diff --git a/sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs/Manifest b/sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs/Manifest
index 580fc5c7611f4..4a224a4c3d7e7 100644
--- a/sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs/Manifest
+++ b/sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST e2fsprogs-1.46.4.tar.xz 7035200 BLAKE2B 473f7fd3f521b94cdaa68e37784a518fc1919387dd114f31b5338f1b4c472f86b150229ec3dcae8b73eac95330c0dea729befc8cea08bcf1e455c0b6652d6d2b SHA512 7d9cfdf00ed58e66049585e8382fe4977088956421a0fb8155900c69afd8857309ad2b9301b3f74c9c0afa7287a0ddba2fd1538fcf57858b37a9ab712390016d
+DIST e2fsprogs-1.46.5.tar.xz 7040672 BLAKE2B 8d8c02e891c464782a7cff518c41d793fc73366b57e17d80ffc5afd96e6144e354290e667e9710509a9dde4e5dab7e7185c5bf084c5bfd26219f05e5e92e0830 SHA512 53282e1c524f62a95012b1aceef296d494f5238c82c9b08b29fbe6a803dbf7ccfdcd9124eb2f11fe2ff9de26387c78751a92c3217ca414f6db6242098a72d3fa
diff --git a/sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.46.5.ebuild b/sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.46.5.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..41da9ca3221dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.46.5.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+
+inherit toolchain-funcs multilib-minimal usr-ldscript
+
+MY_PN=${PN%-libs}
+MY_P="${MY_PN}-${PV}"
+
+DESCRIPTION="e2fsprogs libraries (common error and subsystem)"
+HOMEPAGE="http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/"
+SRC_URI="https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tytso/e2fsprogs/v${PV}/${MY_P}.tar.xz"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~x86-solaris"
+IUSE="static-libs"
+
+RDEPEND="!sys-libs/com_err
+	!sys-libs/ss
+	!<sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.41.8"
+BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"
+
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.42.13-fix-build-cflags.patch #516854
+)
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+
+	cp doc/RelNotes/v${PV}.txt ChangeLog || die "Failed to copy Release Notes"
+}
+
+multilib_src_configure() {
+	local myconf=(
+		--enable-elf-shlibs
+		$(tc-has-tls || echo --disable-tls)
+		--disable-e2initrd-helper
+		--disable-fsck
+	)
+
+	# we use blkid/uuid from util-linux now
+	if use kernel_linux ; then
+		export ac_cv_lib_{uuid_uuid_generate,blkid_blkid_get_cache}=yes
+		myconf+=( --disable-lib{blkid,uuid} )
+	fi
+
+	ac_cv_path_LDCONFIG=: \
+	ECONF_SOURCE="${S}" \
+	CC="$(tc-getCC)" \
+	BUILD_CC="$(tc-getBUILD_CC)" \
+	BUILD_LD="$(tc-getBUILD_LD)" \
+	econf "${myconf[@]}"
+}
+
+multilib_src_compile() {
+	emake -C lib/et V=1
+
+	emake -C lib/ss V=1
+}
+
+multilib_src_test() {
+	if multilib_is_native_abi; then
+		emake -C lib/et V=1 check
+
+		emake -C lib/ss V=1 check
+	fi
+}
+
+multilib_src_install() {
+	emake -C lib/et V=1 DESTDIR="${D}" install
+
+	emake -C lib/ss V=1 DESTDIR="${D}" install
+
+	# We call "gen_usr_ldscript -a" to ensure libs are present in /lib to support
+	# split /usr (e.g. "e2fsck" from sys-fs/e2fsprogs is installed in /sbin and
+	# links to libcom_err.so).
+	gen_usr_ldscript -a com_err ss $(usex kernel_linux '' 'uuid blkid')
+
+	if ! use static-libs ; then
+		find "${ED}" -name '*.a' -delete || die
+	fi
+}
+
+multilib_src_install_all() {
+	# Package installs same header twice -- use symlink instead
+	dosym et/com_err.h /usr/include/com_err.h
+
+	einstalldocs
+}