--- src/share/poudriere/jail.sh.orig	2013-09-09 12:10:56.000000000 -0500
+++ src/share/poudriere/jail.sh	2013-09-09 17:26:15.000000000 -0500
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
                      Other possible method are: \"allbsd\" retrieve a
                      snapshot from allbsd.org's website or \"ftp-archive\"
                      for old releases that're no longer available on \"ftp\".
+                     Can also be \"tarball\" or \"tarball:/full/path/to/txz\".
     -p tree       -- Specify which ports tree the jail to start/stop with
     -P patch      -- Specify a patch file to apply to the source before committing.
     -t version    -- version to upgrade to
@@ -161,6 +162,9 @@
 	allbsd|gjb)
 		err 1 "Upgrade is not supported with allbsd, to upgrade, please delete and recreate the jail"
 		;;
+	tarball*)
+		err 1 "Upgrade is not supported with tarball; to upgrade, please delete and recreate the jail"
+		;;
 	*)
 		err 1 "Unsupported method"
 		;;
@@ -349,6 +353,13 @@
 	echo " done"
 }
 
+install_from_tarball() {
+	: ${TARBALL=/usr/obj/${VERSION}-${ARCH}.txz}
+	msg "Installing ${VERSION} ${ARCH} from ${TARBALL} ..."
+	tar -xpf ${TARBALL} -C ${JAILMNT}/ || err 1 " fail"
+	echo " done"
+}
+
 create_jail() {
 	jail_exists ${JAILNAME} && err 2 "The jail ${JAILNAME} already exists"
 
@@ -368,6 +379,11 @@
 	fi
 
 	case ${METHOD} in
+	tarball*)
+		FCT=install_from_tarball
+		TARBALL=${METHOD##*:}
+		METHOD=${METHOD%%:*}
+		;;
 	ftp|gjb|ftp-archive)
 		FCT=install_from_ftp
 		;;