diff --git a/app-emulation/containerd/Manifest b/app-emulation/containerd/Manifest
index 8317dba98743d..09155d9b56abb 100644
--- a/app-emulation/containerd/Manifest
+++ b/app-emulation/containerd/Manifest
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ DIST containerd-1.0.3.tar.gz 3776722 BLAKE2B 31e9f2e56b23d09341e4cdd546198233517
 DIST containerd-1.1.1.tar.gz 5123253 BLAKE2B e3e14311f4b444531b9b5d22ad7babd3fe9e7f4bf540c98153ebfc7445c34dad9c1268863e90a383bdab8630fc6576d1425e3e6a7f37e25fe6fb392aac389e2f SHA512 429070dbe0b486f8bbf5411c037e020f50fd008741091d6db1c13a0b526b2b4d0b22bb458401dd2ed142dc34e9bdcbd1ea30eabba39f11a50c294b94ce9867bd
 DIST containerd-1.1.2.tar.gz 5124208 BLAKE2B d989519d6bef4e12d1fa04aa00bfee223e94676a90525304d4357f4caf46326b4d2b897b885e9e137fe01ce66b93bc92fb7da7bd2b5dd5019edda5bb0bbc6d0a SHA512 fe4121a43e72a354cd87577b5227f2c2e0d54674244001e6fdb695da78873b3fd3f46b6bda6bbd0c8793b33f50e0d725cb356bb75b789a273c862bbe7d4f719c
 DIST containerd-1.1.4.tar.gz 5328134 BLAKE2B cb69f9bd80bc279ae2bd85c75152dacdbdf13df9aa2efae2453c11bf6ea9b990a4e8ec3cb07778ff1b07ef2fbc05d19bb5714616fa5618f590dc8c5b5c2b2bd0 SHA512 c51b3168b8d8121b1479f75f5ba21280848bb1cbed2d2c4a7e315ec24d1805fc9c512a1fc53e8e8fc32e150c7f2becb8daca0ecab4eaf760b3274c11fbcd6ea8
+DIST containerd-1.2.0.tar.gz 4605096 BLAKE2B 5bcfb252933d4f8d5ab6c7e91505cfec34137545121440cd6935e05cd3c62a4969fff8b90b628634c01cc9a4dc3901c307604ab30f45a03dd20112653da9437d SHA512 f7e1ede8db253c666dc9d68642951a427722945da60acf8631312377c84aab14c7a8b14e81f9a63ab8f909d25eb55911c0f2eef68f11380c66cd77bada8577bd
diff --git a/app-emulation/containerd/containerd-1.2.0.ebuild b/app-emulation/containerd/containerd-1.2.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d7d5430a826a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-emulation/containerd/containerd-1.2.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=6
+EGO_PN="github.com/containerd/${PN}"
+
+inherit toolchain-funcs
+
+if [[ ${PV} == *9999 ]]; then
+	inherit golang-vcs
+else
+	MY_PV="${PV/_rc/-rc.}"
+	EGIT_COMMIT="v${MY_PV}"
+	CONTAINERD_COMMIT="c4446665cb9c30056f4998ed953e6d4ff22c7c39"
+	SRC_URI="https://${EGO_PN}/archive/${EGIT_COMMIT}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc64"
+	inherit golang-vcs-snapshot
+fi
+
+DESCRIPTION="A daemon to control runC"
+HOMEPAGE="https://containerd.tools"
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+IUSE="apparmor +btrfs +cri hardened +seccomp"
+
+DEPEND="btrfs? ( sys-fs/btrfs-progs )
+	seccomp? ( sys-libs/libseccomp )"
+RDEPEND="|| ( >=app-emulation/docker-runc-1.0.0_rc4
+	>=app-emulation/runc-1.0.0_rc4 )
+	seccomp? ( sys-libs/libseccomp )"
+
+S=${WORKDIR}/${P}/src/${EGO_PN}
+
+RESTRICT="test"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+	if [[ ${PV} != *9999* ]]; then
+		sed -i -e "s/git describe --match.*$/echo ${PV})/"\
+			-e "s/git rev-parse HEAD.*$/echo $CONTAINERD_COMMIT)/"\
+			-e "s/-s -w//" \
+			Makefile || die
+	fi
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	local options=( $(usex btrfs "" "no_btrfs") $(usex cri "" "no_cri") $(usex seccomp "seccomp" "") $(usex apparmor "apparmor" "") )
+	export GOPATH="${WORKDIR}/${P}" # ${PWD}/vendor
+	LDFLAGS=$(usex hardened '-extldflags -fno-PIC' '') BUILDTAGS="${options[@]}" emake
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	dobin bin/containerd{-shim,-stress,} bin/ctr
+}