diff --git a/dev-util/catkin/Manifest b/dev-util/catkin/Manifest
index eb5a467252880..f02e164bcf861 100644
--- a/dev-util/catkin/Manifest
+++ b/dev-util/catkin/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST catkin-0.6.16.tar.gz 199054 SHA256 2cb7efdaecc238a156929861645c5cfd96977a8606fb7765e131304072d1c82c SHA512 907e3545e74e798e76e66cf24fa58ae9385a309a42e251e4871f4bee28026ed05faf50950b0deb8c3e2d234dafa1188031759c3acbc53a31fd35a7e3e29c1ef6 WHIRLPOOL 9c2c5e51e6e6d1d8b47c1b6d1061471de8d34304fb6fe2df19beccd68b6595c591ca3318ba72c0261b11e96c11d58998d180f44749127cec6cf7d5d38a1e9ac3
+DIST catkin-0.7.0.tar.gz 199935 SHA256 253508b40241ceb334eddfd70b0eef791cc0b48fa303ef4968e364c3ebde4d00 SHA512 58823ee3f3bb071c0508f97fc288eefed65cb76aa72e69a18e4a1c493f092e7e1cefd2af4836edf276740118f83429c3f44ad1e91ab51afdd6c20ae9eb21a6e1 WHIRLPOOL 673efad52e115b3c96e56453081d90bf435515fa3cf2c5e646b6fefecf3ff0a31499c3132c3b292b424baeb41892af71b112cde6054567aacb4184b5bb9c4100
diff --git a/dev-util/catkin/catkin-0.7.0.ebuild b/dev-util/catkin/catkin-0.7.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f9a32a87c9f06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/catkin/catkin-0.7.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2014 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Id$
+
+EAPI=5
+
+SCM=""
+if [ "${PV#9999}" != "${PV}" ] ; then
+	SCM="git-r3"
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="http://github.com/ros/catkin"
+fi
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_3,3_4,3_5} )
+
+inherit ${SCM} cmake-utils python-r1 python-utils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Cmake macros and associated python code used to build some parts of ROS"
+HOMEPAGE="http://wiki.ros.org/catkin"
+if [ "${PV#9999}" != "${PV}" ] ; then
+	SRC_URI=""
+	KEYWORDS=""
+else
+	SRC_URI="http://github.com/ros/catkin/archive/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm"
+fi
+
+LICENSE="BSD"
+SLOT="0"
+IUSE="test"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-python/catkin_pkg[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/empy[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	test? ( dev-python/nose[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] dev-python/mock[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )"
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}/tests.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/distutils.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/catkin_prefix_path.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/gnuinstalldirs.patch"
+)
+
+src_prepare() {
+	# fix libdir
+	sed -i \
+		-e 's:LIBEXEC_DESTINATION lib:LIBEXEC_DESTINATION libexec:' \
+		-e 's:}/lib:}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}:' \
+		-e 's:DESTINATION lib):DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}):' \
+		-e 's:DESTINATION lib/:DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/:' \
+		-e 's:PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR lib:PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}:' \
+		cmake/*.cmake || die
+	cmake-utils_src_prepare
+}
+
+catkin_src_configure_internal() {
+	mycmakeargs+=( -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE="${PYTHON}" )
+	python_export PYTHON_SCRIPTDIR
+	cmake-utils_src_configure
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		"$(cmake-utils_use test CATKIN_ENABLE_TESTING)"
+		"-DCATKIN_BUILD_BINARY_PACKAGE=ON"
+		)
+	python_foreach_impl catkin_src_configure_internal
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	python_foreach_impl cmake-utils_src_compile
+}
+
+src_test() {
+	unset PYTHON_SCRIPTDIR
+	python_foreach_impl cmake-utils_src_test
+}
+
+catkin_src_install_internal() {
+	python_export PYTHON_SCRIPTDIR
+	cmake-utils_src_install
+	if [ ! -f "${T}/.catkin_python_symlinks_generated" ]; then
+		dodir /usr/bin
+		for i in "${D}/${PYTHON_SCRIPTDIR}"/* ; do
+			dosym ../lib/python-exec/python-exec2 "/usr/bin/${i##*/}" || die
+		done
+		touch "${T}/.catkin_python_symlinks_generated"
+	fi
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	python_foreach_impl catkin_src_install_internal
+
+	doenvd "${FILESDIR}/40catkin"
+
+	# needed to be considered as a workspace
+	touch "${ED}/usr/.catkin"
+}