diff --git a/dev-util/pkgconfig/Manifest b/dev-util/pkgconfig/Manifest
index ad5531bd0f426..4f7a368da2031 100644
--- a/dev-util/pkgconfig/Manifest
+++ b/dev-util/pkgconfig/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST pkg-config-0.28.tar.gz 1931203 SHA256 6b6eb31c6ec4421174578652c7e141fdaae2dabad1021f420d8713206ac1f845 SHA512 6eafa5ca77c5d44cd15f48457a5e96fcea2555b66d8e35ada5ab59864a0aa03d441e15f54ab9c6343693867b3b490f392c75b7d9312f024c9b7ec6a0194d8320 WHIRLPOOL db4ddb4ce61724e629931c5ffccb4d7a551b4dc0f4efed5a966822307e4b5a786adee5705dd80ec0a9aa32cb1af9ad9615e307360e131fc34688207216161486
+DIST pkg-config-0.29.tar.gz 1973875 SHA256 c8507705d2a10c67f385d66ca2aae31e81770cc0734b4191eb8c489e864a006b SHA512 c2857cd67801c0db5d204912453ff6bdc7da3ea61f8b1c6b38983d48dffb958725e7723f909abbc057c7b34a85c27290eec6943808312a75909306076064aa63 WHIRLPOOL 06355dfebc42d3f090ffd02e0e680a0a1d74eb009f4d013f7fe6269d42964c1cdfc2d3ea6e82d3261b818c9b57d30f2c2c82042e97ea0da822875586ba20aa5d
diff --git a/dev-util/pkgconfig/pkgconfig-0.29.ebuild b/dev-util/pkgconfig/pkgconfig-0.29.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..04c55012806c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/pkgconfig/pkgconfig-0.29.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2015 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Id$
+
+EAPI=5
+
+# Do not inherit autotools in non-live ebuild - causes circular dependency, bug #550856
+inherit eutils flag-o-matic libtool multilib multilib-minimal
+
+MY_P=pkg-config-${PV}
+
+if [[ ${PV} == *9999* ]]; then
+	# 1.12 is only needed for tests due to some am__check_pre / LOG_DRIVER
+	# weirdness with "/bin/bash /bin/sh" in arguments chain with >=1.13
+	WANT_AUTOMAKE=1.12
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="git://anongit.freedesktop.org/pkg-config"
+	EGIT_CHECKOUT_DIR=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}
+	inherit autotools git-r3
+else
+	KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~s390 ~sh ~sparc ~x86 ~ppc-aix ~amd64-fbsd ~sparc-fbsd ~x86-fbsd ~x64-freebsd ~x86-freebsd ~hppa-hpux ~ia64-hpux ~x86-interix ~amd64-linux ~arm-linux ~ia64-linux ~x86-linux ~ppc-macos ~x64-macos ~x86-macos ~m68k-mint ~sparc-solaris ~sparc64-solaris ~x64-solaris ~x86-solaris"
+	SRC_URI="http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/releases/${MY_P}.tar.gz"
+fi
+
+DESCRIPTION="Package config system that manages compile/link flags"
+HOMEPAGE="http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/wiki/"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2"
+SLOT="0"
+IUSE="elibc_FreeBSD elibc_glibc hardened internal-glib"
+
+RDEPEND="!internal-glib? ( >=dev-libs/glib-2.34.3[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+	!dev-util/pkgconf[pkg-config]
+	!dev-util/pkg-config-lite
+	!dev-util/pkgconfig-openbsd[pkg-config]"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+
+S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}
+
+DOCS=( AUTHORS NEWS README )
+
+src_prepare() {
+	sed -i -e "s|^prefix=/usr\$|prefix=${EPREFIX}/usr|" check/simple.pc || die #434320
+
+	epatch_user
+
+	if [[ ${PV} == *9999* ]]; then
+		eautoreconf
+	else
+		elibtoolize # Required for FreeMiNT wrt #333429
+	fi
+}
+
+multilib_src_configure() {
+	local myconf
+
+	if use internal-glib; then
+		myconf+=' --with-internal-glib'
+		# non-glibc platforms use GNU libiconv, but configure needs to
+		# know about that not to get confused when it finds something
+		# outside the prefix too
+		if use prefix && use !elibc_glibc ; then
+			myconf+=" --with-libiconv=gnu"
+			# add the libdir for libtool, otherwise it'll make love with system
+			# installed libiconv
+			append-ldflags "-L${EPREFIX}/usr/$(get_libdir)"
+		fi
+	else
+		if ! has_version dev-util/pkgconfig; then
+			export GLIB_CFLAGS="-I${EPREFIX}/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I${EPREFIX}/usr/$(get_libdir)/glib-2.0/include"
+			export GLIB_LIBS="-lglib-2.0"
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	use ppc64 && use hardened && replace-flags -O[2-3] -O1
+
+	# Force using all the requirements when linking, so that needed -pthread
+	# lines are inherited between libraries
+	use elibc_FreeBSD && myconf+=' --enable-indirect-deps'
+
+	[[ ${PV} == *9999* ]] && myconf+=' --enable-maintainer-mode'
+
+	ECONF_SOURCE=${S} \
+	econf \
+		--docdir="${EPREFIX}"/usr/share/doc/${PF}/html \
+		--with-system-include-path="${EPREFIX}"/usr/include \
+		--with-system-library-path="${EPREFIX}"/usr/$(get_libdir) \
+		${myconf}
+}
+
+multilib_src_install() {
+	emake DESTDIR="${D}" install
+
+	if use prefix; then
+		# Add an explicit reference to $EPREFIX to PKG_CONFIG_PATH to
+		# simplify cross-prefix builds
+		echo "PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${EPREFIX}/usr/$(get_libdir)/pkgconfig:${EPREFIX}/usr/share/pkgconfig" >> "${T}"/99${PN}
+		doenvd "${T}"/99${PN}
+	fi
+}