diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/6165-nmap-port.yml b/changelogs/fragments/6165-nmap-port.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4daf2790ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/6165-nmap-port.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+ - nmap inventory plugin - add new option ``port`` for port specific scan (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6165).
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diff --git a/plugins/inventory/nmap.py b/plugins/inventory/nmap.py
index f0fa50e3b3..68ab2f9117 100644
--- a/plugins/inventory/nmap.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/nmap.py
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
             description: list of addresses to exclude
             type: list
             elements: string
+        port:
+            description:
+                - Only scan specific port or port range (C(-p)).
+                - For example, you could pass C(22) for a single port, C(1-65535) for a range of ports,
+                  or C(U:53,137,T:21-25,139,8080,S:9) to check port 53 with UDP, ports 21-25 with TCP, port 9 with SCTP, and ports 137, 139, and 8080 with all.
+            type: string
+            version_added: 6.5.0
         ports:
             description: Enable/disable scanning for open ports
             type: boolean
@@ -81,6 +88,14 @@ plugin: community.general.nmap
 sudo: true
 strict: false
 address: 192.168.0.0/24
+
+# an nmap scan specifying ports and classifying results to an inventory group
+plugin: community.general.nmap
+address: 192.168.0.0/24
+exclude: 192.168.0.1, web.example.com
+port: 22, 443
+groups:
+  web_servers: "ports | selectattr('port', 'equalto', '443')"
 '''
 
 import os
@@ -171,6 +186,10 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
             if self._options['sudo']:
                 cmd.insert(0, 'sudo')
 
+            if self._options['port']:
+                cmd.append('-p')
+                cmd.append(self._options['port'])
+
             if not self._options['ports']:
                 cmd.append('-sP')