diff --git a/media-libs/nv-codec-headers/Manifest b/media-libs/nv-codec-headers/Manifest
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+DIST nv-codec-headers-8.1.24.1.tar.xz 44672 BLAKE2B 52bd3d7abe6887b270c3c04c5416fb481f77c4b4516527e0439681460e69e3a5a288ddad8e752a111b3109fbde4dae78c0660892a8ee8b284d1b06b32eb92ea8 SHA512 aa63141d234c0bd5f9cb7f568c54a10119e3f0270f7c344030c684865ef0f33106f1a45ce59dd8189c3b7493ee1522f9ba558a667d75bea68b738522e7dc1d11
diff --git a/media-libs/nv-codec-headers/metadata.xml b/media-libs/nv-codec-headers/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+  <maintainer type="project">
+    <email>media-video@gentoo.org</email>
+  </maintainer>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/media-libs/nv-codec-headers/nv-codec-headers-8.1.24.1.ebuild b/media-libs/nv-codec-headers/nv-codec-headers-8.1.24.1.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=6
+
+inherit multilib-minimal
+
+DESCRIPTION="FFmpeg version of headers required to interface with Nvidias codec APIs"
+HOMEPAGE="https://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg/nv-codec-headers.git"
+SRC_URI="mirror://gentoo/${P}.tar.xz"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+IUSE=""
+
+DEPEND=""
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
+	>=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-390.25[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+"
+
+# Snapshot from:
+# EGIT_REPO_URI="https://git.videolan.org/git/ffmpeg/nv-codec-headers.git"
+# EGIT_COMMIT="n${PV}"
+
+S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	multilib_copy_sources
+	default
+}
+
+multilib_src_compile() {
+	emake PREFIX="${EPREFIX}/usr" LIBDIR="$(get_libdir)"
+}
+
+multilib_src_install() {
+	emake PREFIX="${EPREFIX}/usr" LIBDIR="$(get_libdir)" DESTDIR="${D}" install
+}