diff --git a/app-accessibility/caribou/Manifest b/app-accessibility/caribou/Manifest
index ca0a7b4d03ae3..969fc082b6dae 100644
--- a/app-accessibility/caribou/Manifest
+++ b/app-accessibility/caribou/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST caribou-0.4.19.tar.xz 412328 SHA256 2f0bd0c14c5f94cf5ac3a7627018919addf7a054ac84aaa8e62356957c175a44 SHA512 ae8fd278612778eae35810eee199dc9c64b45340de1459cc71eb5806ebc14ddd05e7e0e5464e2976d0160a50c6d76656a7ed0362bfd79eecdc09de1fc78b6de1 WHIRLPOOL db26dbc91e231558712bd33f57f857de660cc17f5c7c6c8c8fd2687807b75d5784df8654e0328c35a4e06902ec5a628609b8c9dd2d568a2afcb59c2f12c081a8
+DIST caribou-0.4.20.tar.xz 415148 SHA256 3a6664d5698c2b62a6c1c115743630d339ac237a7324bb354f2e5d55b4bb50d9 SHA512 e72a18462268278e0c07f178085eeff0e65ece6a9bf2f667c4ca66a66d173b39c68843c537ba6e8bd056c21575be592cece5f4f752f324c7f0db44fe28c45504 WHIRLPOOL e718ab799dcb8474c813e22fae1445d5a299d6c14dfa880cbe3da55793db867a8e5b5ef442a99e184a75a5b6fbf4d5719821a901d75ba69dba74db1d3473c437
diff --git a/app-accessibility/caribou/caribou-0.4.20.ebuild b/app-accessibility/caribou/caribou-0.4.20.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..26c3157d1a760
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-accessibility/caribou/caribou-0.4.20.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2015 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Id$
+
+EAPI="5"
+GCONF_DEBUG="no"
+GNOME2_LA_PUNT="yes"
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 )
+PYTHON_REQ_USE="xml"
+
+inherit gnome2 python-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Input assistive technology intended for switch and pointer users"
+HOMEPAGE="https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Caribou"
+
+LICENSE="LGPL-2.1"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~ia64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc ~x86"
+
+IUSE=""
+REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
+
+COMMON_DEPEND="
+	app-accessibility/at-spi2-core
+	>=dev-python/pygobject-2.90.3:3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=x11-libs/gtk+-3:3[introspection]
+	x11-libs/gtk+:2
+	>=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-0.10.7:=
+	dev-libs/libgee:0.8
+	dev-libs/libxml2
+	>=media-libs/clutter-1.5.11:1.0[introspection]
+	x11-libs/libX11
+	x11-libs/libxklavier
+	x11-libs/libXtst
+"
+# gsettings-desktop-schemas is needed for the 'toolkit-accessibility' key
+# pyatspi-2.1.90 needed to run caribou if pygobject:3 is installed
+# librsvg needed to load svg images in css styles
+RDEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
+	dev-libs/glib[dbus]
+	>=dev-python/pyatspi-2.1.90[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=gnome-base/gsettings-desktop-schemas-3
+	gnome-base/librsvg:2
+	sys-apps/dbus
+"
+DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
+	dev-libs/libxslt
+	>=dev-util/intltool-0.35.5
+	virtual/pkgconfig
+"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	# delete custom PYTHONPATH, useless on Gentoo and potential bug source
+	# + caribou is python2 only so fix the shell scripts
+	sed -e '/export PYTHONPATH=.*python/ d' \
+		-e "s:@PYTHON@:${EPREFIX}/usr/bin/python2:" \
+		-i bin/{antler-keyboard,caribou-preferences}.in ||
+		die "sed failed"
+
+	gnome2_src_prepare
+
+	prepare_caribou() {
+		mkdir -p "${BUILD_DIR}" || die
+	}
+	python_foreach_impl prepare_caribou
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	ECONF_SOURCE="${S}" python_foreach_impl run_in_build_dir \
+		gnome2_src_configure \
+			--disable-docs \
+			--disable-static \
+			--enable-gtk3-module \
+			--enable-gtk2-module \
+			VALAC=$(type -P true)
+	# vala is not needed for tarball builds, but configure checks for it...
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	python_foreach_impl run_in_build_dir gnome2_src_compile
+}
+
+src_test() {
+	python_foreach_impl run_in_build_dir default
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	python_foreach_impl run_in_build_dir gnome2_src_install
+	dodoc AUTHORS NEWS README # ChangeLog simply points to git log
+}