diff --git a/www/Makefile b/www/Makefile
index 05794ca6aa56..ed6c4e705fbd 100644
--- a/www/Makefile
+++ b/www/Makefile
@@ -2123,6 +2123,7 @@
     SUBDIR += rubygem-roda
     SUBDIR += rubygem-rqrcode
     SUBDIR += rubygem-rqrcode-rails3
+    SUBDIR += rubygem-rqrcode_core
     SUBDIR += rubygem-rss
     SUBDIR += rubygem-rtlit
     SUBDIR += rubygem-ruby-oembed
diff --git a/www/rubygem-rqrcode_core/Makefile b/www/rubygem-rqrcode_core/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6055c611b359
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www/rubygem-rqrcode_core/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+PORTNAME=	rqrcode_core
+PORTVERSION=	1.2.0
+CATEGORIES=	www rubygems
+MASTER_SITES=	RG
+
+MAINTAINER=	bofh@FreeBSD.org
+COMMENT=	Ruby library for encoding QR Codes
+WWW=		https://github.com/whomwah/rqrcode_core
+
+LICENSE=	MIT
+LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
+
+USES=		gem
+USE_RUBY=	yes
+
+NO_ARCH=	yes
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/www/rubygem-rqrcode_core/distinfo b/www/rubygem-rqrcode_core/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..02d99f8e8b02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www/rubygem-rqrcode_core/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+TIMESTAMP = 1668881506
+SHA256 (rubygem/rqrcode_core-1.2.0.gem) = cf4989dc82d24e2877984738c4ee569308625fed2a810960f1b02d68d0308d1a
+SIZE (rubygem/rqrcode_core-1.2.0.gem) = 18944
diff --git a/www/rubygem-rqrcode_core/pkg-descr b/www/rubygem-rqrcode_core/pkg-descr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6f9fb5bbada5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www/rubygem-rqrcode_core/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+rqrcode_core is a library for encoding QR Codes in pure Ruby. It has a
+simple interface with all the standard qrcode options. It was originally
+adapted in 2008 from a Javascript library by Kazuhiko Arase.
+
+Features:
+* rqrcode_core is a Ruby only library. It requires no 3rd party
+  libraries. Just Ruby!
+* It is an encoding library. You can't decode QR Codes with it.
+* The interface is simple and assumes you just want to encode a string
+  into a QR Code, but also allows for encoding multiple segments.
+* QR Code is trademarked by Denso Wave inc.
+
+rqrcode_core is the basis of the popular rqrcode gem. This gem allows
+you to generate different renderings of your QR Code, including png, svg
+and ansi.