diff --git a/media-libs/libraw/Manifest b/media-libs/libraw/Manifest
index 10fbc731f1801..f1c42efa1b554 100644
--- a/media-libs/libraw/Manifest
+++ b/media-libs/libraw/Manifest
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 DIST LibRaw-0.18.11.tar.gz 1283643 BLAKE2B cd217a0c40d0f30ff95968c5238ad349d32f6ae44aca3847b32c236e8e82e7ff25ba5d6bb0cffe8d73b288239830982d074a306b682160bfe8c73b0df9fcff09 SHA512 4d114bdb589c96d95f646b1d016cfb9546ea7a53b9f23af1dc5d0e38cb4d1b2aa7270f2d4dbe7c6c323fb7f21403914a0bb75afa7b6204d0a99c72ecf0c812c9
+DIST LibRaw-0.18.12.tar.gz 1283491 BLAKE2B a0e23bf58ecf331ef52e529be5dd27acf8458d1a6de700b36df6172b7cfde2da62561e29c197bc360237b12c7a427b1d07a0c64862fe1cead461a6989e488218 SHA512 8fcf1e24295457f09a654a14d77869ca401a21e9f4386d91fb0fd5bc9aa20a882bf490a64c183108e645b5fa70401f97868c83837a057cb707f58fa31a417d44
 DIST LibRaw-0.18.4.tar.gz 1281104 BLAKE2B dc6c2b594f0897eea509d3122bd7f41bccd89182a5e294b331544ad626631f18637660e1de7ea1c8b5e1c0b59678189d06f9fd12e27016e2ea3ec736cabfbbe4 SHA512 e71db23a70f0cda745ae862f4cb6a0c51c968e4c7399f28e86de8beb894526fa76cd337c1406e2eaee3f287f15e8912d1a0f7217493c6444a491ca3329f63776
 DIST LibRaw-0.18.8.tar.gz 1281773 BLAKE2B 755d17ee4c08e26b04d20cc6284f43e1a87d2bc1b41499d175c6ebfc39684732a4407b990115818553c7b815c66bb04ad451d478ed2c084c443871de8ea221e4 SHA512 48871a5e43c89a17962fae426a962d11a6ce40cb8e7d8abc90e98c899dc42b7e1711398c075901ddbc710fe7e916ba6d507bee7e18975779caa8f5d512b1d580
 DIST LibRaw-0.18.9.tar.gz 1282015 BLAKE2B d94681633e3b187102462be5b849cb4cb3468a74d5c4288e23a07ccf0b66246305f9e75e1d6408e259b3c7777ef77501954d208669c9ddc56b943f13f95c867e SHA512 5becbbf05db091d86f7a3a098402c5a981a5c614e9ac742e80823efec5dccfb3a1336cfd1493aa88c8d1a37fe05896efd3f8f145536d799a9ce19665073cf8ce
diff --git a/media-libs/libraw/libraw-0.18.12.ebuild b/media-libs/libraw/libraw-0.18.12.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6412dcbf97cf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-libs/libraw/libraw-0.18.12.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+
+inherit multilib-minimal toolchain-funcs
+
+MY_PN=LibRaw
+MY_PV="${PV/_b/-B}"
+MY_P="${MY_PN}-${MY_PV}"
+# demosaic package sometimes doesn't get bumped.
+# Otherwise you can set it to ${PV}.
+DEMOSAIC_PV="0.18.8"
+
+DESCRIPTION="LibRaw is a library for reading RAW files obtained from digital photo cameras"
+HOMEPAGE="https://www.libraw.org/ https://github.com/LibRaw/LibRaw"
+SRC_URI="https://www.libraw.org/data/${MY_P}.tar.gz
+	demosaic? (
+		https://www.libraw.org/data/LibRaw-demosaic-pack-GPL2-${DEMOSAIC_PV}.tar.gz
+		https://www.libraw.org/data/LibRaw-demosaic-pack-GPL3-${DEMOSAIC_PV}.tar.gz
+	)"
+
+LICENSE="LGPL-2.1 CDDL demosaic? ( GPL-2 GPL-3 )"
+SLOT="0/16" # subslot = libraw soname version
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
+IUSE="demosaic examples jpeg jpeg2k +lcms openmp"
+
+RDEPEND="jpeg? ( >=virtual/jpeg-0-r2:0[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+	jpeg2k? ( >=media-libs/jasper-1.900.1-r6:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+	lcms? ( >=media-libs/lcms-2.5:2[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	virtual/pkgconfig"
+
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
+
+DOCS=( Changelog.txt README )
+
+pkg_pretend() {
+	[[ ${MERGE_TYPE} != binary ]] && use openmp && tc-check-openmp
+}
+
+pkg_setup() {
+	[[ ${MERGE_TYPE} != binary ]] && use openmp && tc-check-openmp
+}
+
+multilib_src_configure() {
+	local myeconfargs=(
+		--disable-static
+		$(use_enable demosaic demosaic-pack-gpl2)
+		$(use_enable demosaic demosaic-pack-gpl3)
+		$(use_enable examples)
+		$(use_enable jpeg)
+		$(use_enable jpeg2k jasper)
+		$(use_enable lcms)
+		$(use_enable openmp)
+	)
+	ECONF_SOURCE="${S}" \
+	econf "${myeconfargs[@]}"
+}
+
+multilib_src_install_all() {
+	einstalldocs
+
+	# package installs .pc files
+	find "${D}" -name '*.la' -delete || die
+}