diff --git a/misc/Makefile b/misc/Makefile
index b28d7c4302c7c..e23b87985a757 100644
--- a/misc/Makefile
+++ b/misc/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
     COMMENT = Miscellaneous utilities
 
     SUBDIR += R-cran-mime
+    SUBDIR += R-cran-optimx
     SUBDIR += R-cran-xfun
     SUBDIR += aclgen
     SUBDIR += actiona
diff --git a/misc/R-cran-optimx/Makefile b/misc/R-cran-optimx/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..503c1ec43743f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/R-cran-optimx/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+PORTNAME=	optimx
+DISTVERSION=	2023-10.21
+CATEGORIES=	misc
+DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}_${DISTVERSION}
+
+MAINTAINER=	eduardo@FreeBSD.org
+COMMENT=	Expanded Replacement and Extension of the 'optim' Function
+WWW=		https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/optimx/
+
+LICENSE=	GPLv2
+
+CRAN_DEPENDS=	R-cran-nloptr>0:math/R-cran-nloptr \
+		R-cran-numDeriv>0:math/R-cran-numDeriv \
+		R-cran-pracma>0:math/R-cran-pracma
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${CRAN_DEPENDS}
+RUN_DEPENDS=	${CRAN_DEPENDS}
+
+USES=		cran:auto-plist
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/misc/R-cran-optimx/distinfo b/misc/R-cran-optimx/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5880d1000d3dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/R-cran-optimx/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+TIMESTAMP = 1711701172
+SHA256 (optimx_2023-10.21.tar.gz) = 0d732d5604c26af59cfb95b80ed4e226c9c10422e2d82a6cc06b92f9ba6a44b5
+SIZE (optimx_2023-10.21.tar.gz) = 3735842
diff --git a/misc/R-cran-optimx/pkg-descr b/misc/R-cran-optimx/pkg-descr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..af6ab20aecf5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/R-cran-optimx/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Provides a replacement and extension of the optim() function to call to
+several function minimization codes in R in a single statement. These
+methods handle smooth, possibly box constrained functions of several or
+many parameters.