diff --git a/Ports/.port_include.sh b/Ports/.port_include.sh
index 561b70e384..a7e1967958 100755
--- a/Ports/.port_include.sh
+++ b/Ports/.port_include.sh
@@ -177,10 +177,15 @@ func_defined() {
     PATH= command -V "$1"  > /dev/null 2>&1
 }
 
+func_defined pre_fetch || pre_fetch() {
+    :
+}
 func_defined post_fetch || post_fetch() {
     :
 }
 fetch() {
+    pre_fetch
+
     if [ "$auth_type" = "sig" ] && [ ! -z "${auth_import_key}" ]; then
         # import gpg key if not existing locally
         # The default keyserver keys.openpgp.org prints "new key but contains no user ID - skipped"
diff --git a/Ports/README.md b/Ports/README.md
index 2b21d1b286..8b3e2106c4 100644
--- a/Ports/README.md
+++ b/Ports/README.md
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ build() {
 The following can be overridden, the names should be self-explanatory as they
 mostly match the [available options](#options):
 
+- `pre_fetch`
 - `post_fetch`
 - `pre_configure`
 - `configure`.