diff --git a/app-crypt/kbfs/Manifest b/app-crypt/kbfs/Manifest
index 4c3a39bbedd38..bfdcbffb53961 100644
--- a/app-crypt/kbfs/Manifest
+++ b/app-crypt/kbfs/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST kbfs-1.0.36.tar.gz 5135197 BLAKE2B a0d40048d11347a72ac9fedb358be7bd8d425e9eafc32fce44e75583aa75fde00bee62d81e7d4bc1553aec3f72ca3af1dffd1ef710d897ce28cb26d152eab4aa SHA512 eb50c4fdd07e0d0e0bd62c48a60520fe48a6b64d97e6ac561d0c567e50c4863f9969697f78553360e6b42776af4974b086bd0be75db6de4c28a5c4a840725919
 DIST kbfs-1.0.40.tar.gz 5432507 BLAKE2B 4d3c55d3c081cb7fea44d302a1a5598df515f98f4f75bf3e0eee84c3151114247eb1a80ea2ff9bb6d10cc3612af25e283b114b26b24043fbfdd16f05d2fb0210 SHA512 c5391e710fc55130437ff5f42e00229ea06fd1bd5e535c814158a501f2b23ef43d65d27ebf57ec3c3b5d3c7cbbed43cd2baf8888af001a3b23a40cbc94d22883
+DIST kbfs-1.0.44.tar.gz 5440024 BLAKE2B b8ab744b1bb9fa2e33bd382df92f1e50ed294446106d5723306465cbbadc0e960ad0da834671fa7f01e7ea8ff3486477972f44e927feefd1123d8a8ad4e376f5 SHA512 03e92303f140dbff059f8c954142d6180f388c1e50c2f8af02a30a740d440d5f79be47ad851d021a2b90525bf7b775e471780438b94d1d6403eddbdc0bd41e8e
diff --git a/app-crypt/kbfs/kbfs-1.0.44.ebuild b/app-crypt/kbfs/kbfs-1.0.44.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..df627e6772398
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-crypt/kbfs/kbfs-1.0.44.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=6
+
+DESCRIPTION="Keybase Filesystem (KBFS)"
+HOMEPAGE="https://keybase.io/docs/kbfs"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/keybase/kbfs/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="BSD"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+IUSE="git"
+
+DEPEND=">=dev-lang/go-1.6:0"
+RDEPEND="
+	app-crypt/gnupg
+	sys-fs/fuse
+	"
+
+S="${WORKDIR}/src/github.com/keybase/kbfs"
+
+src_unpack() {
+	unpack "${P}.tar.gz"
+	mkdir -p "$(dirname "${S}")" || die
+	mv "kbfs-${PV}" "${S}" || die
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	GOPATH="${WORKDIR}" \
+		go build -v -x \
+		-tags production \
+		-o "${T}/kbfsfuse" \
+		github.com/keybase/kbfs/kbfsfuse
+	use git && \
+		GOPATH="${WORKDIR}" \
+		go build -v -x \
+		-tags production \
+		-o "${T}/git-remote-keybase" \
+		github.com/keybase/kbfs/kbfsgit/git-remote-keybase
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	dobin "${T}/kbfsfuse"
+	use git && \
+		dobin "${T}/git-remote-keybase"
+}