diff --git a/net-proxy/haproxy/Manifest b/net-proxy/haproxy/Manifest
index 5439038f2b472..6c6698568dd04 100644
--- a/net-proxy/haproxy/Manifest
+++ b/net-proxy/haproxy/Manifest
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ DIST haproxy-1.5.14.tar.gz 1345345 SHA256 9565dd38649064d0350a2883fa81ccfe92eb17
 DIST haproxy-1.5.18.tar.gz 1360582 SHA256 14a5684d85cf65c34a8d441afff2aaa4dd9b4234e81b3d4ddd242e6e7c97257e SHA512 b4f85986a6b1e0d152b643f576a0ff770fbc190457d3e0130fbb923ff9bf4d00b634e64edf0eadd5b47d0eb758fd9f6ecf33907fc4c21150a518064df954e7d0 WHIRLPOOL 5faf0aec42332564a3c392b0bbca25dc56c6a754672e1853ca765fc5d95d9ca963cd041dc705bbb38085a3da77219adf061966f2caa209e327ff02f3ee8fde3b
 DIST haproxy-1.6.10.tar.gz 1571842 SHA256 5c865e0238d31b03ec7e31d4bf1a20d08984eea7fcf4bbb36a40bd35d8744460 SHA512 84920ef12357f5149ed286030ea38e0f9ae09b29003e8c000eef7f50a519ea958f3a92d352b25fd71d296f0b68beffb797ca4b6e59b87e71dc02f7fe20d50573 WHIRLPOOL 2c4d4b22d6412b8f7e4e6c3c94e9a666b87d9e38a6cb07094438d28c5cce2c4ef1fe14df00afeb8ed284f306d5a09616d04a1b4a5b8573c6e8d283cdfe26428b
 DIST haproxy-1.6.9.tar.gz 1566715 SHA256 cf7d2fa891d2ae4aa6489fc43a9cadf68c42f9cb0de4801afad45d32e7dda133 SHA512 0060a93c628689e1ca9e5845f9f93641f7647efc176cbf093bce59be19496492c317c8101fa50dd6181b130f861c74a20199f18e41ebd6995715364b1ea46a2e WHIRLPOOL a7311cb08507898cf19a422a6a55a6d429cbb99e0329b2de0defea472314c495d6c426a973ef436d532340f95d5abee2ad07fbf1d051d36fe4618ac28b743a35
+DIST haproxy-1.7.0.tar.gz 1728237 SHA256 abdce486f98c024f3df45dade4011caeb925f48129370f4754a45f1623794622 SHA512 e41c4d73e438f3975dd704de5048eb1179cfa884ae16970d868d8ae7e0958ee0ab5bd58a952113e90b89c040cb84402dafd4ae6e4daf03ea6621e03b861837c7 WHIRLPOOL a82563956cad92ccb257cfe202a43ea1cae3c2b4fa36fb954829096e55b524cbe224080669f60a8b62e38e73e682321a50a59e3d650a6b0ae340d3bf24a9768d
diff --git a/net-proxy/haproxy/haproxy-1.7.0.ebuild b/net-proxy/haproxy/haproxy-1.7.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..df81d1e500a95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-proxy/haproxy/haproxy-1.7.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Id$
+
+EAPI="6"
+
+[[ ${PV} == *9999 ]] && SCM="git-r3"
+inherit user versionator toolchain-funcs flag-o-matic systemd linux-info $SCM
+
+MY_P="${PN}-${PV/_beta/-dev}"
+
+DESCRIPTION="A TCP/HTTP reverse proxy for high availability environments"
+HOMEPAGE="http://haproxy.1wt.eu"
+if [[ ${PV} != *9999 ]]; then
+	SRC_URI="http://haproxy.1wt.eu/download/$(get_version_component_range 1-2)/src/${MY_P}.tar.gz"
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~ppc ~x86"
+else
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="http://git.haproxy.org/git/haproxy-$(get_version_component_range 1-2).git/"
+	EGIT_BRANCH=master
+fi
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2 LGPL-2.1"
+SLOT="0"
+IUSE="+crypt doc examples libressl slz net_ns +pcre pcre-jit ssl tools vim-syntax +zlib lua device-atlas 51degrees wurfl"
+REQUIRED_USE="pcre-jit? ( pcre )
+	?? ( slz zlib )"
+
+DEPEND="
+	pcre? (
+		dev-libs/libpcre
+		pcre-jit? ( dev-libs/libpcre[jit] )
+	)
+	ssl? (
+		!libressl? ( dev-libs/openssl:0=[zlib?] )
+		libressl? ( dev-libs/libressl:0= )
+	)
+	slz? ( dev-libs/libslz:= )
+	zlib? ( sys-libs/zlib )
+	lua? ( dev-lang/lua:5.3 )
+	device-atlas? ( dev-libs/device-atlas-api-c )"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
+
+DOCS=( CHANGELOG CONTRIBUTING MAINTAINERS README )
+version_is_at_least 1.7.0 $PV && PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}"/haproxy-1.7-contrib.patch )
+CONTRIBS=( halog iprange )
+# ip6range is present in 1.6, but broken.
+version_is_at_least 1.7.0 $PV && CONTRIBS+=( ip6range spoa_example tcploop )
+
+haproxy_use() {
+	(( $# != 2 )) && die "${FUNCNAME} <USE flag> <make option>"
+
+	usex "${1}" "USE_${2}=1" "USE_${2}="
+}
+
+pkg_setup() {
+	enewgroup haproxy
+	enewuser haproxy -1 -1 -1 haproxy
+
+	if use net_ns; then
+		CONFIG_CHECK="~NET_NS"
+		linux-info_pkg_setup
+	fi
+}
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+
+	sed -e 's:@SBINDIR@:'/usr/bin':' contrib/systemd/haproxy.service.in \
+		> contrib/systemd/haproxy.service || die
+
+	sed -ie 's:/usr/sbin/haproxy:/usr/bin/haproxy:' src/haproxy-systemd-wrapper.c || die
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	local -a args=(
+		TARGET=linux2628
+		USE_GETADDRINFO=1
+		USE_TFO=1
+	)
+
+	args+=( $(haproxy_use crypt LIBCRYPT) )
+	args+=( $(haproxy_use net_ns NS) )
+	args+=( $(haproxy_use pcre PCRE) )
+	args+=( $(haproxy_use pcre-jit PCRE_JIT) )
+	args+=( $(haproxy_use ssl OPENSSL) )
+	args+=( $(haproxy_use slz SLZ) )
+	args+=( $(haproxy_use zlib ZLIB) )
+	args+=( $(haproxy_use lua LUA) )
+	args+=( $(haproxy_use 51degrees 51DEGREES) )
+	args+=( $(haproxy_use device-atlas DEVICEATLAS) )
+	args+=( $(haproxy_use wurfl WURFL) )
+
+	# For now, until the strict-aliasing breakage will be fixed
+	append-cflags -fno-strict-aliasing
+
+	emake CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" CC=$(tc-getCC) ${args[@]}
+
+	if use tools ; then
+		for contrib in ${CONTRIBS[@]} ; do
+			emake -C contrib/${contrib} \
+				CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" OPTIMIZE="${CFLAGS}" LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" CC=$(tc-getCC) ${args[@]}
+		done
+	fi
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	dobin haproxy
+
+	newconfd "${FILESDIR}/${PN}.confd" $PN
+	newinitd "${FILESDIR}/${PN}.initd-r3" $PN
+
+	doman doc/haproxy.1
+
+	dobin haproxy-systemd-wrapper
+	systemd_dounit contrib/systemd/haproxy.service
+
+	einstalldocs
+
+	# The errorfiles are used by upstream defaults.
+	insinto /etc/haproxy/errors/
+	doins examples/errorfiles/*
+
+	if use doc; then
+		dodoc ROADMAP doc/*.txt
+		#if use lua; then
+		# TODO: doc/lua-api/
+		#fi
+	fi
+
+	if use tools ; then
+		has halog "${CONTRIBS[@]}" && dobin contrib/halog/halog
+		has "iprange" "${CONTRIBS[@]}" && newbin contrib/iprange/iprange haproxy_iprange
+		has "ip6range" "${CONTRIBS[@]}" && newbin contrib/ip6range/ip6range haproxy_ip6range
+		has "spoa_example" "${CONTRIBS[@]}" && newbin contrib/spoa_example/spoa haproxy_spoa_example
+		has "spoa_example" "${CONTRIBS[@]}" && newdoc contrib/spoa_example/README README.spoa_example
+		has "tcploop" "${CONTRIBS[@]}" && newbin contrib/tcploop/tcploop haproxy_tcploop
+	fi
+
+	if use examples ; then
+		docinto examples
+		dodoc examples/*.cfg
+		dodoc examples/seamless_reload.txt
+	fi
+
+	if use vim-syntax ; then
+		insinto /usr/share/vim/vimfiles/syntax
+		doins examples/haproxy.vim
+	fi
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	if [[ ! -f "${EROOT}/etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg" ]] ; then
+		ewarn "You need to create /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg before you start the haproxy service."
+		ewarn "It's best practice to not run haproxy as root, user and group haproxy was therefore created."
+		ewarn "Make use of them with the \"user\" and \"group\" directives."
+
+		if [[ -d "${EROOT}/usr/share/doc/${PF}" ]]; then
+			einfo "Please consult the installed documentation for learning the configuration file's syntax."
+			einfo "The documentation and sample configuration files are installed here:"
+			einfo "   ${EROOT}usr/share/doc/${PF}"
+		fi
+	fi
+}