diff --git a/sys-libs/libcap/Manifest b/sys-libs/libcap/Manifest
index 317212c29..64d000181 100644
--- a/sys-libs/libcap/Manifest
+++ b/sys-libs/libcap/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST libcap-2.27.tar.xz 67780 BLAKE2B 7b58d7afdd90281771a302cd9554f067b9e3636b0c052935973d8a0d890490c3933b3513874b788a8c10e37ab5ad9cfa766408c9629b7c8562cb17bfdef87747 SHA512 e32335fd3e0d1564574acc73df7030b5b0fd98875217bffabd76f2765f1a7a6f1369f03df2ee22a1782776838784e342378c10613ea1163d53ae5055ab6a62b6
 DIST libcap-2.77.tar.gz 268203 BLAKE2B dc535a8e7657472d1246597729c635c738d6748b4a3e01a297f4fdb5217fb3ee3f16451cc7ca3226a5dbebc712991ec1d75bb963440b04abe1434ac68942f7fb SHA512 e4b3c324e7f17f93405db13ed4eb0a72f31b910f41b844cc4bd4ca9257771ce2e00e82f5c791d55bed16cf618cb2014146fee35744ae8015e1c00d196d7bc87e
+DIST libcap-2.78.tar.gz 269936 BLAKE2B ef6144ddc2ff91a66f84e67eb3816af0c272c66010b845609e7f3153f80c60b121ef842e589d05f85654a86522b3c4d6628b555146cab9afbe1531665752906b SHA512 a6d702fc538206c3dc814a8231d5340b388f9864c171e8c489bbf12dedae1cfad9a61c4f97eb9c187961b7f1bc795d29efcac958e6f8a0a971a2025beaa01805
diff --git a/sys-libs/libcap/libcap-2.78.ebuild b/sys-libs/libcap/libcap-2.78.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..974d602e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-libs/libcap/libcap-2.78.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# Autogen by MARK Devkit
+
+EAPI=7
+inherit pam toolchain-funcs
+
+DESCRIPTION="POSIX 1003.1e capabilities"
+HOMEPAGE="https://sites.google.com/site/fullycapable/"
+SRC_URI="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libcap/libcap.git/snapshot/libcap-2.78.tar.gz -> libcap-2.78.tar.gz"
+LICENSE="|| ( GPL-2 BSD ) pam? ( || ( LGPL-2+ BSD ) )"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="*"
+IUSE="pam +static-libs tools"
+BDEPEND="sys-apps/diffutils tools? ( dev-lang/go )
+"
+RDEPEND="pam? ( sys-libs/pam )
+	
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	sys-kernel/linux-headers
+	
+"
+run_emake() {
+	local args=(
+		exec_prefix="${EPREFIX}"
+		lib_prefix="${EPREFIX}/usr"
+		lib="$(get_libdir)"
+		prefix="${EPREFIX}/usr"
+		PAM_CAP="$(usex pam yes no)"
+		DYNAMIC=yes
+		GOLANG="$(usex tools yes no)"
+	)
+	emake "${args[@]}" "$@"
+}
+src_compile() {
+	local BUILD_CC
+	tc-export_build_env BUILD_CC
+	run_emake
+}
+src_install() {
+	run_emake DESTDIR="${D}" install
+	gen_usr_ldscript -a cap
+	if ! use static-libs; then
+	  rm "${ED}"/usr/$(get_libdir)/lib{cap,psx}.a || die
+	fi
+	# install pam plugins ourselves
+	if [[ -d "${ED%/}"/usr/$(get_libdir)/security ]] ; then
+	  rm -rf "${ED}"/usr/$(get_libdir)/security || die
+	fi
+	if use pam; then
+	  dopammod pam_cap/pam_cap.so
+	  dopamsecurity '' pam_cap/capability.conf
+	fi
+}
+
+
+# vim: filetype=ebuild