diff --git a/tools/ports/__init__.py b/tools/ports/__init__.py
index 44d65f67aa611..c61daf90bc024 100644
--- a/tools/ports/__init__.py
+++ b/tools/ports/__init__.py
@@ -13,26 +13,42 @@
 ports_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 
 
-def read_ports():
+def load_port(port):
   expected_attrs = ['get', 'clear', 'process_args', 'show', 'needed']
+  ports.append(port)
+  ports_by_name[port.name] = port
+  for a in expected_attrs:
+    assert hasattr(port, a), 'port %s is missing %s' % (port, a)
+  if not hasattr(port, 'process_dependencies'):
+    port.process_dependencies = lambda x: 0
+  if not hasattr(port, 'deps'):
+    port.deps = []
+
+def read_ports():
   for filename in os.listdir(ports_dir):
     if not filename.endswith('.py') or filename == '__init__.py':
       continue
     filename = os.path.splitext(filename)[0]
     port = __import__(filename, globals(), level=1)
-    ports.append(port)
     port.name = filename
-    ports_by_name[port.name] = port
-    for a in expected_attrs:
-      assert hasattr(port, a), 'port %s is missing %s' % (port, a)
-    if not hasattr(port, 'process_dependencies'):
-      port.process_dependencies = lambda x: 0
-    if not hasattr(port, 'deps'):
-      port.deps = []
-
-  for dep in port.deps:
-    if dep not in ports_by_name:
-      exit_with_error('unknown dependency in port: %s' % dep)
+    load_port(port)
+
+  contrib_dir = os.path.join(ports_dir, 'contrib')
+  for filename in os.listdir(contrib_dir):
+    if not filename.endswith('.py') or filename == '__init__.py':
+      continue
+    filename = os.path.splitext(filename)[0]
+    print(filename)
+    port = __import__('contrib.' + filename, globals(), level=1, fromlist=[None])
+    print(port)
+    port.name = filename
+    load_port(port)
+
+  for port in ports:
+    for dep in port.deps:
+      if dep not in ports_by_name:
+        exit_with_error('unknown dependency in port: %s' % dep)
+
 
 
 read_ports()
diff --git a/tools/ports/contrib/README.md b/tools/ports/contrib/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6486dc80810c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/ports/contrib/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Emscripten "Contib" Ports
+=========================
+
+Ports in this directory are contributed by the wider community and are
+supported on the "best effort" basis.  Since they are not run as part of
+emscripten CI they are not always guaranteed to build or function.
+
+To using the ports in this directory you must build them using the `embuilder`
+command. e.g.:
+
+    ./embuilder build foo
diff --git a/tools/ports/contrib/__init__.py b/tools/ports/contrib/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d
diff --git a/tools/ports/contrib/libarchive.py b/tools/ports/contrib/libarchive.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5e53745ffafef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/ports/contrib/libarchive.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# Copyright 2014 The Emscripten Authors.  All rights reserved.
+# Emscripten is available under two separate licenses, the MIT license and the
+# University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License.  Both these licenses can be
+# found in the LICENSE file.
+
+import os
+import shutil
+
+TAG = 'version_1'
+HASH = '77f7d8f18fe11bb66a57e358325b7422d721f7b506bd63293cfde74079f958864db66ead5a36c311a76dd8c2b089b7659641a5522de650de0f9e6865782a60dd'
+
+
+def needed(settings):
+  return True
+
+
+def get(ports, settings, shared):
+  ports.fetch_project('libarchive', 'https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/releases/download/v' + TAG + '/libarchive-' + TAG + '.tar.gz', 'libarchive-' + TAG, sha512hash=HASH)
+
+  def create():
+    ports.clear_project_build('libarchive')
+
+    source_path = os.path.join(ports.get_dir(), 'libarchive', 'libarchive-' + TAG)
+    dest_path = os.path.join(shared.Cache.get_path('ports-builds'), 'libarchive')
+    shared.try_delete(dest_path)
+    os.makedirs(dest_path)
+    shutil.rmtree(dest_path, ignore_errors=True)
+    shutil.copytree(source_path, dest_path)
+    ports.install_headers(dest_path)
+
+    # build
+    srcs = 'adler32.c compress.c crc32.c deflate.c gzclose.c gzlib.c gzread.c gzwrite.c infback.c'
+    'inffast.c inflate.c inftrees.c trees.c uncompr.c zutil.c'.split()
+    commands = []
+    o_s = []
+    for src in srcs:
+      o = os.path.join(ports.get_build_dir(), 'libarchive', src + '.o')
+      shared.safe_ensure_dirs(os.path.dirname(o))
+      commands.append([shared.EMCC, os.path.join(dest_path, src), '-O2', '-o', o, '-I' + dest_path, '-w', '-c'])
+      o_s.append(o)
+    ports.run_commands(commands)
+
+    final = os.path.join(ports.get_build_dir(), 'libarchive', 'libarchive.a')
+    ports.create_lib(final, o_s)
+    return final
+
+  return [shared.Cache.get('libarchive.a', create, what='port')]
+
+
+def clear(ports, settings, shared):
+  shared.Cache.erase_file('libarchive.a')
+
+
+def process_args(ports):
+  return []
+
+
+def show():
+  return 'libarchive'