diff --git a/sys-devel/patch/Manifest b/sys-devel/patch/Manifest
index 15f0b1675c..4f9a5fe38c 100644
--- a/sys-devel/patch/Manifest
+++ b/sys-devel/patch/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST patch-2.7.6.tar.xz 783756 BLAKE2B e3dd2d155a94c39cb60eafc26677e84de14c3a6d5814dff69de091ded52f21862490970254297795f2c42a0c3203f7e88a8f65bb66968f8dfd6e066bf53f2dfb SHA512 fcca87bdb67a88685a8a25597f9e015f5e60197b9a269fa350ae35a7991ed8da553939b4bbc7f7d3cfd863c67142af403b04165633acbce4339056a905e87fbd
+DIST patch-2.8.tar.xz 907208 BLAKE2B 687f566201adb2e32c3832b911adaddd9994aacb25b66886d6315bfe2752e09fd551b3856a39024b8472b2d95efebf412d4a7c085812a13620de811073a397ad SHA512 d689d696660a662753e8660792733c3be0a94c76abfe7a28b0f9f70300c3a42d6437d081553a59bfde6e1b0d5ee13ed89be48d0b00b6da2cadbfc14a15ada603
diff --git a/sys-devel/patch/patch-2.8-r1.ebuild b/sys-devel/patch/patch-2.8-r1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..addfe38ee2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-devel/patch/patch-2.8-r1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI="7"
+
+inherit flag-o-matic
+
+DESCRIPTION="Utility to apply diffs to files"
+HOMEPAGE="https://www.gnu.org/software/patch/patch.html"
+SRC_URI="https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/patch/patch-2.8.tar.xz -> patch-2.8.tar.xz
+"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-3+"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="*"
+IUSE="static test xattr"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+RDEPEND="xattr? ( sys-apps/attr )"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	test? ( sys-apps/ed )"
+
+src_configure() {
+	use static && append-ldflags -static
+
+	local myeconfargs=(
+		$(use_enable xattr)
+		--program-prefix="$(use userland_BSD && echo g)"
+	)
+	# Do not let $ED mess up the search for `ed` 470210.
+	ac_cv_path_ED=$(type -P ed) \
+		econf "${myeconfargs[@]}"
+}
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