diff --git a/net-print/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr/Manifest b/net-print/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr/Manifest
index a4c4c5302646d..2a56dd6a2f2f9 100644
--- a/net-print/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr/Manifest
+++ b/net-print/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST epson-inkjet-printer-escpr-1.8.6-1.tar.gz 5715741 BLAKE2B 0da5e0af022bf2ce42ef94631c984b8308562bcb8f1f47a8f50b77be09326a80e9495ddaf02becdf72e78e50041f73cdd558c96d72046600452de50bc68f1bc8 SHA512 d0040c99793ba33e54ec5f0137f3b672628f089a6cd792916c24fc5edab75702561dade91eb63cd4b3b8e898f7b4647c899ca425e1449a401c7ff562f8cc0f1e
+DIST epson-inkjet-printer-escpr-1.8.8-1.src.rpm 5274878 BLAKE2B 9c876fd321fee6dae734dd3f0442edd89d63c97a1702435ffbe65d077a5f5afcb79ab911c87a46c83a7c7e8264c6266591db3975e37b006a614981992703cc59 SHA512 85bcaff840fe4dfb256b42e5625e221ad273881b7bbeefafc53cff96ab4ddb91e0045fdfcdcf9e53a469385ec524077bfc40051429fba205b659c95741168a51
 DIST epson-inkjet-printer-escpr2-1.2.15-1.tar.gz 5560479 BLAKE2B 8180fe06df8175ec31044b0eec2a125b9567c11a827343401a07e59e8bd93e689617b9b29364374f1d6ba6d6bca320d6615f601791c59e966d3a4d63f7adbeb0 SHA512 62cd5161f65f8ca6f8c1a8bb755e06eb147d4a06b5f796a8068ed9235b3abf38e6ccb10e82bdd93fddc085b90a7f9332e024ba09679aa08490a05735c0372653
diff --git a/net-print/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr-1.8.8.ebuild b/net-print/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr-1.8.8.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9ecf5a2c11bb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-print/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr-1.8.8.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit autotools edos2unix rpm
+
+DESCRIPTION="Epson Inkjet Printer Driver (ESC/P-R)"
+HOMEPAGE="https://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/search/01/search/?OSC=LX"
+SRC_URI="${P}-1.src.rpm"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="amd64 ppc64"
+RESTRICT="fetch"
+
+DEPEND="net-print/cups"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}/${PV}-warnings.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-1.7.7-fnocommon.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-1.8-missing-include.patch"
+)
+
+pkg_nofetch() {
+	einfo "Please download ${SRC_URI} from:"
+	einfo "https://download-center.epson.com/search/?region=US&language=en"
+	einfo "and move it to your distfiles directory."
+}
+
+src_prepare() {
+	local f
+	for f in $(find ./ -type f || die); do
+		edos2unix "${f}"
+	done
+
+	eautoreconf
+	default
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	econf --disable-shared
+
+	# Makefile calls ls to generate a file list which is included in Makefile.am
+	# Set the collation to C to avoid automake being called automatically
+	unset LC_ALL
+	export LC_COLLATE=C
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	emake -C ppd DESTDIR="${D}" install
+	emake -C src DESTDIR="${D}" install
+	einstalldocs
+}
diff --git a/net-print/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr/files/1.8.8-warnings.patch b/net-print/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr/files/1.8.8-warnings.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3f01ee52ba4ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-print/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr/files/1.8.8-warnings.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+--- a/lib/epson-escpr-api.h	2026-03-19 07:42:36.886592312 -0400
++++ b/lib/epson-escpr-api.h	2026-03-19 07:48:42.364228918 -0400
+@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@ extern EPS_ERR_CODE epsGetUsersizeRange
+     /*** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+ extern EPS_ERR_CODE epsMakeMainteCmd     (EPS_INT32, EPS_UINT8*, EPS_UINT32*            );
+
++extern EPS_ERR_CODE SetupJobAttrib          (const EPS_JOB_ATTRIB*                      );
++extern EPS_ERR_CODE SendStartJob            (EPS_BOOL                                   );
++extern EPS_ERR_CODE PrintBand               (const EPS_UINT8*, EPS_UINT32, EPS_UINT32*  );
++
+ #ifdef __cplusplus
+ }
+ #endif
+--- a/src/filter.c	2026-03-19 07:43:28.517557190 -0400
++++ b/src/filter.c	2026-03-19 07:49:49.216432346 -0400
+@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@
+ 
+ #include "epson-protocol.h"
+ #include "epson-escpr-api.h"
++#include "epson-escpr-services.h"
+ #include "epson-escpr-mem.h"
++#include "epson-escpage.h"
+ 
+ #include "err.h"
+ #include "mem.h"
+@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@
+ #include "optBase.h"
+ #include "linux_cmn.h"
+ #include "custompage.h"
++#include "xfifo.h"
+ 
+ #define WIDTH_BYTES(bits) (((bits) + 31) / 32 * 4)
+ 
+--- a/src/mem.c	2026-03-19 07:43:34.625555671 -0400
++++ b/src/mem.c	2026-03-19 07:50:52.904484035 -0400
+@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
+ #endif
+ 
+ #include <stdlib.h>
++#include "err.h"
+ #include "mem.h"
+ 
+ void *
+--- a/src/wrapper.c	2026-03-19 07:43:45.227424448 -0400
++++ b/src/wrapper.c	2026-03-19 07:51:13.850794453 -0400
+@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
+ #include <signal.h>
+ 
+ #include "libprtX.h"
++#include "custompage.h"
+ 
+ #define HAVE_PPM_W 0
+