diff --git a/sys-apps/daemonize/daemonize-1.7.8-r2.ebuild b/sys-apps/daemonize/daemonize-1.7.8-r2.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0720c88c204db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-apps/daemonize/daemonize-1.7.8-r2.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DESCRIPTION="Runs a command as a Unix daemon"
+HOMEPAGE="https://software.clapper.org/daemonize/"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/bmc/${PN}/archive/release-${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-release-${PV}"
+
+LICENSE="BSD"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+
+DOCS=( {CHANGELOG,README}.md )
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.7.8-c23.patch
+)
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+	sed -i \
+		-e 's:\($(CC)\) $(CFLAGS) \(.*\.o\):\1 $(LDFLAGS) \2:' \
+		Makefile.in || die
+}
diff --git a/sys-apps/daemonize/files/daemonize-1.7.8-c23.patch b/sys-apps/daemonize/files/daemonize-1.7.8-c23.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e7e1baeb37fad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-apps/daemonize/files/daemonize-1.7.8-c23.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+https://bugs.gentoo.org/880439#c10
+--- a/getopt.c
++++ b/getopt.c
+@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@
+ #include <stdio.h>
+ /* We're ANSI now; we're guaranteed to have strchr(). */
+ #include <string.h>
++#include <unistd.h>
+ 
+ #define ERR(s, c)	if(x_opterr){\
+-	extern int write();\
+ 	char errbuf[2];\
+ 	errbuf[0] = c; errbuf[1] = '\n';\
+ 	(void) write(2, argv[0], (unsigned)strlen(argv[0]));\