diff --git a/sci-electronics/kicad-meta/kicad-meta-5.1.2.ebuild b/sci-electronics/kicad-meta/kicad-meta-5.1.2.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9ce9e0493325f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sci-electronics/kicad-meta/kicad-meta-5.1.2.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+
+DESCRIPTION="Electronic Schematic and PCB design tools (meta package)"
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.kicad-pcb.org"
+SRC_URI=""
+
+LICENSE="metapackage"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+IUSE="doc minimal nls"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=sci-electronics/kicad-5.1.2
+	>=sci-electronics/kicad-symbols-5.1.2
+	>=sci-electronics/kicad-footprints-5.1.2
+	doc? (
+		>=app-doc/kicad-doc-5.1.2
+	)
+	!minimal? (
+		>=sci-electronics/kicad-packages3d-5.1.2
+		>=sci-electronics/kicad-templates-5.1.2
+	)
+	nls? (
+		>=sci-electronics/kicad-i18n-5.1.2
+	)
+"
diff --git a/sci-electronics/kicad-meta/metadata.xml b/sci-electronics/kicad-meta/metadata.xml
index 79ef07873a900..a123f9d6dbb72 100644
--- a/sci-electronics/kicad-meta/metadata.xml
+++ b/sci-electronics/kicad-meta/metadata.xml
@@ -13,4 +13,7 @@
 		<remote-id type="github">KiCad/kicad</remote-id>
 		<remote-id type="launchpad">kicad</remote-id>
 	</upstream>
+	<use>
+		<flag name="minimal">Do not install extra data like 3D packages and templates.</flag>
+	</use>
 </pkgmetadata>