diff --git a/graphics/Makefile b/graphics/Makefile
index f484fd23e8cb..e8192d9da309 100644
--- a/graphics/Makefile
+++ b/graphics/Makefile
@@ -813,6 +813,7 @@
     SUBDIR += py-cairocffi
     SUBDIR += py-cartopy
     SUBDIR += py-chart
+    SUBDIR += py-descartes
     SUBDIR += py-django-easy-thumbnails
     SUBDIR += py-djvulibre
     SUBDIR += py-editobj
diff --git a/graphics/py-descartes/Makefile b/graphics/py-descartes/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5062656c31ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/graphics/py-descartes/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# $FreeBSD$
+
+PORTNAME=	descartes
+PORTVERSION=	1.1.0
+CATEGORIES=	graphics python
+MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
+PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
+
+MAINTAINER=	lbartoletti@tuxfamily.org
+COMMENT=	Use geometric objects as matplotlib paths and patches
+
+LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
+
+RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}matplotlib>=0.98:math/py-matplotlib@${PY_FLAVOR}
+
+USES=		python
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent distutils
+
+NO_ARCH=	yes
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/graphics/py-descartes/distinfo b/graphics/py-descartes/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f0eb45c11dc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/graphics/py-descartes/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+TIMESTAMP = 1527880583
+SHA256 (descartes-1.1.0.tar.gz) = 135a502146af5ed6ff359975e2ebc5fa4b71b5432c355c2cafdc6dea1337035b
+SIZE (descartes-1.1.0.tar.gz) = 3525
diff --git a/graphics/py-descartes/pkg-descr b/graphics/py-descartes/pkg-descr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4531d21aca37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/graphics/py-descartes/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Process Shapely (devel/py-shapely) or GeoJSON-like objects as matplotlib paths
+and patches.
+
+WWW: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/descartes