diff --git a/net-libs/libtorrent-rasterbar/Manifest b/net-libs/libtorrent-rasterbar/Manifest
index b0db994303f19..067d483624a4a 100644
--- a/net-libs/libtorrent-rasterbar/Manifest
+++ b/net-libs/libtorrent-rasterbar/Manifest
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ DIST libtorrent-rasterbar-1.0.11.tar.gz 3325786 SHA256 828d686770346f6da2c143c5a
 DIST libtorrent-rasterbar-1.1.1.tar.gz 3641815 SHA256 f70c82367b0980460ef95aff3e117fd4a174477892d529beec434f74d615b31f SHA512 9d2409ee733f7579df61a63e37092d3c59a386b94031bae6a7ea64ffff617131d2c347ba0825b3d337ce2fedad3b527c8f697e3b49cea643d6543c972a1ebc12 WHIRLPOOL 36c4a007e0bf684e9603cd88b594a8ff91193b7d73447375e5651f945dba713c91daf0c625f90af6bb35c2ab017ca69da50d856ac6ce6be2e13f6d04ee7b2e35
 DIST libtorrent-rasterbar-1.1.2.tar.gz 3909420 SHA256 45e55f2374507bb67a9b9125f6b8d1c45e6cd33849c62b1d9cb56657354e359a SHA512 8cbf6b08bb21c6cbc3b5215a74ecdcce81e312484c688f2b20f95b7288d7f154e7f1337dd0c7d213687159d731bd4518166a964d6a1bda47dc2bd46115a55600 WHIRLPOOL ffd8f1afaece5762298fc8d3380ffe23ed79b5eb019e923d92fd408594054c2caf25e01b237b4cdc2c11181d93df6978301eecb44661378dc944dc89b3e6838a
 DIST libtorrent-rasterbar-1.1.3.tar.gz 3912760 SHA256 44196a89932c26528f5db19289d0f0f4130730a61dccc61c9f1eac9ad3e881d8 SHA512 c9d45ceed5cb56b0d7eb7961c3e641158738c5587ef921d98c73b4918b6f1ae0b40e50792b5289062267cc023e36aaa1f64f0f58d363f59875864791434229a5 WHIRLPOOL 4feb345444583317541639f8b42a53026b8ee87d7060254c3e32ef50f697f1f37ee678b3529dae7614938b336a6e937bba4c37cd1a62255594ec4b2f97cf5192
+DIST libtorrent-rasterbar-1.1.4.tar.gz 3917557 SHA256 ccf42367803a6df7edcf4756d1f7d0a9ce6158ec33b851b3b58fd470ac4eeba6 SHA512 50f5dfffbd9e6ba21dbe328be17962f29088a326c2c2bf177e1137ed2900323b9a5bae75ee63635404928452f206c72dd4f9100438a6b802bd36b11430e51bc3 WHIRLPOOL f1231e97cdaf820910dafbaf83f9edadf3b70a8fadc71b370e9813d9b9893e6ee893fccfc71a20438ca0b138ac9035c220b656843e7af2755451bf6587f07fc5
diff --git a/net-libs/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar-1.1.4.ebuild b/net-libs/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar-1.1.4.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..86fa8d7e920c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-libs/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar-1.1.4.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=6
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{4,5,6} )
+PYTHON_REQ_USE="threads"
+DISTUTILS_OPTIONAL=true
+DISTUTILS_IN_SOURCE_BUILD=true
+
+inherit distutils-r1 eutils versionator
+
+MY_PV=$(replace_all_version_separators _)
+
+DESCRIPTION="C++ BitTorrent implementation focusing on efficiency and scalability"
+HOMEPAGE="http://libtorrent.org"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/releases/download/libtorrent-${MY_PV}/${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="BSD"
+SLOT="0/9"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc ~x86 ~x86-fbsd"
+IUSE="debug +dht doc examples libressl python +ssl static-libs test"
+
+REQUIRED_USE="python? ( ${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE} )"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-libs/boost:=[threads]
+	virtual/libiconv
+	examples? ( !net-p2p/mldonkey )
+	python? (
+		${PYTHON_DEPS}
+		dev-libs/boost:=[python,${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+	ssl? (
+		!libressl? ( dev-libs/openssl:0= )
+		libressl? ( dev-libs/libressl:= )
+	)
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	sys-devel/libtool
+"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+
+	# bug 578026
+	# prepend -L${S}/... to ensure bindings link against the lib we just built
+	sed -i -e "s|^|-L${S}/src/.libs |" bindings/python/link_flags.in || die
+
+	# prepend -I${S}/... to ensure bindings use the right headers
+	sed -i -e "s|^|-I${S}/src/include |" bindings/python/compile_flags.in || die
+
+	use python && distutils-r1_src_prepare
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	local myeconfargs=(
+		$(use_enable debug)
+		$(use_enable debug logging)
+		$(use_enable debug disk-stats)
+		$(use_enable dht dht $(usex debug logging yes))
+		$(use_enable examples)
+		$(use_enable ssl encryption)
+		$(use_enable static-libs static)
+		$(use_enable test tests)
+		--with-libiconv
+	)
+	econf "${myeconfargs[@]}"
+
+	if use python; then
+		python_configure() {
+			econf "${myeconfargs[@]}" \
+				--enable-python-binding \
+				--with-boost-python="${EPYTHON#python}"
+		}
+		distutils-r1_src_configure
+	fi
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	default
+
+	python_compile() {
+		cd "${BUILD_DIR}/../bindings/python" || die
+		distutils-r1_python_compile
+	}
+	use python && distutils-r1_src_compile
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	use doc && HTML_DOCS+=( "${S}"/docs )
+
+	default
+
+	python_install() {
+		cd "${BUILD_DIR}/../bindings/python" || die
+		distutils-r1_python_install
+	}
+	use python && distutils-r1_src_install
+
+	prune_libtool_files
+}