diff --git a/irc/Makefile b/irc/Makefile
index d4515669d0ed..7a09a759bcf8 100644
--- a/irc/Makefile
+++ b/irc/Makefile
@@ -1,100 +1,101 @@
     COMMENT = Internet Relay Chat utilities
 
     SUBDIR += anope
     SUBDIR += atheme-services
     SUBDIR += bip
     SUBDIR += bitchx
     SUBDIR += bitlbee
     SUBDIR += bitlbee-discord
     SUBDIR += bitlbee-facebook
     SUBDIR += bitlbee-mastodon
     SUBDIR += bitlbee-steam
     SUBDIR += bnc
     SUBDIR += catgirl
     SUBDIR += cgiirc
     SUBDIR += ctrlproxy
     SUBDIR += dancer
     SUBDIR += dircproxy
     SUBDIR += dxirc
     SUBDIR += eggdrop
     SUBDIR += epic4
     SUBDIR += epic5
     SUBDIR += ergo
     SUBDIR += ezbounce
     SUBDIR += gruftistats
     SUBDIR += hexchat
     SUBDIR += hexchat-fish
     SUBDIR += icbirc
     SUBDIR += ii
     SUBDIR += inspircd
     SUBDIR += irc
     SUBDIR += irc2dc
     SUBDIR += ircII
     SUBDIR += ircd-hybrid
     SUBDIR += ircd-ratbox
     SUBDIR += ircd-ratbox-devel
     SUBDIR += ircproxy
     SUBDIR += iroffer-dinoex
     SUBDIR += irssi
     SUBDIR += irssi-fish
     SUBDIR += irssi-icb
     SUBDIR += irssi-scripts
     SUBDIR += irssi-xmpp
     SUBDIR += irssistats
     SUBDIR += konversation
     SUBDIR += kvirc
     SUBDIR += libircclient
     SUBDIR += muh
     SUBDIR += ngircd
     SUBDIR += onis
     SUBDIR += p5-AnyEvent-IRC
     SUBDIR += p5-Bot-BasicBot
     SUBDIR += p5-IRC-Bot-Hangman
     SUBDIR += p5-IRC-Utils
     SUBDIR += p5-POE-Component-IRC
     SUBDIR += p5-POE-Component-IRC-Object
     SUBDIR += p5-POE-Component-IRC-Plugin-Blowfish
     SUBDIR += p5-POE-Component-IRC-Plugin-Bollocks
     SUBDIR += p5-POE-Component-IRC-Plugin-CoreList
     SUBDIR += p5-POE-Component-IRC-Plugin-Hailo
     SUBDIR += p5-POE-Component-IRC-Plugin-Karma
     SUBDIR += p5-POE-Component-IRC-Plugin-POE-Knee
     SUBDIR += p5-POE-Component-IRC-Plugin-QueryDNS
     SUBDIR += p5-POE-Component-IRC-Plugin-QueryDNSBL
     SUBDIR += p5-POE-Component-IRC-Plugin-RSS-Headlines
     SUBDIR += p5-POE-Component-Server-IRC
     SUBDIR += p5-POE-Filter-IRCD
     SUBDIR += p5-POE-Session-Irssi
     SUBDIR += p5-Parse-IRC
     SUBDIR += pear-Net_SmartIRC
     SUBDIR += pisg
     SUBDIR += polari
     SUBDIR += pounce
     SUBDIR += py-irc
     SUBDIR += py-limnoria
     SUBDIR += py-sopel
+    SUBDIR += py-sopel-help
     SUBDIR += quassel
     SUBDIR += quassel-core
     SUBDIR += quirc
     SUBDIR += ratbox-respond
     SUBDIR += riece
     SUBDIR += rubygem-cinch
     SUBDIR += rubygem-cogbot
     SUBDIR += rubygem-lita-irc
     SUBDIR += rubygem-net-irc
     SUBDIR += scrollz
     SUBDIR += simpleirc
     SUBDIR += smartirc4net
     SUBDIR += smuxi
     SUBDIR += soju
     SUBDIR += srain
     SUBDIR += srvx
     SUBDIR += undernet-ircu
     SUBDIR += unreal
     SUBDIR += weechat
     SUBDIR += weechat-otr
     SUBDIR += znc
     SUBDIR += znc-clientbuffer
     SUBDIR += znc-push
 
 .include <bsd.port.subdir.mk>
diff --git a/irc/py-sopel-help/Makefile b/irc/py-sopel-help/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ffe850d2bce3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/irc/py-sopel-help/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+PORTNAME=	sopel-help
+DISTVERSION=	0.5.1
+CATEGORIES=	irc python
+MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
+PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
+DISTNAME=	sopel_help-${PORTVERSION}
+
+MAINTAINER=	DtxdF@disroot.org
+COMMENT=	Help plugin for Sopel
+WWW=		https://github.com/sopel-irc/${PORTNAME}
+
+LICENSE=	EFLv2
+LICENSE_GROUPS=	FSF GPL OSI
+LICENSE_NAME=	Eiffel Forum License, version 2
+LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
+LICENSE_PERMS=	dist-mirror dist-sell pkg-mirror pkg-sell auto-accept
+
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
+RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}requests>0:www/py-requests@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sopel>=0:irc/py-sopel@${PY_FLAVOR}
+
+USES=		python
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517
+
+NO_ARCH=	yes
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/irc/py-sopel-help/distinfo b/irc/py-sopel-help/distinfo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5a99bc8f358d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/irc/py-sopel-help/distinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+TIMESTAMP = 1718049690
+SHA256 (sopel_help-0.5.1.tar.gz) = b60c83fbc838f52128cc2bb86d539f7646e74d053aa50d75b0e26ebf2b3c1585
+SIZE (sopel_help-0.5.1.tar.gz) = 14914
diff --git a/irc/py-sopel-help/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/irc/py-sopel-help/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1e3f5d9f1e97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/irc/py-sopel-help/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2024-06-10 20:59:27 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ [build-system]
+-requires = ["setuptools>=68.0", "wheel"]
++requires = ["setuptools", "wheel"]
+ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+ 
+ [tool.setuptools]
diff --git a/irc/py-sopel-help/pkg-descr b/irc/py-sopel-help/pkg-descr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7fec2fabbb49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/irc/py-sopel-help/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+sopel-help is a plugin for irc/py-sopel that provides help information
+invoked by the .help command in an IRC chat. It was a built-in
+command, but now it is separate like any other Sopel plugin.