diff --git a/store/types/store.go b/store/types/store.go
index 5b5e64742552..bd8a3d58c85a 100644
--- a/store/types/store.go
+++ b/store/types/store.go
@@ -277,6 +277,10 @@ type StoreKey interface {
 	String() string
 }
 
+// CapabilityKey represent the Cosmos SDK keys for object-capability
+// generation in the IBC protocol as defined in https://github.com/cosmos/ics/tree/master/spec/ics-005-port-allocation#data-structures
+type CapabilityKey StoreKey
+
 // KVStoreKey is used for accessing substores.
 // Only the pointer value should ever be used - it functions as a capabilities key.
 type KVStoreKey struct {
diff --git a/types/store.go b/types/store.go
index c34b6d437d09..db18b127b69d 100644
--- a/types/store.go
+++ b/types/store.go
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ const (
 // nolint - reexport
 type (
 	StoreKey          = types.StoreKey
+	CapabilityKey     = types.CapabilityKey
 	KVStoreKey        = types.KVStoreKey
 	TransientStoreKey = types.TransientStoreKey
 )
diff --git a/x/ibc/05-port/alias.go b/x/ibc/05-port/alias.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a74c7fe61537
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x/ibc/05-port/alias.go
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package port
+
+// nolint
+// autogenerated code using github.com/rigelrozanski/multitool
+// aliases generated for the following subdirectories:
+// ALIASGEN: github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/ibc/05-port/keeper
+// ALIASGEN: github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/ibc/05-port/types
+
+import (
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/ibc/05-port/keeper"
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/ibc/05-port/types"
+)
+
+const (
+	DefaultCodespace         = types.DefaultCodespace
+	CodePortExists           = types.CodePortExists
+	CodePortNotFound         = types.CodePortNotFound
+	CodePortNotAuthenticated = types.CodePortNotAuthenticated
+	CodeInvalidPortID        = types.CodeInvalidPortID
+	SubModuleName            = types.SubModuleName
+	StoreKey                 = types.StoreKey
+	RouterKey                = types.RouterKey
+	QuerierRoute             = types.QuerierRoute
+)
+
+var (
+	// functions aliases
+	NewKeeper               = keeper.NewKeeper
+	ErrPortExists           = types.ErrPortExists
+	ErrPortNotFound         = types.ErrPortNotFound
+	ErrPortNotAuthenticated = types.ErrPortNotAuthenticated
+	ErrInvalidPortID        = types.ErrInvalidPortID
+	PortPath                = types.PortPath
+	KeyPort                 = types.KeyPort
+)
+
+type (
+	Keeper = keeper.Keeper
+)
diff --git a/x/ibc/05-port/keeper/keeper.go b/x/ibc/05-port/keeper/keeper.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5a7a9fb05bae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x/ibc/05-port/keeper/keeper.go
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package keeper
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec"
+	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/ibc/05-port/types"
+	host "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/ibc/24-host"
+)
+
+// Keeper defines the IBC connection keeper
+type Keeper struct {
+	storeKey  sdk.StoreKey
+	cdc       *codec.Codec
+	codespace sdk.CodespaceType
+	prefix    []byte // prefix bytes for accessing the store
+	ports     map[sdk.CapabilityKey]string
+	bound     []string
+}
+
+// NewKeeper creates a new IBC connection Keeper instance
+func NewKeeper(cdc *codec.Codec, key sdk.StoreKey, codespace sdk.CodespaceType) Keeper {
+	return Keeper{
+		storeKey:  key,
+		cdc:       cdc,
+		codespace: sdk.CodespaceType(fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", codespace, types.DefaultCodespace)), // "ibc/port",
+		prefix:    []byte{},
+		// prefix:    []byte(types.SubModuleName + "/"),                                          // "port/"
+		ports: make(map[sdk.CapabilityKey]string), // map of capabilities to port ids
+	}
+}
+
+// GetPorts returns the list of bound ports.
+// (these ports still must have been bound statically)
+func (k Keeper) GetPorts() []string {
+	return k.bound
+}
+
+// GetPort retrieves a given port ID from keeper map
+func (k Keeper) GetPort(ck sdk.CapabilityKey) (string, bool) {
+	portID, found := k.ports[ck]
+	return portID, found
+}
+
+// BindPort binds to a port and returns the associated capability.
+// Ports must be bound statically when the chain starts in `app.go`.
+// The capability must then be passed to a module which will need to pass
+// it as an extra parameter when calling functions on the IBC module.
+func (k Keeper) BindPort(portID string) sdk.CapabilityKey {
+	if err := host.DefaultPortIdentifierValidator(portID); err != nil {
+		panic(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	for _, b := range k.bound {
+		if b == portID {
+			panic(fmt.Sprintf("port %s is already bound", portID))
+		}
+	}
+
+	key := sdk.NewKVStoreKey(portID)
+	k.ports[key] = portID
+	k.bound = append(k.bound, portID)
+	return key
+}
+
+// Authenticate authenticates a capability key against a port ID
+// by checking if the memory address of the capability was previously
+// generated and bound to the port (provided as a parameter) which the capability
+// is being authenticated against.
+func (k Keeper) Authenticate(key sdk.CapabilityKey, portID string) bool {
+	if err := host.DefaultPortIdentifierValidator(portID); err != nil {
+		panic(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	return k.ports[key] == portID
+}
diff --git a/x/ibc/05-port/types/errors.go b/x/ibc/05-port/types/errors.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..20031c826107
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x/ibc/05-port/types/errors.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package types
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
+)
+
+// port error codes
+const (
+	DefaultCodespace sdk.CodespaceType = SubModuleName
+
+	CodePortExists           sdk.CodeType = 101
+	CodePortNotFound         sdk.CodeType = 102
+	CodePortNotAuthenticated sdk.CodeType = 103
+	CodeInvalidPortID        sdk.CodeType = 104
+)
+
+// ErrPortExists implements sdk.Error
+func ErrPortExists(codespace sdk.CodespaceType, portID string) sdk.Error {
+	return sdk.NewError(codespace, CodePortExists, fmt.Sprintf("port with ID %s is already binded", portID))
+}
+
+// ErrPortNotFound implements sdk.Error
+func ErrPortNotFound(codespace sdk.CodespaceType, portID string) sdk.Error {
+	return sdk.NewError(codespace, CodePortNotFound, fmt.Sprintf("port with ID %s not found", portID))
+}
+
+// ErrPortNotAuthenticated implements sdk.Error
+func ErrPortNotAuthenticated(codespace sdk.CodespaceType) sdk.Error {
+	return sdk.NewError(codespace, CodePortNotAuthenticated, "port failed authentication")
+}
+
+// ErrInvalidPortID implements sdk.Error
+func ErrInvalidPortID(codespace sdk.CodespaceType) sdk.Error {
+	return sdk.NewError(codespace, CodeInvalidPortID, "invalid port ID")
+}
diff --git a/x/ibc/05-port/types/keys.go b/x/ibc/05-port/types/keys.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b1250e0e4463
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x/ibc/05-port/types/keys.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package types
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+const (
+	// SubModuleName defines the IBC port name
+	SubModuleName = "port"
+
+	// StoreKey is the store key string for IBC ports
+	StoreKey = SubModuleName
+
+	// RouterKey is the message route for IBC ports
+	RouterKey = SubModuleName
+
+	// QuerierRoute is the querier route for IBC ports
+	QuerierRoute = SubModuleName
+)
+
+// The following paths are the keys to the store as defined in https://github.com/cosmos/ics/tree/master/spec/ics-005-port-allocation#store-paths
+
+// PortPath defines the path under which ports paths are stored
+func PortPath(portID string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("ports/%s", portID)
+}
+
+// KeyPort returns the store key for a particular port
+func KeyPort(portID string) []byte {
+	return []byte(PortPath(portID))
+}
diff --git a/x/ibc/keeper/keeper.go b/x/ibc/keeper/keeper.go
index dafe8892d167..c9708a6e79a1 100644
--- a/x/ibc/keeper/keeper.go
+++ b/x/ibc/keeper/keeper.go
@@ -5,21 +5,25 @@ import (
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	client "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/ibc/02-client"
 	connection "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/ibc/03-connection"
+	port "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/ibc/05-port"
 )
 
 // Keeper defines each ICS keeper for IBC
 type Keeper struct {
 	ClientKeeper     client.Keeper
 	ConnectionKeeper connection.Keeper
+	PortKeeper       port.Keeper
 }
 
 // NewKeeper creates a new ibc Keeper
 func NewKeeper(cdc *codec.Codec, key sdk.StoreKey, codespace sdk.CodespaceType) Keeper {
 	clientKeeper := client.NewKeeper(cdc, key, codespace)
 	connectionKeeper := connection.NewKeeper(cdc, key, codespace, clientKeeper)
+	portKeeper := port.NewKeeper(cdc, key, codespace)
 
 	return Keeper{
 		ClientKeeper:     clientKeeper,
 		ConnectionKeeper: connectionKeeper,
+		PortKeeper:       portKeeper,
 	}
 }