diff --git a/devel/R-cran-chk/Makefile b/devel/R-cran-chk/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4e9557de81ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/R-cran-chk/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+PORTNAME=	chk
+PORTVERSION=	0.8.1
+CATEGORIES=	devel
+DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}_${PORTVERSION}
+
+MAINTAINER=	wen@FreeBSD.org
+COMMENT=	Check User-Supplied Function Arguments
+WWW=		https://github.com/poissonconsulting/chk
+
+LICENSE=	MIT
+
+CRAN_DEPENDS=	R-cran-rlang>0:devel/R-cran-rlang \
+		R-cran-lifecycle>0:devel/R-cran-lifecycle
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${CRAN_DEPENDS}
+RUN_DEPENDS=	${CRAN_DEPENDS}
+
+USES=		cran:auto-plist,compiles
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/R-cran-chk/distinfo b/devel/R-cran-chk/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8e89e7ba2d63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/R-cran-chk/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+TIMESTAMP = 1682672571
+SHA256 (chk_0.8.1.tar.gz) = fc567b2484f45443a639a6bf0ac6683bce33b78a9abebb75465db4a59154835b
+SIZE (chk_0.8.1.tar.gz) = 83677
diff --git a/devel/R-cran-chk/pkg-descr b/devel/R-cran-chk/pkg-descr
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index 000000000000..f000f5e0c6fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/R-cran-chk/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+For developers to check user-supplied function arguments. It is
+designed to be simple, fast and customizable. Error messages
+follow the tidyverse style guide.