diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/package/pkgin.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/package/pkgin.rb
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+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/package/pkgin.rb
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+require "puppet/provider/package"
+
+Puppet::Type.type(:package).provide :pkgin, :parent => Puppet::Provider::Package do
+  desc "Package management using pkgin, a binary package manager for pkgsrc."
+
+  commands :pkgin => "pkgin"
+
+  has_feature :installable, :uninstallable
+
+  def self.parse_pkgin_line(package, force_status=nil)
+
+    # e.g.
+    #   vim-7.2.446 =        Vim editor (vi clone) without GUI
+    match, name, version, status = *package.match(/(\S+)-(\S+)(?: (=|>|<))?\s+.+$/)
+    if match
+      ensure_status = if force_status
+        force_status
+      elsif status
+        :present
+      else
+        :absent
+      end
+
+      {
+        :name     => name,
+        :ensure   => ensure_status,
+        :provider => :pkgin
+      }
+    end
+  end
+
+  def self.instances
+    pkgin(:list).split("\n").map do |package|
+      new(parse_pkgin_line(package, :present))
+    end
+  end
+
+  def query
+    packages = pkgin(:search, resource[:name]).split("\n")
+
+    # Remove the last three lines of help text.
+    packages.slice!(-3, 3)
+
+    matching_package = nil
+    packages.detect do |package|
+      properties = self.class.parse_pkgin_line(package)
+      matching_package = properties if properties && resource[:name] == properties[:name]
+    end
+
+    matching_package
+  end
+
+  def install
+    pkgin("-y", :install, resource[:name])
+  end
+
+  def uninstall
+    pkgin("-y", :remove, resource[:name])
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/unit/provider/package/pkgin_spec.rb b/spec/unit/provider/package/pkgin_spec.rb
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+require "spec_helper"
+
+provider_class = Puppet::Type.type(:package).provider(:pkgin)
+
+describe provider_class do
+  let(:resource) { Puppet::Type.type(:package).new(:name => "vim") }
+  subject        { provider_class.new(resource) }
+
+  describe "Puppet provider interface" do
+    it "can return the list of all packages" do
+      provider_class.should respond_to(:instances)
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#install" do
+    before { resource[:ensure] = :absent }
+
+    it "uses pkgin install to install" do
+      subject.expects(:pkgin).with("-y", :install, "vim")
+      subject.install
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#uninstall" do
+    before { resource[:ensure] = :present }
+
+    it "uses pkgin remove to uninstall" do
+      subject.expects(:pkgin).with("-y", :remove, "vim")
+      subject.uninstall
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#instances" do
+    let(:pkgin_ls_output) do
+      "zlib-1.2.3           General purpose data compression library\nzziplib-0.13.59      Library for ZIP archive handling\n"
+    end
+
+    before do
+      provider_class.stubs(:pkgin).with(:list).returns(pkgin_ls_output)
+    end
+
+    it "returns an array of providers for each package" do
+      instances = provider_class.instances
+      instances.should have(2).items
+      instances.each do |instance|
+        instance.should be_a(provider_class)
+      end
+    end
+
+    it "populates each provider with an installed package" do
+      zlib_provider, zziplib_provider = provider_class.instances
+      zlib_provider.get(:name).should == "zlib"
+      zlib_provider.get(:ensure).should == :present
+      zziplib_provider.get(:name).should == "zziplib"
+      zziplib_provider.get(:ensure).should == :present
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#query" do
+    before do
+      provider_class.stubs(:pkgin).with(:search, "vim").returns(pkgin_search_output)
+    end
+
+    context "when the package is installed" do
+      let(:pkgin_search_output) do
+        "vim-7.2.446 =        Vim editor (vi clone) without GUI\nvim-share-7.2.446 =  Data files for the vim editor (vi clone)\n\n=: package is installed and up-to-date\n<: package is installed but newer version is available\n>: installed package has a greater version than available package\n"
+      end
+
+      it "returns a hash stating the package is present" do
+        result = subject.query
+        result[:ensure].should == :present
+        result[:name].should == "vim"
+        result[:provider].should == :pkgin
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when the package is out of date" do
+      let(:pkgin_search_output) do
+        "vim-7.2.446 <        Vim editor (vi clone) without GUI\nvim-share-7.2.446 =  Data files for the vim editor (vi clone)\n\n=: package is installed and up-to-date\n<: package is installed but newer version is available\n>: installed package has a greater version than available package\n"
+      end
+
+      it "returns a hash stating the package is present" do
+        result = subject.query
+        result[:ensure].should == :present
+        result[:name].should == "vim"
+        result[:provider].should == :pkgin
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when the package is ahead of date" do
+      let(:pkgin_search_output) do
+        "vim-7.2.446 >        Vim editor (vi clone) without GUI\nvim-share-7.2.446 =  Data files for the vim editor (vi clone)\n\n=: package is installed and up-to-date\n<: package is installed but newer version is available\n>: installed package has a greater version than available package\n"
+      end
+
+      it "returns a hash stating the package is present" do
+        result = subject.query
+        result[:ensure].should == :present
+        result[:name].should == "vim"
+        result[:provider].should == :pkgin
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when the package is not installed" do
+      let(:pkgin_search_output) do
+        "vim-7.2.446          Vim editor (vi clone) without GUI\nvim-share-7.2.446 =  Data files for the vim editor (vi clone)\n\n=: package is installed and up-to-date\n<: package is installed but newer version is available\n>: installed package has a greater version than available package\n"
+      end
+
+      it "returns a hash stating the package is present" do
+        result = subject.query
+        result[:ensure].should == :absent
+        result[:name].should == "vim"
+        result[:provider].should == :pkgin
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when the package cannot be found" do
+      let(:pkgin_search_output) do
+        "\n=: package is installed and up-to-date\n<: package is installed but newer version is available\n>: installed package has a greater version than available package\n"
+      end
+
+      it "returns nil" do
+        subject.query.should be_nil
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#parse_pkgin_line" do
+    context "with an installed package" do
+      let(:package) { "vim-7.2.446 =        Vim editor (vi clone) without GUI" }
+
+      it "extracts the name and status" do
+        hash = provider_class.parse_pkgin_line(package)
+        hash[:name].should == "vim"
+        hash[:ensure].should == :present
+        hash[:provider].should == :pkgin
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "with an installed package with a hyphen in the name" do
+      let(:package) { "ruby18-puppet-0.25.5nb1 = Configuration management framework written in Ruby" }
+
+      it "extracts the name and status" do
+        hash = provider_class.parse_pkgin_line(package)
+        hash[:name].should == "ruby18-puppet"
+        hash[:ensure].should == :present
+        hash[:provider].should == :pkgin
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "with a package not yet installed" do
+      let(:package) { "vim-7.2.446          Vim editor (vi clone) without GUI" }
+
+      it "extracts the name and status" do
+        hash = provider_class.parse_pkgin_line(package)
+        hash[:name].should == "vim"
+        hash[:ensure].should == :absent
+        hash[:provider].should == :pkgin
+      end
+
+      it "extracts the name and an overridden status" do
+        hash = provider_class.parse_pkgin_line(package, :present)
+        hash[:name].should == "vim"
+        hash[:ensure].should == :present
+        hash[:provider].should == :pkgin
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "with an invalid package" do
+      let(:package) { "" }
+
+      it "returns nil" do
+        provider_class.parse_pkgin_line(package).should be_nil
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end