diff --git a/sys-auth/elogind/Manifest b/sys-auth/elogind/Manifest
index d7551a900296e..5bc0bf6fd6733 100644
--- a/sys-auth/elogind/Manifest
+++ b/sys-auth/elogind/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST elogind-238.2.tar.gz 1075847 BLAKE2B 17e4d8ffabb65a210f34076223e502c9019a7fa639f6cc12b1c8a0e186d8a6e97f115cd68487c86470915a8208dead6830577d2da3ffd85ed2e12c3a699ef2c5 SHA512 c66dd514d7c708a1d1c52ac9f25f34af839c4d4ff452302b40eb95c040c1d3d8d238b4e35c33d81af71f6aac22c8793951d91d005e6595e02124edb976baf640
 DIST elogind-239.2.tar.gz 1171060 BLAKE2B 4b7b0e4867ce79aeaf480cf56c473254a3ae53bf618eef27b62d76f58e9ae8b29ecd748b3f3fbad89537e6f1e7b2b04759eeed50f608551b8807560e54fd1428 SHA512 84b71bcb97d568fb26ce9587b39cce4e44a3f3607120846325398e6526dea2b21f82b8292942c2daaf755c4a2880d7163670442dcf2d360e171f9d004436bd74
+DIST elogind-239.3.tar.gz 1171080 BLAKE2B 95d158a861641415f2c6ea3648bafd32ee3da80b0258e33fb7b88cf834f42c4d76b634af055f81dfba7c6477423edf73ad7c0d79e5e3608938e90a713bdff00e SHA512 61399f82d6a93d77e0984dc67b9c7ebdda27ba2254810be9725a09f91fde41c66adb53a5fe7989f53d6b156b70f147471c89fa64a432bccc482e8057a0cddf84
diff --git a/sys-auth/elogind/elogind-239.3.ebuild b/sys-auth/elogind/elogind-239.3.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f9136f937f10b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-auth/elogind/elogind-239.3.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=6
+
+inherit linux-info meson pam udev xdg-utils
+
+DESCRIPTION="The systemd project's logind, extracted to a standalone package"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/elogind/elogind"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/${PN}/${PN}/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="CC0-1.0 LGPL-2.1+ public-domain"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~x86"
+IUSE="+acl debug doc +pam +policykit selinux"
+
+COMMON_DEPEND="
+	sys-apps/util-linux
+	sys-libs/libcap
+	virtual/libudev:=
+	acl? ( sys-apps/acl )
+	pam? ( virtual/pam )
+	selinux? ( sys-libs/libselinux )
+"
+DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
+	app-text/docbook-xml-dtd:4.2
+	app-text/docbook-xml-dtd:4.5
+	app-text/docbook-xsl-stylesheets
+	dev-util/gperf
+	dev-util/intltool
+	sys-devel/libtool
+	virtual/pkgconfig
+"
+RDEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
+	!sys-apps/systemd
+"
+PDEPEND="
+	sys-apps/dbus
+	policykit? ( sys-auth/polkit )
+"
+
+DOCS=( src/libelogind/sd-bus/GVARIANT-SERIALIZATION )
+
+PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-238.1-docs.patch" )
+
+pkg_setup() {
+	local CONFIG_CHECK="~CGROUPS ~EPOLL ~INOTIFY_USER ~SIGNALFD ~TIMERFD"
+
+	use kernel_linux && linux-info_pkg_setup
+}
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+	xdg_environment_reset
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	local rccgroupmode="$(grep rc_cgroup_mode /etc/rc.conf | cut -d '"' -f 2)"
+	local cgroupmode="legacy"
+
+	if [[ "xhybrid" = "x${rccgroupmode}" ]] ; then
+		cgroupmode="hybrid"
+	elif [[ "xunified" = "x${rccgroupmode}" ]] ; then
+		cgroupmode="unified"
+	fi
+
+	local emesonargs=(
+		-Ddocdir="${EPREFIX}/usr/share/doc/${PF}"
+		-Dhtmldir="${EPREFIX}/usr/share/doc/${PF}/html"
+		-Dpamlibdir=$(getpam_mod_dir)
+		-Dudevrulesdir="$(get_udevdir)"/rules.d
+		--libdir="${EPREFIX}"/usr/$(get_libdir)
+		-Drootlibdir="${EPREFIX}"/$(get_libdir)
+		-Drootlibexecdir="${EPREFIX}"/$(get_libdir)/elogind
+		-Drootprefix="${EPREFIX}/"
+		-Dbashcompletiondir="${EPREFIX}/usr/share/bash-completion/completions"
+		-Dman=auto
+		-Dsmack=true
+		-Dcgroup-controller=openrc
+		-Ddefault-hierarchy=${cgroupmode}
+		-Ddefault-kill-user-processes=false
+		-Dacl=$(usex acl true false)
+		--buildtype $(usex debug debug release)
+		-Dhtml=$(usex doc auto false)
+		-Dpam=$(usex pam true false)
+		-Dselinux=$(usex selinux true false)
+	)
+
+	meson_src_configure
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	DOCS+=( src/libelogind/sd-bus/GVARIANT-SERIALIZATION )
+
+	meson_src_install
+
+	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.init ${PN}
+
+	sed -e "s/@libdir@/$(get_libdir)/" "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.conf.in > ${PN}.conf || die
+	newconfd ${PN}.conf ${PN}
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	if [[ "$(rc-config list boot | grep elogind)" != "" ]]; then
+		elog "elogind is currently started from boot runlevel."
+	elif [[ "$(rc-config list default | grep elogind)" != "" ]]; then
+		ewarn "elogind is currently started from default runlevel."
+		ewarn "Please remove elogind from the default runlevel and"
+		ewarn "add it to the boot runlevel by:"
+		ewarn "# rc-update del elogind default"
+		ewarn "# rc-update add elogind boot"
+	else
+		elog "elogind is currently not started from any runlevel."
+		elog "You may add it to the boot runlevel by:"
+		elog "# rc-update add elogind boot"
+		elog
+		elog "Alternatively, you can leave elogind out of any"
+		elog "runlevel. It will then be started automatically"
+		if use pam; then
+			elog "when the first service calls it via dbus, or"
+			elog "the first user logs into the system."
+		else
+			elog "when the first service calls it via dbus."
+		fi
+	fi
+}