diff --git a/net-analyzer/labrea/files/labrea-2.5-pcap_open.patch b/net-analyzer/labrea/files/labrea-2.5-pcap_open.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7c918dfa15f35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-analyzer/labrea/files/labrea-2.5-pcap_open.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+--- a/src/pcaputil.c
++++ b/src/pcaputil.c
+@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
+ #include "pcaputil.h"
+ 
+ pcap_t *
+-pcap_open(char *device)
++labrea_pcap_open(char *device)
+ {
+ 	char ebuf[PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE];
+ 	pcap_t *pcap;
+--- a/src/lbio.c
++++ b/src/lbio.c
+@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
+   /*
+    * Open the WinPcap device for sniffing
+    */
+-  if ((io.pcap = pcap_open(io.adapter_name_list[j])) == NULL) {
++  if ((io.pcap = labrea_pcap_open(io.adapter_name_list[j])) == NULL) {
+     warnx("*** Couldn't open WinPcap adapter" );
+     return(-1);
+   }
+@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
+       util_clean_exit(1);
+ 
+   } else { /* open Unix pcap device for sniffing */
+-    if ((io.pcap = pcap_open(io.ifent->intf_name)) == NULL) {
++    if ((io.pcap = labrea_pcap_open(io.ifent->intf_name)) == NULL) {
+       warnx("*** Couldn't open pcap device for sniffing" );
+       util_clean_exit(1);
+     }
+--- a/inc/pcaputil.h
++++ b/inc/pcaputil.h
+@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
+ #endif
+ 
+ 
+-pcap_t * pcap_open(char *device);
++pcap_t * labrea_pcap_open(char *device);
+ int	pcap_dloff(pcap_t *pcap);
+ int	pcap_filter(pcap_t *pcap, const char *fmt, ...);
+ void	pcap_stat (pcap_t *pd);
diff --git a/net-analyzer/labrea/labrea-2.5-r3.ebuild b/net-analyzer/labrea/labrea-2.5-r3.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1d43736622c7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-analyzer/labrea/labrea-2.5-r3.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=6
+inherit autotools
+
+DESCRIPTION="'Sticky' Honeypot and IDS"
+HOMEPAGE="http://labrea.sourceforge.net/"
+SRC_URI="mirror://sourceforge/${PN}/${P}-stable-1.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~ppc ~x86"
+
+DEPEND="
+	net-libs/libpcap
+	>=dev-libs/libdnet-1.7
+"
+RDEPEND="
+	${DEPEND}
+"
+
+MY_P="${P}-stable-1"
+S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}
+
+DOCS=( AUTHORS ChangeLog README TODO NEWS )
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-stable-1-incdir.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-pcap_open.patch
+)
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+	eautoreconf
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	default
+	newdoc INSTALL README.first
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	ewarn "Before using this package READ the INSTALL and README"
+	ewarn "as the author states that it can cause serious problems on your network"
+}