diff --git a/dev-cpp/cpp-httplib/cpp-httplib-0.11.3.ebuild b/dev-cpp/cpp-httplib/cpp-httplib-0.11.3.ebuild
index 69ebbe1db7471..b7916da7774e7 100644
--- a/dev-cpp/cpp-httplib/cpp-httplib-0.11.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-cpp/cpp-httplib/cpp-httplib-0.11.3.ebuild
@@ -3,12 +3,38 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
-inherit cmake
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..11} )
+inherit cmake-multilib python-any-r1
 
-DESCRIPTION="C++ header-only HTTP/HTTPS server and client library"
+DESCRIPTION="C++ HTTP/HTTPS server and client library"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib"
 SRC_URI="https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
 
 LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="0"
+SLOT="0/0.11" # soversion
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+
+IUSE="brotli ssl zlib"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	brotli? ( app-arch/brotli:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+	ssl? ( dev-libs/openssl:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+	zlib? ( sys-libs/zlib[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+BDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}"
+
+src_configure() {
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		-DHTTPLIB_COMPILE=yes
+		-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=yes
+		-DHTTPLIB_USE_BROTLI_IF_AVAILABLE=no
+		-DHTTPLIB_USE_OPENSSL_IF_AVAILABLE=no
+		-DHTTPLIB_USE_ZLIB_IF_AVAILABLE=no
+		-DHTTPLIB_REQUIRE_BROTLI=$(usex brotli)
+		-DHTTPLIB_REQUIRE_OPENSSL=$(usex ssl)
+		-DHTTPLIB_REQUIRE_ZLIB=$(usex zlib)
+		-DPython3_EXECUTABLE="${PYTHON}"
+	)
+	cmake-multilib_src_configure
+}
diff --git a/dev-cpp/cpp-httplib/metadata.xml b/dev-cpp/cpp-httplib/metadata.xml
index 69c77c0d5d184..f4f5863299dfc 100644
--- a/dev-cpp/cpp-httplib/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-cpp/cpp-httplib/metadata.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
+	<maintainer type="person" proxied="yes">
+		<email>alexey+gentoo@asokolov.org</email>
+		<name>Alexey Sokolov</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<maintainer type="project" proxied="proxy">
+		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<use>
+		<flag name="brotli">Enable <pkg>app-arch/brotli</pkg> support</flag>
+	</use>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">yhirose/cpp-httplib</remote-id>
 		<bugs-to>https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/issues</bugs-to>