diff --git a/media-libs/gstreamer-editing-services/Manifest b/media-libs/gstreamer-editing-services/Manifest
index ee6c34cf487fe..1a3e0620b7ad6 100644
--- a/media-libs/gstreamer-editing-services/Manifest
+++ b/media-libs/gstreamer-editing-services/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST gstreamer-editing-services-1.6.2.tar.xz 1007064 SHA256 d12a174bac7af71f22f9d270aca7bd7abd6478d86247240e5d1e358c645d40c4 SHA512 6191b7527adfa7952af71072948440ce74eff82eee0600412a516ffd6a597cd37f6a0c5bbdf12ee0872059715a6b1c3246101d5e20e497ba751bfe1a1d6e0957 WHIRLPOOL f35f6882221ca5298f2ce37326bc4731781285386db332c8b857f0e6ed8f889ef75210bb6a587dee0cb3d1e9500381df4a4df1232763dc92842f27bf8aaec255
 DIST gstreamer-editing-services-1.8.2.tar.xz 1026884 SHA256 a1d57ff9461407cca1f6e7a9f31a5bdb73f73f33c488a3e3318b27e10a4332ae SHA512 309f31c4c9055d4a24ecb241ff5b84cf88a7278ae4c0802b99c9ab835722be6d6bb2d76a2903f886d6ae791ad6aeee08fa87b9b1c476c7b72b019f185c06e213 WHIRLPOOL 011dd6b52cf9a24c255f81ceb74aa20bdaac552b51378f90708d9c71e52c8c74835fdfe789047604b6abdf5a6529d6d85eb78b6106abf819f6ab6e9ad72b6dc6
+DIST gstreamer-editing-services-1.8.3.tar.xz 1027560 SHA256 c48a75ab2a3b72ed33f69d8279c56c0f3a2d0881255f8b169a7a13518eaa13cd SHA512 d5cefef0b28267aeeaaab8860591272dd39962dd9a5f388ced5df8d675e3ed85aef778888b8f5f46cb23f5252fbfb4b9363246cb68c7f1d1ac5a0e7ec7321123 WHIRLPOOL bf5e87437f869375f43d5f2dcfc4536e1de23108d013ab607eab71f039500e1fe7db56793c4447cf88da55eccdbd8c44d708743e9b60a02d3e2bd19f86fdc935
diff --git a/media-libs/gstreamer-editing-services/gstreamer-editing-services-1.8.3.ebuild b/media-libs/gstreamer-editing-services/gstreamer-editing-services-1.8.3.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3fe2e189b311c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-libs/gstreamer-editing-services/gstreamer-editing-services-1.8.3.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Id$
+
+EAPI=6
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{3,4,5} )
+
+inherit bash-completion-r1 gnome2 python-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="SDK for making video editors and more"
+HOMEPAGE="http://wiki.pitivi.org/wiki/GES"
+SRC_URI="https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/${PN}/${P}.tar.xz"
+
+LICENSE="LGPL-2+"
+SLOT="1.0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+
+IUSE="+introspection"
+REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
+
+COMMON_DEPEND="
+	>=dev-libs/glib-2.40.0:2
+	dev-libs/libxml2:2
+	dev-python/pygobject:3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=media-libs/gstreamer-${PV}:1.0[introspection?]
+	>=media-libs/gst-plugins-base-${PV}:1.0[introspection?]
+	introspection? ( >=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-0.9.6:= )
+"
+RDEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
+	media-libs/gnonlin:1.0
+"
+DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
+	${PYTHON_DEPS}
+	>=dev-util/gtk-doc-am-1.3
+	virtual/pkgconfig
+"
+# XXX: tests do pass but need g-e-s to be installed due to missing
+# AM_TEST_ENVIRONMENT setup.
+RESTRICT="test"
+
+src_configure() {
+	# gtk is only used for examples
+	gnome2_src_configure \
+		$(use_enable introspection) \
+		--disable-examples \
+		--without-gtk \
+		--with-bash-completion-dir="$(get_bashcompdir)" \
+		--with-package-name="GStreamer editing services ebuild for Gentoo" \
+		--with-package-origin="https://packages.gentoo.org/package/media-libs/gstreamer-editing-services"
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	# Prevent sandbox violations, bug #538888
+	# https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=744135
+	# https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=744134
+	addpredict /dev
+	gnome2_src_compile
+}