diff --git a/net-dns/c-ares/Manifest b/net-dns/c-ares/Manifest
index 9075a9c8964e1..bd25a92ffae27 100644
--- a/net-dns/c-ares/Manifest
+++ b/net-dns/c-ares/Manifest
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ DIST c-ares-1.20.1.tar.gz 1599175 BLAKE2B 44d160e04dcbd78f0ad7c1f2eb3f34ff07017f
 DIST c-ares-1.20.1.tar.gz.asc 488 BLAKE2B 5a6a9e60dd3fb675cafbbf60c7b6c75b385786d1171afa9b1effcdf0187dbd044c93f6a0e87f685b5fdf2992892fdd760e2dc3246c196d011c157fc88bbb5ab4 SHA512 f0622f6df863c599028f20462fb6f5604f30243f51f382c8430abe2afbf3583cb6ffe527f0a38e646700d753d90fa9a2a4d197a7540b2fc9bed1d779fe3b43df
 DIST c-ares-1.21.0.tar.gz 1623742 BLAKE2B 708933603dfc6c0286e798b3244eb9d8bce500acb915a255b82e00133509e5c2ceaad6b9b4cd081fcd9193b64fdb72e4e7ff6deeca8eb1744124ab9239cacac0 SHA512 c526b0a28d8ea1c6a53215dfd52e8250c968513a667c5414459d97d46288da7e7a2193d757fc78225e56c6684b3d30e756dd3e5a31917e996c871773a34892ea
 DIST c-ares-1.21.0.tar.gz.asc 488 BLAKE2B b1985393dfc147abe729b5622c4c92585072173a169947caf1a9521d341dac2119e34691b96e31716df66a251dbba3a5284cddd4c47af0d0bd91e20576d5671e SHA512 0e75e51ebf97ec4ed0880811ddb60f741ea190c2e63011aad9a4233fe4e2481d0c660d401a5cf596fe257930365a366082c2b5faa34bb7b346d147cfc51392ff
+DIST c-ares-1.22.0.tar.gz 1662808 BLAKE2B 0f70c2cfe9e5076eaa97262a9b34d915d755618dc89884a2d743a0d47827bb99d2a1d1bb655aff92d8c85a19a4420a1e685d91f82b9f7a55cc2feb5daa27fd41 SHA512 b84b774090bbeae7ad2eabeb223a12474e42f2efcc4e2209fcda260b1fe29337549eb7827eb7f75475fade65b6e1ab719abdae0ff543309c1914aa9cef65cd01
+DIST c-ares-1.22.0.tar.gz.asc 488 BLAKE2B 93d378c92aef3ef1bfedc1d09ffb171c735c029c1d0440ea4e154db14b14d7eb68166fb00172dee20a826c39bd112bdc80b66ac23e7eb8bc6c47f0fe8f6fa412 SHA512 83c99f7d67a403628e407814c6829fb6ca14c102eec85bf9d3bb628677b3cba61343ca5d4fb06d95f2fa7df55681f3b1aebba2997b91c9156688075a445a1485
diff --git a/net-dns/c-ares/c-ares-1.22.0.ebuild b/net-dns/c-ares/c-ares-1.22.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8fbe8498c19b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-dns/c-ares/c-ares-1.22.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+VERIFY_SIG_OPENPGP_KEY_PATH=/usr/share/openpgp-keys/danielstenberg.asc
+inherit edo multilib-minimal verify-sig
+
+DESCRIPTION="C library that resolves names asynchronously"
+HOMEPAGE="https://c-ares.org/"
+SRC_URI="
+	https://c-ares.org/download/${P}.tar.gz
+	verify-sig? ( https://c-ares.org/download/${P}.tar.gz.asc )
+"
+
+# ISC for lib/{bitncmp.c,inet_ntop.c,inet_net_pton.c} (bug #912405)
+LICENSE="MIT ISC"
+# Subslot = SONAME of libcares.so.2
+SLOT="0/2"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~arm64-macos ~ppc-macos ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris"
+IUSE="static-libs test"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+BDEPEND="verify-sig? ( sec-keys/openpgp-keys-danielstenberg )"
+
+DOCS=( AUTHORS CHANGES NEWS README.md RELEASE-NOTES TODO )
+
+MULTILIB_WRAPPED_HEADERS=(
+	/usr/include/ares_build.h
+)
+
+QA_CONFIG_IMPL_DECL_SKIP=(
+	# Checking for obsolete headers
+	malloc
+	calloc
+	free
+
+	# Non-existent on Linux
+	closesocket
+	CloseSocket
+	ioctlsocket
+	bitncmp
+)
+
+multilib_src_configure() {
+	# These configure tests take a long time to run. The args one runs in O(n^4).
+	export ac_cv_func_getnameinfo='yes'
+	export ac_cv_func_recvfrom='yes'
+	export ac_cv_func_recv='yes'
+	export ac_cv_func_send='yes'
+	export curl_cv_func_getnameinfo_args='const struct sockaddr *,socklen_t,size_t,int'
+	export curl_cv_func_recv_args='int,void *,size_t,int,int'
+	export curl_cv_func_recvfrom_args='int,void *,size_t,int,struct sockaddr *,socklen_t *,int'
+	export curl_cv_func_send_args='int,const void *,size_t,int,int'
+	export curl_cv_getnameinfo='yes'
+	export curl_cv_recv='yes'
+	export curl_cv_recvfrom='yes'
+	export curl_cv_send='yes'
+
+	local myeconfargs=(
+		--cache-file="${BUILD_DIR}"/config.cache
+
+		--enable-nonblocking
+		--enable-symbol-hiding
+		$(use_enable static-libs static)
+		$(use_enable test tests)
+	)
+
+	# Needed for running unit tests only
+	# Violates sandbox and tests pass fine without
+	export ax_cv_uts_namespace=no
+	export ax_cv_user_namespace=no
+	ECONF_SOURCE="${S}" econf "${myeconfargs[@]}"
+}
+
+multilib_src_test() {
+	cd "${BUILD_DIR}"/test || die
+
+	# We're skipping the "real" network tests with the filter
+	# see https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/tree/main/test
+	local network_tests=(
+		# Most live tests have Live in the name
+		*Live*
+		# These don't but are still in ares-test-live.cc => live
+		*GetTCPSock*
+		*TimeoutValue*
+		*GetSock*
+		*GetSock_virtualized*
+		*VerifySocketFunctionCallback*
+		# Seems flaky, even run manually
+		# https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/commit/9e542a8839f81c990bb0dff14beeaf9aa6bcc18d
+		*MockUDPMaxQueriesTest.GetHostByNameParallelLookups*
+	)
+
+	# The format for disabling test1, test2, and test3 looks like:
+	# -test1:test2:test3
+	edo ./arestest --gtest_filter=-$(echo $(IFS=:; echo "${network_tests[*]}"))
+}
+
+multilib_src_install_all() {
+	einstalldocs
+
+	find "${ED}" -name "*.la" -delete || die
+}