diff --git a/media-gfx/fontforge/Manifest b/media-gfx/fontforge/Manifest
index faa8253b5865a..c47c451cda68a 100644
--- a/media-gfx/fontforge/Manifest
+++ b/media-gfx/fontforge/Manifest
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
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diff --git a/media-gfx/fontforge/fontforge-20150824.ebuild b/media-gfx/fontforge/fontforge-20150824.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..629ebc364ee1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-gfx/fontforge/fontforge-20150824.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2015 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Id$
+
+EAPI=5
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_3,3_4} )
+
+inherit autotools eutils fdo-mime python-single-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="postscript font editor and converter"
+HOMEPAGE="http://fontforge.github.io/"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/releases/download/${PV}/${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="BSD GPL-3+"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~s390 ~sh ~sparc ~x86 ~amd64-fbsd ~x86-fbsd ~x86-freebsd ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~ppc-macos ~x86-macos"
+IUSE="cairo truetype-debugger gif gtk jpeg png +python readline tiff svg unicode X"
+
+REQUIRED_USE="
+	cairo? ( png )
+	python? ( ${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE} )
+"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-libs/libltdl:0
+	dev-libs/libxml2:2=
+	>=media-libs/freetype-2.3.7:2=
+	cairo? (
+		>=x11-libs/cairo-1.6:0=
+		x11-libs/pango:0=
+	)
+	gif? ( media-libs/giflib:0= )
+	jpeg? ( virtual/jpeg:0 )
+	png? ( media-libs/libpng:0= )
+	tiff? ( media-libs/tiff:0= )
+	truetype-debugger? ( >=media-libs/freetype-2.3.8:2[fontforge,-bindist(-)] )
+	gtk? ( x11-libs/gtk+:2= )
+	python? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )
+	readline? ( sys-libs/readline:0= )
+	unicode? ( media-libs/libuninameslist:0= )
+	X? (
+		x11-libs/libX11:0=
+		x11-libs/libXi:0=
+		>=x11-libs/pango-1.10:0=[X]
+	)
+	!media-gfx/pfaedit
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	sys-devel/gettext
+	virtual/pkgconfig
+	X? ( x11-proto/inputproto )
+"
+
+# Needs keywording on many arches.
+#	zeromq? (
+#		>=net-libs/czmq-2.2.0:0=
+#		>=net-libs/zeromq-4.0.4:0=
+#	)
+
+pkg_setup() {
+	use python && python-single-r1_pkg_setup
+}
+
+src_prepare() {
+	epatch_user
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	local myeconfargs=(
+		--disable-static
+		$(use_enable truetype-debugger freetype-debugger "${EPREFIX}/usr/include/freetype2/internal4fontforge")
+		$(use_enable gtk gtk2-use)
+		$(use_enable python python-extension)
+		$(use_enable python python-scripting)
+		--enable-tile-path
+		--enable-gb12345
+		$(use_with cairo)
+		$(use_with gif giflib)
+		$(use_with jpeg libjpeg)
+		$(use_with png libpng)
+		$(use_with readline libreadline)
+		--without-libspiro
+		$(use_with tiff libtiff)
+		$(use_with unicode libuninameslist)
+		#$(use_with zeromq libzmq)
+		--without-libzmq
+		$(use_with X x)
+	)
+	econf "${myeconfargs[@]}"
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	# Build system deps are broken
+	emake -C plugins
+	emake
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	default
+	prune_libtool_files --modules
+}
+
+pkg_postrm() {
+	fdo-mime_desktop_database_update
+	fdo-mime_mime_database_update
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	fdo-mime_desktop_database_update
+	fdo-mime_mime_database_update
+}