diff --git a/dev-ros/ament_cmake_core/Manifest b/dev-ros/ament_cmake_core/Manifest
index ed522b74e133e..613f2bd5cee83 100644
--- a/dev-ros/ament_cmake_core/Manifest
+++ b/dev-ros/ament_cmake_core/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST ament_cmake-0.8.1.tar.gz 57078 BLAKE2B 4c6d5c821ffef6288cdd400aa9b084fcbfb33d6c9accddd1349bd656d3b3de9e779603bdad256e3f74a292e3805f06e00ba85719f09fe441f6eecdbd236cc878 SHA512 ae6bfe95585a331055ae159f8b4363f237602ece929877766a8c8bd5bfc0b423379dee38e9fe2707f92ed9753564281be13af1202ec4e9b545d293485884f35e
+DIST ament_cmake-0.9.6.tar.gz 60800 BLAKE2B 71c4e71c50b7715bb8f1b5b737ce23e30f79459a14a5866801bcb810b8fe82d807b6a4eae11de427f52c618e14ef22b7693905f1a0200cc38f0ffab1d70e80cd SHA512 c923260bbd0142ea57bf3e868e94e76020939e8ec49cbf23f14221d0048f21efed00dcdae9978e00f246725ba216c151f5d53b1cd94297b8731f53dc0e45b554
diff --git a/dev-ros/ament_cmake_core/ament_cmake_core-0.9.6.ebuild b/dev-ros/ament_cmake_core/ament_cmake_core-0.9.6.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..91e4b417df78e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-ros/ament_cmake_core/ament_cmake_core-0.9.6.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# Copyright 2019-2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{3_6,3_7,3_8} )
+
+inherit cmake python-any-r1
+
+ROS_PN="ament_cmake"
+if [ "${PV#9999}" != "${PV}" ] ; then
+	inherit git-r3
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/ament/ament_cmake"
+	SRC_URI=""
+	S=${WORKDIR}/${P}/${PN}
+else
+	SRC_URI="https://github.com/ament/ament_cmake/archive/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${ROS_PN}-${PV}.tar.gz"
+	S="${WORKDIR}/${ROS_PN}-${PV}/${PN}"
+fi
+
+DESCRIPTION="The core of the ament buildsystem in CMake"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/ament/ament_cmake"
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+if [ "${PV#9999}" != "${PV}" ] ; then
+	KEYWORDS=""
+else
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+fi
+IUSE=""
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-python/ament_package
+	dev-python/catkin_pkg
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+BDEPEND="
+	$(python_gen_any_dep 'dev-python/ament_package[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] dev-python/catkin_pkg[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]')
+	${PYTHON_DEPS}
+"
+
+python_check_deps() {
+	has_version "dev-python/ament_package[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]" && \
+		has_version "dev-python/catkin_pkg[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+}
diff --git a/dev-ros/ament_cmake_core/ament_cmake_core-9999.ebuild b/dev-ros/ament_cmake_core/ament_cmake_core-9999.ebuild
index 6e3eac947c366..91e4b417df78e 100644
--- a/dev-ros/ament_cmake_core/ament_cmake_core-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ros/ament_cmake_core/ament_cmake_core-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-# Copyright 2019 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 2019-2020 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{3_6,3_7} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{3_6,3_7,3_8} )
 
-inherit cmake-utils python-any-r1
+inherit cmake python-any-r1
 
 ROS_PN="ament_cmake"
 if [ "${PV#9999}" != "${PV}" ] ; then
@@ -39,3 +39,8 @@ BDEPEND="
 	$(python_gen_any_dep 'dev-python/ament_package[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] dev-python/catkin_pkg[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]')
 	${PYTHON_DEPS}
 "
+
+python_check_deps() {
+	has_version "dev-python/ament_package[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]" && \
+		has_version "dev-python/catkin_pkg[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+}