diff --git a/app-emulation/lxc/Manifest b/app-emulation/lxc/Manifest
index 265bac0824f02..34820bb75ee0f 100644
--- a/app-emulation/lxc/Manifest
+++ b/app-emulation/lxc/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 DIST lxc-1.0.11.tar.gz 850645 BLAKE2B 1a8eff91d970d3160d5ca7338f4e4d68c722a277a804396e7c30b34dbf4aeccc0609982940bb660992880078167cdf3382a55af404b3e52ebe8cd8af104b1efc SHA512 5537e61a286cfce3c763b81eec625538c796ea1e8f5e94c5a28fc8964762c8c0efa7983a188d521bf3420a42569d7124e6587950bc90b79583fa42cc8e2f8f74
+DIST lxc-1.0.8.tar.gz 575127 BLAKE2B 246ac7a2b4306c52a741b2f763bcc81d9999fb27942ef93d6a786ed2ea010c646f5a2388407d26425387b8a819cacae927c8512995bf19b11d610e1887ea6470 SHA512 f552a4f48bb47d26c6b9ddaf8221a439c0848e3f54ec41b77d54717c21bddd56193941046cc96c699790e8265e762a926469c25ee687adcf7795f2906b1c260a
 DIST lxc-2.0.7.tar.gz 792557 BLAKE2B e5f1e6d8961938200e116527fab8ce341cf285826afdccac88f4bae65ffd649a406dac7555024557f38c4b415a59cd3b5fb255f1dbf015ce01d4975bed3b1c80 SHA512 eb48dc800ce43d2f4d46e0cecc4d0a714b3e22c6a4975776b54d17d1d20d5a1411e6b605215282f1f77286ddf22b61c80b86b83752191fc18023894ef7a1c44d
 DIST lxc-2.0.8.tar.gz 1308705 BLAKE2B 044e82e182f4ca325da237b888ff16b0469eb11ecdab2ed55f5e9372e84d816ec30edee28ef1473aaa7211a9d9aee0d26f45f169320551e45098da9de7a74104 SHA512 ed9fd47e92007f433695cffea659180866a5ac2778712f4eb13b6629bb18292589f5b674b734853ca196ba1f6d38bdbf3cc8a2bb28e25d3540b06b945fcf9096
diff --git a/app-emulation/lxc/files/lxc-1.0.8-bash-completion.patch b/app-emulation/lxc/files/lxc-1.0.8-bash-completion.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e9e0e6c98dfd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-emulation/lxc/files/lxc-1.0.8-bash-completion.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+Index: lxc-lxc-1.0.8/config/bash/Makefile.am
+===================================================================
+--- lxc-lxc-1.0.8.orig/config/bash/Makefile.am
++++ lxc-lxc-1.0.8/config/bash/Makefile.am
+@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ EXTRA_DIST = lxc
+ 
+ if ENABLE_BASH
+ install-bash:
+-	$(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/bash_completion.d/
+-	$(INSTALL_DATA) lxc $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/bash_completion.d/
++	$(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)$(datarootdir)/bash-completion/completions/
++	$(INSTALL_DATA) lxc $(DESTDIR)$(datarootdir)/bash-completion/completions/
+ 
+ uninstall-bash:
+-	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/bash_completion.d/lxc
+-	rmdir $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/bash_completion.d/ || :
++	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(datarootdir)/bash-completion/completions/lxc
++	rmdir $(DESTDIR)$(datarootdir)/bash-completion// || :
+ 
+ install-data-local: install-bash
+ uninstall-local: uninstall-bash
+Index: lxc-lxc-1.0.8/config/bash/lxc.in
+===================================================================
+--- lxc-lxc-1.0.8.orig/config/bash/lxc.in
++++ lxc-lxc-1.0.8/config/bash/lxc.in
+@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
+-have lxc-start && {
+     _lxc_names() {
+         COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "$( lxc-ls )" "$cur" ) )
+     }
+@@ -100,4 +99,3 @@ have lxc-start && {
+ 
+     complete -o default -F _lxc_generic_o lxc-clone
+     complete -o default -F _lxc_generic_o lxc-start-ephemeral
+-}
diff --git a/app-emulation/lxc/lxc-1.0.8.ebuild b/app-emulation/lxc/lxc-1.0.8.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1c55e59161009
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-emulation/lxc/lxc-1.0.8.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI="5"
+
+MY_P="${P/_/-}"
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_4 )
+DISTUTILS_OPTIONAL=1
+
+inherit autotools bash-completion-r1 distutils-r1 eutils linux-info versionator flag-o-matic systemd
+
+DESCRIPTION="LinuX Containers userspace utilities"
+HOMEPAGE="https://linuxcontainers.org/"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/lxc/lxc/archive/${MY_P}.tar.gz"
+
+KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ppc64 x86"
+
+LICENSE="LGPL-3"
+SLOT="0"
+IUSE="doc examples lua python seccomp"
+
+RDEPEND="net-libs/gnutls
+	sys-libs/libcap
+	lua? ( >=dev-lang/lua-5.1:= )
+	python? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )
+	seccomp? ( sys-libs/libseccomp )"
+
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	doc? ( app-text/docbook-sgml-utils )
+	>=sys-kernel/linux-headers-3.2"
+
+RDEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	sys-apps/util-linux
+	app-misc/pax-utils
+	virtual/awk"
+
+CONFIG_CHECK="~CGROUPS ~CGROUP_DEVICE
+	~CPUSETS ~CGROUP_CPUACCT
+	~RESOURCE_COUNTERS
+	~CGROUP_SCHED
+
+	~NAMESPACES
+	~IPC_NS ~USER_NS ~PID_NS
+
+	~DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES
+	~CGROUP_FREEZER
+	~UTS_NS ~NET_NS
+	~VETH ~MACVLAN
+
+	~POSIX_MQUEUE
+	~!NETPRIO_CGROUP
+
+	~!GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_MOUNT
+	~!GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_DOUBLE
+	~!GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_PIVOT
+	~!GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_CHMOD
+	~!GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_CAPS
+	~!GRKERNSEC_PROC
+"
+
+ERROR_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES="CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES:	needed for pts inside container"
+
+ERROR_CGROUP_FREEZER="CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER:	needed to freeze containers"
+
+ERROR_UTS_NS="CONFIG_UTS_NS:	needed to unshare hostnames and uname info"
+ERROR_NET_NS="CONFIG_NET_NS:	needed for unshared network"
+
+ERROR_VETH="CONFIG_VETH:	needed for internal (host-to-container) networking"
+ERROR_MACVLAN="CONFIG_MACVLAN:	needed for internal (inter-container) networking"
+
+ERROR_POSIX_MQUEUE="CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE:	needed for lxc-execute command"
+
+ERROR_NETPRIO_CGROUP="CONFIG_NETPRIO_CGROUP:	as of kernel 3.3 and lxc 0.8.0_rc1 this causes LXCs to fail booting."
+
+ERROR_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_MOUNT=":CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_MOUNT	some GRSEC features make LXC unusable see postinst notes"
+ERROR_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_DOUBLE=":CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_DOUBLE	some GRSEC features make LXC unusable see postinst notes"
+ERROR_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_PIVOT=":CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_PIVOT	some GRSEC features make LXC unusable see postinst notes"
+ERROR_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_CHMOD=":CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_CHMOD	some GRSEC features make LXC unusable see postinst notes"
+ERROR_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_CAPS=":CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_CHROOT_CAPS	some GRSEC features make LXC unusable see postinst notes"
+ERROR_GRKERNSEC_PROC=":CONFIG_GRKERNSEC_PROC:  this GRSEC feature is incompatible with unprivileged containers"
+
+DOCS=(AUTHORS CONTRIBUTING MAINTAINERS NEWS README doc/FAQ.txt)
+
+S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${MY_P}"
+
+REQUIRED_USE="python? ( ${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE} )"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	sed -i 's/AM_CONFIG_HEADER/AC_CONFIG_HEADERS/g' configure.ac || die
+	if [[ -n ${BACKPORTS} ]]; then
+		epatch "${WORKDIR}"/patches/*
+	fi
+
+	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.0.8-bash-completion.patch
+
+	eautoreconf
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	append-flags -fno-strict-aliasing
+
+	econf \
+		--localstatedir=/var \
+		--bindir=/usr/sbin \
+		--docdir=/usr/share/doc/${PF} \
+		--with-config-path=/etc/lxc	\
+		--with-rootfs-path=/usr/lib/lxc/rootfs \
+		--with-distro=gentoo \
+		$(use_enable doc) \
+		--disable-apparmor \
+		$(use_enable examples) \
+		$(use_enable lua) \
+		$(use_enable seccomp) \
+		--disable-python
+}
+
+python_compile() {
+	distutils-r1_python_compile build_ext -I ../ -L ../${PN}
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	default
+
+	if use python; then
+		pushd "${S}/src/python-${PN}" > /dev/null
+		distutils-r1_src_compile
+		popd > /dev/null
+	fi
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	default
+
+	mv "${ED}"/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/${PN} "${ED}"/$(get_bashcompdir)/${PN}-start || die
+	bashcomp_alias ${PN}-start \
+		${PN}-{attach,cgroup,clone,console,create,destroy,device,execute,freeze,info,monitor,snapshot,start-ephemeral,stop,unfreeze,wait}
+
+	if use python; then
+		pushd "${S}/src/python-lxc" > /dev/null
+		# Unset DOCS. This has been handled by the default target
+		unset DOCS
+		distutils-r1_src_install
+		popd > /dev/null
+	fi
+
+	keepdir /etc/lxc /usr/lib/lxc/rootfs /var/log/lxc
+
+	find "${D}" -name '*.la' -delete
+
+	# Gentoo-specific additions!
+	# Use initd.3 per #517144
+	newinitd "${FILESDIR}/${PN}.initd.3" ${PN}
+
+	# lxc-devsetup script
+	exeinto /usr/libexec/${PN}
+	doexe config/init/systemd/${PN}-devsetup
+	# Use that script with the systemd service (Similar to upstream
+	# Makefile.am
+	cp "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}_at.service ${PN}_at.service || die
+	sed -i \
+		"/Restart=always/a ExecStartPre=/usr/libexec/${PN}/${PN}-devsetup" \
+		${PN}_at.service \
+		|| die "Failed to add ${PN}-devsetup to the systemd service file"
+	systemd_newunit ${PN}_at.service "lxc@.service"
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	elog "There is an init script provided with the package now; no documentation"
+	elog "is currently available though, so please check out /etc/init.d/lxc ."
+	elog "You _should_ only need to symlink it to /etc/init.d/lxc.configname"
+	elog "to start the container defined into /etc/lxc/configname.conf ."
+	elog "For further information about LXC development see"
+	elog "http://blog.flameeyes.eu/tag/lxc" # remove once proper doc is available
+	elog ""
+	ewarn "With version 0.7.4, the mountpoint syntax came back to the one used by 0.7.2"
+	ewarn "and previous versions. This means you'll have to use syntax like the following"
+	ewarn ""
+	ewarn "    lxc.rootfs = /container"
+	ewarn "    lxc.mount.entry = /usr/portage /container/usr/portage none bind 0 0"
+	ewarn ""
+	ewarn "To use the Fedora, Debian and (various) Ubuntu auto-configuration scripts, you"
+	ewarn "will need sys-apps/yum or dev-util/debootstrap."
+	ewarn ""
+	ewarn "Some GrSecurity settings in relation to chroot security will cause LXC not to"
+	ewarn "work, while others will actually make it much more secure. Please refer to"
+	ewarn "Diego Elio Pettenò's weblog at http://blog.flameeyes.eu/tag/lxc for further"
+	ewarn "details."
+}