diff --git a/sys-power/acpilight/Manifest b/sys-power/acpilight/Manifest
index 65a8600568cc8..06c5bdeeb049e 100644
--- a/sys-power/acpilight/Manifest
+++ b/sys-power/acpilight/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
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 DIST acpilight-0_pre20161031.tar.gz 2218 SHA256 d8050cc73d917d0719b68066febc3f301003cbb00c4b2e8519a27ba6335ce4d6 SHA512 08f2c9d3ba14f4a756aa635c16f8928a06dc196c1507120c40f3ef8ba681bc75b37bf1c4cd04bbb2ca033b8948ca1353324dddb8118a12e5fda17d717dc7d1e1 WHIRLPOOL 43a426a4ec39d2efd6e040e07be295f6a1230fe1ac2133bcebe368b6c9afc4657c234529f2dd139e41d467ef8e67d1ed381316eb124ebf1989d8fccc1cc5dbd5
 DIST acpilight-0_pre20170125.tar.gz 15499 SHA256 031c6e887836e1092feeeed12b2b313acb1bbbb76f5fe7e9aa01948da4a4805c SHA512 3ee1b9080f6bf4dec4039573e6b95c92966d39b5ee9fc5345eb2ed04c006c7f259c28db3045f77fed8f95f65113b60e10ee84717ef1632e680c4a34bc5871baf WHIRLPOOL b10a779aca7742f5775c777749fc5a9216ff6a29e924d7d1f8fc017756069c20717828a997b5c31fe19e3dc34545f6eefbe5e9a5584e8cea2448c3b364cb8b5d
+DIST acpilight-1.0.tar.gz 16452 SHA256 8c717b33632ba60898e68c953ebabb28c2d0b9b2bb44ad9762a39ecce8498f66 SHA512 f7913f7ebf6cbde95a42165d8bfa237be03d90fc097164b971c92721cc76f1260a6a607d85f3ecb05ec482019f0ed7f0827a473608daf39b0d05b37c1d228a8a WHIRLPOOL 56d8e43abf50f23343c692bc094e2e158f41986f887b0bc198612f3d0f58be4b6cb9a560aeb13e676775d316f3ab323997cc895fd9ce5a434ceb8ad96ed6ca2a
diff --git a/sys-power/acpilight/acpilight-1.0.ebuild b/sys-power/acpilight/acpilight-1.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..97721b66d0209
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-power/acpilight/acpilight-1.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Id$
+
+EAPI=6
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_4 python3_5 )
+
+inherit python-r1 udev
+
+DESCRIPTION="Replacement for xbacklight that uses the ACPI interface to set brightness"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/wavexx/acpilight/"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/wavexx/acpilight/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+LICENSE="GPL-3+"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+IUSE=""
+
+RDEPEND="virtual/udev
+	${PYTHON_DEPS}
+	!x11-apps/xbacklight"
+REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
+DOCS=( README.rst )
+
+src_install() {
+	python_foreach_impl python_doscript xbacklight
+	udev_dorules "${S}"/90-backlight.rules
+	doman xbacklight.1
+	einstalldocs
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	udev_reload
+	einfo
+	elog "To use the xbacklight binary as a regular user, you must be a part of the video group"
+	einfo
+	elog "If this utility does not find any backlights to manipulate,"
+	elog "verify you have kernel support on the device and display driver enabled."
+	einfo
+}