diff --git a/audio/Makefile b/audio/Makefile
index 1bde7f65159a..8ae488c9b766 100644
--- a/audio/Makefile
+++ b/audio/Makefile
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@
     SUBDIR += libcdaudio
     SUBDIR += libcddb
     SUBDIR += libcddb-doc
+    SUBDIR += libdssialsacompat
     SUBDIR += libgpod
     SUBDIR += libid3tag
     SUBDIR += libjackasyn
diff --git a/audio/libdssialsacompat/Makefile b/audio/libdssialsacompat/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b4c4b7eb3c11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/audio/libdssialsacompat/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# New ports collection makefile for: libdssialsacompat
+# Date created: 14 July 2006
+# Whom:	mahonmesr@googlemail.com
+#
+# $FreeBSD$
+#
+
+PORTNAME=	libdssialsacompat
+PORTVERSION=	1.0.8a
+CATEGORIES=	audio
+MASTER_SITES=	http://home.jps.net/~musound/
+
+MAINTAINER=	mahonmesr@googlemail.com
+COMMENT=	Alsa compatibility library to build DSSI
+
+GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
+USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
+
+post-patch:
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|(libdir)/pkgconfig|(prefix)/libdata/pkgconfig|' ${WRKSRC}/Makefile.in
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/audio/libdssialsacompat/distinfo b/audio/libdssialsacompat/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7471fc5f2078
--- /dev/null
+++ b/audio/libdssialsacompat/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+MD5 (libdssialsacompat-1.0.8a.tar.gz) = ef1e9ca4e91a4e0bc0fcb9a12e978c23
+SHA256 (libdssialsacompat-1.0.8a.tar.gz) = 420f2be813577e4b20444f1af359a8a4efb6859543b0692b893770e337f23a29
+SIZE (libdssialsacompat-1.0.8a.tar.gz) = 293394
diff --git a/audio/libdssialsacompat/pkg-descr b/audio/libdssialsacompat/pkg-descr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..eefea04bfbeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/audio/libdssialsacompat/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+libdssialsacompat is simply an extraction from and repackaging of
+the code from alsa-lib 1.0.8, necessary to support DSSI on non-ALSA
+systems.
+
+  WWW: http://home.jps.net/~musound/
+
+More information on DSSI can be found at:
+
+  WWW: http://dssi.sourceforge.net/
diff --git a/audio/libdssialsacompat/pkg-plist b/audio/libdssialsacompat/pkg-plist
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0ae9f601929b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/audio/libdssialsacompat/pkg-plist
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+include/dssi/alsa/asoundef.h
+include/dssi/alsa/asoundlib.h
+include/dssi/alsa/seq.h
+include/dssi/alsa/seq_event.h
+include/dssi/alsa/seq_midi_event.h
+include/dssi/alsa/sound/asequencer.h
+lib/libdssialsacompat.a
+lib/libdssialsacompat.so
+lib/libdssialsacompat.so.0
+lib/libdssialsacompat.la
+libdata/pkgconfig/libdssialsacompat.pc
+@dirrm include/dssi/alsa/sound
+@dirrm include/dssi/alsa
+@dirrm include/dssi