diff --git a/app-emulation/rkt/Manifest b/app-emulation/rkt/Manifest
index 0760beea8977c..44cb1e13f3ccb 100644
--- a/app-emulation/rkt/Manifest
+++ b/app-emulation/rkt/Manifest
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diff --git a/app-emulation/rkt/rkt-1.11.0.ebuild b/app-emulation/rkt/rkt-1.11.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c9e4a2f0d4374
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-emulation/rkt/rkt-1.11.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Id$
+
+EAPI=6
+
+inherit autotools flag-o-matic systemd toolchain-funcs
+
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+
+PXE_VERSION="1097.0.0"
+PXE_SYSTEMD_VERSION="v229"
+KVM_LINUX_VERSION="4.3.1"
+KVMTOOL_VERSION="d62653e177597251c24494a6dda60acd6d846671"
+PXE_URI="http://alpha.release.core-os.net/amd64-usr/${PXE_VERSION}/coreos_production_pxe_image.cpio.gz"
+PXE_FILE="${PN}-pxe-${PXE_VERSION}.img"
+
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/coreos/${PN}/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz
+rkt_stage1_coreos? ( $PXE_URI -> $PXE_FILE )
+rkt_stage1_kvm? (
+	https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/will/kvmtool/+archive/${KVMTOOL_VERSION}.tar.gz -> kvmtool-${KVMTOOL_VERSION}.tar.gz
+	mirror://kernel/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-${KVM_LINUX_VERSION}.tar.xz
+	${PXE_URI} -> ${PXE_FILE}
+)
+rkt_stage1_src? ( https://github.com/systemd/systemd/archive/${PXE_SYSTEMD_VERSION}.tar.gz -> systemd-${PXE_SYSTEMD_VERSION#v}.tar.gz )"
+
+DESCRIPTION="A CLI for running app containers, and an implementation of the App
+Container Spec."
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/coreos/rkt"
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+IUSE="doc examples +rkt_stage1_coreos +rkt_stage1_fly rkt_stage1_host rkt_stage1_kvm rkt_stage1_src +actool systemd"
+REQUIRED_USE="|| ( rkt_stage1_coreos rkt_stage1_fly rkt_stage1_host rkt_stage1_kvm rkt_stage1_src ) rkt_stage1_host? ( systemd )"
+
+DEPEND=">=dev-lang/go-1.5
+	app-arch/cpio
+	app-crypt/trousers
+	sys-fs/squashfs-tools
+	dev-perl/Capture-Tiny
+	rkt_stage1_src? ( >=sys-apps/util-linux-2.27 )"
+
+RDEPEND="!app-emulation/rocket
+	rkt_stage1_host? ( systemd? (
+		>=sys-apps/systemd-222
+		app-shells/bash:0
+	) )"
+
+BUILDDIR="build-${P}"
+STAGE1_DEFAULT_LOCATION="/usr/share/rkt/stage1.aci"
+
+src_unpack() {
+	local x
+	for x in ${A}; do
+		case ${x} in
+			*.img|linux-*) continue ;;
+			kvmtool-*)
+				mkdir kvmtool || die
+				pushd kvmtool >/dev/null || die
+				unpack ${x}
+				popd >/dev/null || die
+				;;
+			*)
+				unpack ${x}
+		esac
+	done
+}
+
+src_prepare() {
+	eapply_user
+
+	# disable git fetch of systemd
+	sed -e 's~^include makelib/git.mk$~'\
+'ifneq ($(wildcard $(RKT_STAGE1_SYSTEMD_SRC)),)\n\n'\
+'get_systemd_sources: | $(UFS_SYSTEMDDIR)\n'\
+'\tmv "$(RKT_STAGE1_SYSTEMD_SRC)" "$(UFS_SYSTEMD_SRCDIR)"\n\n'\
+'$(UFS_SYSTEMD_CONFIGURE): get_systemd_sources\n\n'\
+'else ifneq ($(wildcard $(UFS_SYSTEMD_SRCDIR)),)\n\n'\
+'else\n'\
+'\t\0\n'\
+'endif~' -i stage1/usr_from_src/usr_from_src.mk || die
+
+	# disable git fetch of kvmtool
+	sed -e 's~^include makelib/git.mk$~'\
+'ifneq ($(wildcard $(shell echo "$${WORKDIR}/kvmtool")),)\n\n'\
+'$(call forward-vars, get_lkvm_sources, LKVM_SRCDIR)\n'\
+'get_lkvm_sources: | $(LKVM_TMPDIR)\n'\
+'\tmv "$${WORKDIR}/kvmtool" "$(LKVM_SRCDIR)"\n\n'\
+'$(LKVM_PATCH_STAMP): get_lkvm_sources\n\n'\
+'else ifneq ($(wildcard $(LKVM_SRCDIR)),)\n\n'\
+'else\n'\
+'\t\0\n'\
+'endif~' -i stage1/usr_from_kvm/lkvm.mk || die
+
+	# disable fetch of kernel sources
+	sed -e 's|wget .*|ln -s "$${DISTDIR}/linux-'${KVM_LINUX_VERSION}'.tar.xz" "$@"|' \
+		-i stage1/usr_from_kvm/kernel.mk || die
+
+	if use rkt_stage1_host; then
+		# Make systemdUnitsPath consistent with host
+		sed -e 's|\(systemdUnitsPath := \).*|\1"'$(systemd_get_systemunitdir)'"|' \
+			-i stage1/init/init.go || die
+	fi
+
+	eautoreconf
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	local flavors myeconfargs=(
+		--with-stage1-default-images-directory="/usr/share/rkt"
+		--with-stage1-default-location="${STAGE1_DEFAULT_LOCATION}"
+	)
+
+	use systemd || myeconfargs+=( --enable-sdjournal=no )
+
+	# enable flavors (first is default)
+	use rkt_stage1_host && flavors+=",host"
+	use rkt_stage1_src && flavors+=",src"
+	use rkt_stage1_coreos && flavors+=",coreos"
+	use rkt_stage1_fly && flavors+=",fly"
+	use rkt_stage1_kvm && flavors+=",kvm"
+	myeconfargs+=( --with-stage1-flavors="${flavors#,}" )
+
+	if use rkt_stage1_src; then
+		myeconfargs+=(
+			--with-stage1-systemd-version=${PXE_SYSTEMD_VERSION}
+			--with-stage1-systemd-src="${WORKDIR}/systemd-${PXE_SYSTEMD_VERSION#v}"
+		)
+	fi
+
+	if use rkt_stage1_coreos || use rkt_stage1_kvm; then
+		myeconfargs+=(
+			--with-coreos-local-pxe-image-path="${DISTDIR}/${PXE_FILE}"
+			--with-coreos-local-pxe-image-systemd-version="${PXE_SYSTEMD_VERSION}"
+		)
+	fi
+
+	# Go's 6l linker does not support PIE, disable so cgo binaries
+	# which use 6l+gcc for linking can be built correctly.
+	if gcc-specs-pie; then
+		append-ldflags -nopie
+	fi
+
+	export CC=$(tc-getCC)
+	export CGO_ENABLED=1
+	export CGO_CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
+	export CGO_CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS}"
+	export CGO_CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}"
+	export CGO_LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
+	export BUILDDIR
+
+	econf "${myeconfargs[@]}"
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	local arch=${ARCH}
+	case ${arch} in
+		amd64) arch=x86_64;;
+	esac
+	ARCH=${arch} emake
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	dodoc README.md
+	use doc && dodoc -r Documentation
+	use examples && dodoc -r examples
+	use actool && dobin "${S}/${BUILDDIR}/tools/actool"
+
+	dobin "${S}/${BUILDDIR}/target/bin/rkt"
+
+	insinto /usr/share/rkt
+	doins "${S}/${BUILDDIR}/target/bin/"*.aci
+
+	# create symlink for default stage1 image path
+	if use rkt_stage1_host; then
+		dosym stage1-host.aci "${STAGE1_DEFAULT_LOCATION}"
+	elif use rkt_stage1_src; then
+		dosym stage1-src.aci "${STAGE1_DEFAULT_LOCATION}"
+	elif use rkt_stage1_coreos; then
+		dosym stage1-coreos.aci "${STAGE1_DEFAULT_LOCATION}"
+	elif use rkt_stage1_fly; then
+		dosym stage1-fly.aci "${STAGE1_DEFAULT_LOCATION}"
+	elif use rkt_stage1_kvm; then
+		dosym stage1-kvm.aci "${STAGE1_DEFAULT_LOCATION}"
+	fi
+
+	systemd_dounit "${S}"/dist/init/systemd/${PN}-gc.service
+	systemd_dounit "${S}"/dist/init/systemd/${PN}-gc.timer
+	systemd_dounit "${S}"/dist/init/systemd/${PN}-metadata.service
+	systemd_dounit "${S}"/dist/init/systemd/${PN}-metadata.socket
+}