diff --git a/app-backup/burp/Manifest b/app-backup/burp/Manifest
index 83ef3e04a4e93..f9f24666294c2 100644
--- a/app-backup/burp/Manifest
+++ b/app-backup/burp/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST burp-2.4.0.tar.gz 624032 BLAKE2B 4a1ff48236dc631dd6d545480a33af3cdf8020c3088f1ca09ab66ac5cec8128d262b9b991bf9e3229c80f75a4746d338073a0a43fdb67a2fe21a0fd4f243469d SHA512 ea81a12e54c6d88b702dd09dc4fa5a724d1e322bdfba2643c9312a9077c9edc63f6ca0f6cb3a6ebecb6ad9feb1cc26c114277b2308d9903f4abb0442a9be7c19
+DIST burp-3.1.2.tar.gz 549260 BLAKE2B a8767d9ac2188e7a44fa2e8e4ba08dd3a5edeac268afcf196db5cae06e8bcc1faae1a48ba1873ef43fdbb9764946384233a755779e09984217b4334781529024 SHA512 a832502f617b66b87feeff032002bc25827809a165e3fb6ef85a9f3d847e308e9fa69f138b7e80662366fa3de09b39f7ef209b529d82c3d487dca11fe3ebcddf
diff --git a/app-backup/burp/burp-3.1.2.ebuild b/app-backup/burp/burp-3.1.2.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2d84d0488b114
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-backup/burp/burp-3.1.2.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit autotools systemd
+
+DESCRIPTION="Network backup and restore client and server for Unix and Windows"
+HOMEPAGE="https://burp.grke.org/"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/grke/${PN}/archive/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="AGPL-3"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~x86"
+IUSE="acl ipv6 test xattr"
+
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+COMMON_DEPEND="acct-group/burp
+	acct-user/burp
+	dev-libs/uthash
+	dev-libs/openssl:0=
+	net-libs/librsync:=
+	sys-libs/ncurses:0=
+	sys-libs/libcap
+	sys-libs/zlib
+	virtual/libcrypt:=
+	acl? ( sys-apps/acl )
+	xattr? ( sys-apps/attr )"
+DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
+	elibc_musl? ( sys-libs/queue-standalone )
+	test? ( dev-libs/check )"
+BDEPEND=">=sys-devel/autoconf-2.71
+	virtual/pkgconfig"
+RDEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
+	virtual/logger"
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-2.1.20-no_mkdir_run.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-2.0.54-server_user.patch
+)
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+
+	eautoreconf
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	local myeconfargs=(
+		--localstatedir=/var
+		--sysconfdir=/etc/burp
+		--enable-largefile
+		--runstatedir=/run
+		$(use_enable acl)
+		$(use_enable ipv6)
+		$(use_enable xattr)
+	)
+	econf "${myeconfargs[@]}"
+}
+
+src_test() {
+	# See https://github.com/grke/burp/issues/869
+	local -x CK_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT=10
+	default
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	default
+	keepdir /var/spool/burp
+	fowners -R root:${PN} /var/spool/burp
+	fperms 0770 /var/spool/burp
+
+	emake DESTDIR="${D}" install-configs
+	fowners -R root:${PN} /etc/burp
+	fperms 0750 /etc/burp
+	fperms 0640 /etc/burp/burp-server.conf
+	fperms 0750 /etc/burp/clientconfdir
+
+	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.initd ${PN}
+	systemd_dounit "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.service
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	elog "Burp ebuilds now support the autoupgrade mechanism in both"
+	elog "client and server mode. In both cases it is disabled by"
+	elog "default. You almost certainly do NOT want to enable it in"
+	elog "client mode because upgrades obtained this way will not be"
+	elog "managed by Portage."
+
+	if [[ ! -e ${EROOT}/etc/burp/CA/index.txt ]]; then
+		elog ""
+		elog "At first run burp server will generate DH parameters and SSL"
+		elog "certificates.  You should adjust configuration before."
+		elog "Server configuration is located at"
+		elog ""
+		elog "  ${EROOT}/etc/burp/burp-server.conf"
+		elog ""
+	fi
+
+	# According to PMS this can be a space-separated list of version
+	# numbers, even though in practice it is typically just one.
+	local oldver
+	for oldver in ${REPLACING_VERSIONS}; do
+		if [[ $(ver_cut 1 ${oldver}) -lt 2 ]]; then
+			ewarn "Starting with version 2.0.54 we no longer patch bedup to use"
+			ewarn "the server config file by default. If you use bedup, please"
+			ewarn "update your scripts to invoke it as"
+			ewarn ""
+			ewarn "  bedup -c ${EROOT}/etc/burp/burp-server.conf"
+			ewarn ""
+			ewarn "Otherwise deduplication will not work!"
+			break
+		fi
+	done
+}
diff --git a/profiles/package.mask b/profiles/package.mask
index 335676e416afc..10435070a8fbe 100644
--- a/profiles/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/package.mask
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@
 
 #--- END OF EXAMPLES ---
 
+# Anton Fischl <github@fischl-online.de> (2022-10-23)
+# Version 3.1.* is not meant for production according to upstream
+=app-backup/burp-3.1*
+
 # David Seifert <soap@gentoo.org> (2022-10-31)
 # EAPI 6, last release over 17 years ago, requires <ghostscript-gpl-10
 # drivers, relies on -Wimplicit-function-declaration.