diff --git a/sci-misc/boinc/Manifest b/sci-misc/boinc/Manifest
index e84a0ffccb5a0..9e53e5657c0e1 100644
--- a/sci-misc/boinc/Manifest
+++ b/sci-misc/boinc/Manifest
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 DIST boinc-7.2.47.tar.gz 45121609 SHA256 f48a7d8387d2809b438d844d239b39e705d5b39d1bf03f4a5be41e30e7d41137 SHA512 0865c0462fac94d03447442a37896f61af58d8ab83331d8bede0fda8dbca0b94b583abe20938b54096be2a5553ab39467f9381e855e326ff9b289ed74bd78431 WHIRLPOOL bb842e8f2c91bee882ee650cb06f21570f88bd05b38a9f57ff2b55b34f6fb546bdec698023df9fa4169250c39b46ea9d8c3ddf3e6ec6ba6e33ff636162203289
 DIST boinc-7.4.52.tar.gz 44146174 SHA256 ac27154ad28d9d0a63ba7153ebb7bcbbd0586744c763c91deeb0325d56530192 SHA512 32623552e091bf388e85e5f118a8cd035b677091620d2b171513299428e4b53b94f7bfd75e8d4e9f46de3a7cadd8b498434acc3b9aeffbd3667aa18d65c0bc78 WHIRLPOOL e1035ba513a3adced4d5576e856fc43213cca923f3d016aa86c19784a4efcbaa7e599a2728568e14121a63aa89365b1ae00b99af588824f17371836f9494266e
 DIST boinc-7.6.33.tar.gz 43569544 SHA256 c4b1c29b9655013e0ac61dddf47ad7f30f38c46159f02a9d9dc8ab854e99aa6d SHA512 c1a98d1a489835abdac72b300c0c8ce82eec9a677ff891c57da4df9875a9bbdd4b45dd9d5ae6ddc2926a0e47ae281fb94ff87815b8aeab0786e15062465e2c20 WHIRLPOOL 118578c4058b3f19fab61982a2f2007379790f37cd077f80f7e4c6a7bed30016142c3236af6274553c19ac1a662b4022ddf6323e22c7dc697ea30ca0bccfbaeb
+DIST boinc-7.8.1.tar.gz 52054963 SHA256 5393c54aa40f4513d1d0603a0f450036c5fe07dba134cfb31289a62d85f46933 SHA512 208431e87cc47bfcd255049d113a0d0ad9e9648644b8611ab149d0621e5cf731086e2cbe8944950b4f5d12aefdd73353e540938e580cb98663861923cb049e31 WHIRLPOOL 79fc632cdae976f99d7859c91b110b659c394f396e1f1f427d83606d04674cf8399d38e38584f9ace300b874611792586348b46946a1950420586d7b9939ff3f
 DIST boinc.tif 288208 SHA256 5c14c65a7531e1dc3f7f7c18ef86eb0e27726527cb835967aed8b0d003eb564a SHA512 548e19b87fd70dbeb05687320b86aad39981c161b5b5b7e02fc3ce886d4c464c9bb763d5652d9895dd505ce247c7ff4490caa3d407e28f54ce889ffbab22d046 WHIRLPOOL 6a6cace44c8483000cda787da39006db521fd9408539f8abca2c2ab913371405b97719af0518acd2f5239451a9605d0f6d67a40fdb14cb49a03a42a7a44a4c86
diff --git a/sci-misc/boinc/boinc-7.8.1.ebuild b/sci-misc/boinc/boinc-7.8.1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..59a13dfeba92b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sci-misc/boinc/boinc-7.8.1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=6
+
+WX_GTK_VER=3.0
+
+inherit autotools eutils linux-info systemd user versionator wxwidgets
+
+MY_PV=$(get_version_component_range 1-2)
+
+DESCRIPTION="The Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing"
+HOMEPAGE="http://boinc.ssl.berkeley.edu/"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/archive/client_release/${MY_PV}/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz
+	X? ( http://boinc.berkeley.edu/logo/boinc_glossy2_512_F.tif -> ${PN}.tif )"
+RESTRICT="mirror"
+
+LICENSE="LGPL-2.1"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~ia64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc ~x86"
+IUSE="X cuda curl_ssl_gnutls curl_ssl_libressl +curl_ssl_openssl static-libs"
+
+REQUIRED_USE="^^ ( curl_ssl_gnutls curl_ssl_libressl curl_ssl_openssl ) "
+
+# libcurl must not be using an ssl backend boinc does not support.
+# If the libcurl ssl backend changes, boinc should be recompiled.
+RDEPEND="
+	!sci-misc/boinc-bin
+	!app-admin/quickswitch
+	>=app-misc/ca-certificates-20080809
+	net-misc/curl[curl_ssl_gnutls(-)=,curl_ssl_libressl(-)=,-curl_ssl_nss(-),curl_ssl_openssl(-)=,-curl_ssl_axtls(-),-curl_ssl_cyassl(-)]
+	sys-apps/util-linux
+	sys-libs/zlib
+	cuda? (
+		>=dev-util/nvidia-cuda-toolkit-2.1
+		>=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-180.22
+	)
+	X? (
+		dev-db/sqlite:3
+		media-libs/freeglut
+		sys-libs/glibc:2.2
+		virtual/jpeg:0=
+		x11-libs/gtk+:2
+		>=x11-libs/libnotify-0.7
+		x11-libs/wxGTK:${WX_GTK_VER}[X,opengl,webkit]
+	)
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	sys-devel/gettext
+	app-text/docbook-xml-dtd:4.4
+	app-text/docbook2X
+	X? ( virtual/imagemagick-tools[png,tiff] )
+"
+
+PATCHES=(
+	# >=x11-libs/wxGTK-3.0.2.0-r3 has webview removed, bug 587462
+	"${FILESDIR}"/fix_webview.patch
+)
+
+S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-client_release-${MY_PV}-${PV}"
+
+pkg_setup() {
+	# Bug 578750
+	if use kernel_linux; then
+		linux-info_pkg_setup
+		if ! linux_config_exists; then
+			ewarn "Can't check the linux kernel configuration."
+			ewarn "You might be missing vsyscall support."
+		elif kernel_is -ge 4 4 \
+		    && linux_chkconfig_present LEGACY_VSYSCALL_NONE; then
+			ewarn "You do not have vsyscall emulation enabled."
+			ewarn "This will prevent some boinc projects from running."
+			ewarn "Please enable vsyscall emulation:"
+			ewarn "    CONFIG_LEGACY_VSYSCALL_EMULATE=y"
+			ewarn "in /usr/src/linux/.config, to be found at"
+			ewarn "    Processor type and features --->"
+			ewarn "        vsyscall table for legacy applications (None) --->"
+			ewarn "            (X) Emulate"
+			ewarn "Alternatively, you can enable CONFIG_LEGACY_VSYSCALL_NATIVE."
+			ewarn "However, this has security implications and is not recommended."
+		fi
+	fi
+}
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+
+	# prevent bad changes in compile flags, bug 286701
+	sed -i -e "s:BOINC_SET_COMPILE_FLAGS::" configure.ac || die "sed failed"
+
+	eautoreconf
+
+	use X && need-wxwidgets unicode
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	econf --disable-server \
+		--enable-client \
+		--enable-dynamic-client-linkage \
+		--disable-static \
+		--enable-unicode \
+		--with-ssl \
+		$(use_with X x) \
+		$(use_enable X manager) \
+		$(usex X --with-wx-config="${WX_CONFIG}" --without-wxdir)
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	default
+
+	keepdir /var/lib/${PN}
+
+	if use X; then
+		# Create new icons. bug 593362
+		local s SIZES=(16 22 24 32 36 48 64 72 96 128 192 256)
+		for s in "${SIZES[@]}"; do
+			convert "${DISTDIR}"/${PN}.tif -resize ${s}x${s} "${WORKDIR}"/boinc_${s}.png || die
+			newicon -s $s "${WORKDIR}"/boinc_${s}.png boinc.png
+		done
+		make_desktop_entry boincmgr "${PN}" "${PN}" "Math;Science" "Path=/var/lib/${PN}"
+
+		# Rename the desktop file to boincmgr.desktop to (hot)fix bug 599910
+		mv "${ED%/}"/usr/share/applications/boincmgr{-${PN},}.desktop || \
+			die "Failed to rename desktop file"
+	fi
+
+	# cleanup cruft
+	rm -rf "${ED%/}"/etc || die "rm failed"
+
+	sed -e "s/@libdir@/$(get_libdir)/" "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.init.in > ${PN}.init || die
+	newinitd ${PN}.init ${PN}
+	newconfd "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.conf ${PN}
+	systemd_dounit "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.service
+}
+
+pkg_preinst() {
+	enewgroup ${PN}
+	# note this works only for first install so we have to
+	# elog user about the need of being in video group
+	local groups="${PN}"
+	if use cuda; then
+		groups+=",video"
+	fi
+	enewuser ${PN} -1 -1 /var/lib/${PN} "${groups}"
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	elog
+	elog "You are using the source compiled version of boinc."
+	use X && elog "The graphical manager can be found at /usr/bin/boincmgr"
+	elog
+	elog "You need to attach to a project to do anything useful with boinc."
+	elog "You can do this by running /etc/init.d/boinc attach"
+	elog "The howto for configuration is located at:"
+	elog "http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Anonymous_platform"
+	elog
+	# Add warning about the new password for the client, bug 121896.
+	if use X; then
+		elog "If you need to use the graphical manager the password is in:"
+		elog "/var/lib/boinc/gui_rpc_auth.cfg"
+		elog "Where /var/lib/ is default RUNTIMEDIR, that can be changed in:"
+		elog "/etc/conf.d/boinc"
+		elog "You should change this password to something more memorable (can be even blank)."
+		elog "Remember to launch init script before using manager. Or changing the password."
+		elog
+	fi
+	if use cuda; then
+		elog "To be able to use CUDA you should add boinc user to video group."
+		elog "Run as root:"
+		elog "gpasswd -a boinc video"
+		elog
+	fi
+	# Add information about BOINC supporting OpenCL
+	elog "BOINC supports OpenCL. To use it you have to eselect"
+	if use cuda; then
+		elog "nvidia as the OpenCL implementation, as you are using CUDA."
+	else
+		elog "the correct OpenCL implementation for your graphic card."
+	fi
+	elog
+}