diff --git a/dev-util/cproto/Manifest b/dev-util/cproto/Manifest
index dc6efa1eb7c35..1cb79a825005a 100644
--- a/dev-util/cproto/Manifest
+++ b/dev-util/cproto/Manifest
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ DIST cproto-4.7y.tgz 197318 BLAKE2B 89e09183b582e822dd329a77b792170d6a8bf2dd49bc
 DIST cproto-4.7y.tgz.asc 729 BLAKE2B 5084a505dd8a8ecd39cd8b2ba0da32bda756ea986319b4ed39525cdbda53fef2fe53537ade190060a0c04228538d5ecde88020574431081b7ebf7daab4454e67 SHA512 147e93ab5b896c6c571d9d16c8158033441f37137ca04c07d23a74ad40461d24eb97ef4e992c79724eb282a1ac385c32ad883a0611f9b613713331f05cfb2f73
 DIST cproto-4.8.tgz 198444 BLAKE2B 33befea2e35600365aba2f0aee489062b0ac90d7bed42db5b384f6d09f5c92dbe7a8ba610ca10adbc58550137f6c13f9d3f9c395db2468f089cdc4372d63c875 SHA512 30105ff4621f65eee2307c3f91dcbddd1516e1908a2f073a5072525c2852694a385076481fc8c7e2319bbf2463e05a412feb6de92c1aed1a1bd26bbfa0c35819
 DIST cproto-4.8.tgz.asc 729 BLAKE2B 4ce775276ecf09805603e631e90e1f4b955b29dcd30dbc5833c7a628015160e687f8797122ac4427129cc172d2b2af5aabd4d88b2891a5a15e4e1142159bd8c5 SHA512 206a732315f3ad9e9e6687161d5bff597ead4aeb78dca14c1f16418a82f7448058ec83ce5c89bb262271ea105458afed3f9f3de93dbed84d92c20768a06ae170
+DIST cproto-4.8a.tgz 198804 BLAKE2B 4ec447ef8c212a1705742354ac51983d0241188e9d84060a008c3e5525174c4227c651b42888b8e77f849d746993c508725d43cd1dba51e98f926e6a8591a22d SHA512 14a2cc6508e16a064b94f339af3e157188505097e1a3f8eeab5187e2b084ce6131761df36debef6f0f7de7ae7338252bac02e7adb4731f3d0d50827c2c5f9f12
+DIST cproto-4.8a.tgz.asc 729 BLAKE2B 2d4866ee13a1ed511d5b6fe718be5e9f5eb04a7107c70ae8dbd3df80ae48b0fd763174247ddd0b5e09234d8839f17a159462b6dbbd6051c4a0ff72006acb34d4 SHA512 d61429800d96771cdf2c82a09c2d8d93e2c21f6224773368766fd324a448e76d67c2978e32cc574b33e549dd9a0bba6eba8a82540973ef9c104254bccc95d552
diff --git a/dev-util/cproto/cproto-4.8a.ebuild b/dev-util/cproto/cproto-4.8a.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..690dd5110fc7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/cproto/cproto-4.8a.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+VERIFY_SIG_OPENPGP_KEY_PATH=/usr/share/openpgp-keys/thomasdickey.asc
+inherit verify-sig
+
+DESCRIPTION="Generate C function prototypes from C source code"
+HOMEPAGE="https://invisible-island.net/cproto/"
+SRC_URI="https://invisible-island.net/archives/${PN}/${P}.tgz"
+SRC_URI+=" verify-sig? ( https://invisible-island.net/archives/${PN}/${P}.tgz.asc )"
+
+LICENSE="public-domain"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc ~x86"
+
+DEPEND="app-alternatives/lex"
+BDEPEND="
+	app-alternatives/lex
+	app-alternatives/yacc
+	dev-util/gperf
+	verify-sig? ( sec-keys/openpgp-keys-thomasdickey )
+"