIR}/extra-patch-external_libwally-core_src_ccan_ccan_base64_base64.c
 EXTRA_PATCHES=	${EXTRA_PATCHES_${ARCH}}
 
-OPTIONS_DEFINE=		COMPATIBILITY DEBUG
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=		CLNRESTDEPS COMPATIBILITY DEBUG
 OPTIONS_MULTI=		STORAGE
 OPTIONS_MULTI_STORAGE=	POSTGRESQL SQLITE
 OPTIONS_RADIO=		TESTING
 OPTIONS_RADIO_TESTING=	ASAN VALGRIND
 
+CLNRESTDEPS_DESC=	Install and depend on packages required by the clnrest plugin
+# for d in `grep -E '^[^[:space:]]' work/lightning-23.11.2/plugins/clnrest/requirements.txt |cut -f 1 -d =` ; do echo "=== $d ===" ; portsearch -n "py.*$d" -o path ; done
+CLNRESTDEPS_RUN_DEPENDS=\
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}Flask-Cors>0:www/py-flask-cors@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}Jinja2>0:devel/py-Jinja2@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}aniso8601>0:devel/py-aniso8601@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}asn1crypto>0:devel/py-asn1crypto@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}attrs>0:devel/py-attrs@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}base58>0:security/py-base58@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}bidict>0:devel/py-bidict@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}bitstring>0:devel/py-bitstring@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}blinker>0:devel/py-blinker@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cffi>0:devel/py-cffi@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}click>0:devel/py-click@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}coincurve>0:security/py-coincurve@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}colorama>0:devel/py-colorama@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}flask-restx>0:www/py-flask-restx@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}flask-socketio>0:www/py-flask-socketio@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}flask>0:www/py-flask@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}gevent-websocket>0:www/py-gevent-websocket@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}gevent>0:devel/py-gevent@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}greenlet>0:devel/py-greenlet@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}gunicorn>0:www/py-gunicorn@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}importlib-metadata>0:devel/py-importlib-metadata@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}importlib-resources>0:devel/py-importlib-resources@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}itsdangerous>0:security/py-itsdangerous@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}json5>0:devel/py-json5@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}jsonschema-specifications>0:devel/py-jsonschema-specifications@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}jsonschema>0:devel/py-jsonschema@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}markupsafe>0:textproc/py-markupsafe@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}packaging>0:devel/py-packaging@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pycparser>0:devel/py-pycparser@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyln-bolt7>0:net-p2p/pyln-bolt7@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyln-client>0:net-p2p/pyln-client@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyln-proto>0:net-p2p/pyln-proto@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pysocks>0:net/py-pysocks@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}python-engineio>0:devel/py-python-engineio@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}python-socketio>0:devel/py-python-socketio@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytz>0:devel/py-pytz@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}referencing>0:devel/py-referencing@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}rpds-py>0:devel/py-rpds-py@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}werkzeug>0:www/py-werkzeug@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}zipp>0:devel/py-zipp@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}zope.event>0:devel/py-zope.event@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}zope.interface>0:devel/py-zope.interface@${PY_FLAVOR}
 COMPATIBILITY_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	compat
 COMPATIBILITY_DESC=		Compatibility mode, good to disable to see if your software breaks
 DEBUG_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=		debugbuild
@@ -60,6 +107,12 @@
 
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=COMPATIBILITY SQLITE
 
+.include <bsd.port.options.mk>
+
+.if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MCLNRESTDEPS}
+USE_PYTHON+=	cryptography
+.endif
+
 HAS_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--disable-rust
 
diff --git a/net-p2p/c-lightning/files/lightningd.in b/net-p2p/c-lightning/files/lightningd.in
--- a/net-p2p/c-lightning/files/lightningd.in
+++ b/net-p2p/c-lightning/files/lightningd.in
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
 
 load_rc_config ${name}
 
+# If clnrest plugin is enabled it fails to load with OpenSSL 3.0: RuntimeError: OpenSSL 3.0's legacy provider failed to load. This is a fatal error by default, but cryptography supports running without legacy algorithms by setting the environment variable CRYPTOGRAPHY_OPENSSL_NO_LEGACY. If you did not expect this error, you have likely made a mistake with your OpenSSL configuration.
+export CRYPTOGRAPHY_OPENSSL_NO_LEGACY=1
+
 : ${lightningd_enable:="NO"}
 : ${lightningd_user:="%%U%%"}
 : ${lightningd_group:="%%G%%"}
diff --git a/net-p2p/pyln-bolt7/Makefile b/net-p2p/pyln-bolt7/Makefile
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-p2p/pyln-bolt7/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+PORTNAME=	pyln-bolt7
+PORTVERSION=	1.0.246
+CATEGORIES=	net-p2p python
+MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
+PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
+
+MAINTAINER=	vd@FreeBSD.org
+COMMENT=	Lightning Network BOLT7 implementation
+WWW=		https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/tree/master/contrib/pyln-spec/bolt7
+
+LICENSE=	MIT
+
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}poetry-core>=0:devel/py-poetry-core@${PY_FLAVOR}
+
+USES=		python
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517
+
+NO_ARCH=	yes
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/net-p2p/pyln-bolt7/distinfo b/net-p2p/pyln-bolt7/distinfo
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-p2p/pyln-bolt7/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+TIMESTAMP = 1707742564
+SHA256 (pyln-bolt7-1.0.246.tar.gz) = 2b53744fa21c1b12d2c9c9df153651b122e38fa65d4a5c3f2957317ee148e089
+SIZE (pyln-bolt7-1.0.246.tar.gz) = 17905
diff --git a/net-p2p/pyln-bolt7/pkg-descr b/net-p2p/pyln-bolt7/pkg-descr
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-p2p/pyln-bolt7/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Lightning Network BOLT7 implementation
diff --git a/net-p2p/pyln-client/Makefile b/net-p2p/pyln-client/Makefile
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-p2p/pyln-client/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+PORTNAME=	pyln-client
+PORTVERSION=	23.11
+CATEGORIES=	net-p2p python
+MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
+PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
+DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME:S/-/_/}-${DISTVERSIONPREFIX}${DISTVERSION}${DISTVERSIONSUFFIX}
+
+MAINTAINER=	vd@FreeBSD.org
+COMMENT=	Python client library for lightningd (net-p2p/c-lightning)
+WWW=		https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/tree/master/contrib/pyln-client
+
+LICENSE=	MIT
+
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}poetry-core>=0:devel/py-poetry-core@${PY_FLAVOR}
+
+USES=		python shebangfix
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517
+SHEBANG_FILES=	pyln/client/gossmap.py
+
+NO_ARCH=	yes
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/net-p2p/pyln-client/distinfo b/net-p2p/pyln-client/distinfo
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-p2p/pyln-client/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+TIMESTAMP = 1707743561
+SHA256 (pyln_client-23.11.tar.gz) = 4102792bbdca545d5fbfa1fb1371222744e7157ec3d2c162edb03e8786db9823
+SIZE (pyln_client-23.11.tar.gz) = 35134
diff --git a/net-p2p/pyln-client/pkg-descr b/net-p2p/pyln-client/pkg-descr
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-p2p/pyln-client/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+A python client library for lightningd (net-p2p/c-lightning)
+
+This package implements the Unix socket based JSON-RPC protocol that lightningd
+exposes to the rest of the world. It can be used to call arbitrary functions on
+the RPC interface, and serves as a basis for plugins written in python.
diff --git a/net-p2p/pyln-proto/Makefile b/net-p2p/pyln-proto/Makefile
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-p2p/pyln-proto/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+PORTNAME=	pyln-proto
+PORTVERSION=	23.11
+CATEGORIES=	net-p2p python
+MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
+PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
+DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME:S/-/_/}-${DISTVERSIONPREFIX}${DISTVERSION}${DISTVERSIONSUFFIX}
+
+MAINTAINER=	vd@FreeBSD.org
+COMMENT=	Lightning Network protocol implementation
+WWW=		https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/tree/master/contrib/pyln-proto
+
+LICENSE=	MIT
+
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}poetry-core>=0:devel/py-poetry-core@${PY_FLAVOR}
+
+USES=		python
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517
+
+NO_ARCH=	yes
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/net-p2p/pyln-proto/distinfo b/net-p2p/pyln-proto/distinfo
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-p2p/pyln-proto/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+TIMESTAMP = 1707744598
+SHA256 (pyln_proto-23.11.tar.gz) = e7056386be1527fd2c49a3db9228a9f5fd44cd5cdc9b1d431b21112137dd5957
+SIZE (pyln_proto-23.11.tar.gz) = 27810
diff --git a/net-p2p/pyln-proto/pkg-descr b/net-p2p/pyln-proto/pkg-descr
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-p2p/pyln-proto/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Lightning Network protocol implementation
+
+This package implements some of the Lightning Network protocol in pure python.
+It is intended for protocol testing and some minor tooling only. It is not
+deemed secure enough to handle any amount of real funds.