diff --git a/net-im/Makefile b/net-im/Makefile
index 8d1d4558815d..f9afa47f900c 100644
--- a/net-im/Makefile
+++ b/net-im/Makefile
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@
     SUBDIR += talkatu
     SUBDIR += teamwords
     SUBDIR += telegram
+    SUBDIR += telegram-cli
     SUBDIR += telegram-desktop
     SUBDIR += telegram-purple
     SUBDIR += telegramqml
diff --git a/net-im/telegram-cli/Makefile b/net-im/telegram-cli/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bbc941e4dd49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-im/telegram-cli/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# Created by: gahr
+# $FreeBSD$
+
+PORTNAME=	telegram-cli
+DISTVERSION=	20200106
+CATEGORIES=	net-im
+
+MAINTAINER=	0mp@FreeBSD.org
+COMMENT=	Command-line interface for Telegram
+
+LICENSE=	GPLv2
+LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
+
+LIB_DEPENDS=	libconfig.so:devel/libconfig \
+		libevent.so:devel/libevent \
+		libjansson.so:devel/jansson
+
+USES=		gmake lua pkgconfig readline ssl
+USE_GITHUB=	yes
+GH_ACCOUNT=	kenorb-contrib
+GH_PROJECT=	tg
+GH_TUPLE=	kenorb-contrib:tgl:57f1bc4:tgl/tgl
+
+GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
+CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--disable-python
+
+CFLAGS+=	-fcommon
+
+CONFLICTS_INSTALL=	telegram
+
+PLIST_FILES=	${ETCDIR}/server.pub \
+		bin/${PORTNAME} \
+		share/man/man1/${PORTNAME}.1.gz
+PORTDOCS=	CHANGELOG README-LUA README.es README.md
+
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
+
+do-install:
+	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}
+	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/bin/${PORTNAME} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
+	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/tg-server.pub ${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}/server.pub
+	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/telegram.1 ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/man/man1/${PORTNAME}.1
+
+post-install-DOCS-on:
+	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
+	(cd ${WRKSRC} && ${INSTALL_DATA} ${PORTDOCS} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR})
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/net-im/telegram-cli/distinfo b/net-im/telegram-cli/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e75bd71afffb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-im/telegram-cli/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+TIMESTAMP = 1601931813
+SHA256 (kenorb-contrib-tg-20200106_GH0.tar.gz) = 824504804e8c0bb20943d765ba54feaacda7b2ec34735da0cfe5d5e61348d519
+SIZE (kenorb-contrib-tg-20200106_GH0.tar.gz) = 167428
+SHA256 (kenorb-contrib-tgl-57f1bc4_GH0.tar.gz) = 1d0cec7cf19ee90bf8a6c43a9835c87f28c33593f6b508be608cf3842d3d218a
+SIZE (kenorb-contrib-tgl-57f1bc4_GH0.tar.gz) = 271320
diff --git a/net-im/telegram-cli/pkg-descr b/net-im/telegram-cli/pkg-descr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..80dd209a5d05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-im/telegram-cli/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Telegram-cli is a command-line interface
+for the Telegram instant-messaging network.
+
+WWW: https://github.com/kenorb-contrib/tg