diff --git a/dev-libs/libuev/Manifest b/dev-libs/libuev/Manifest
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+DIST libuev-2.1.0.tar.xz 247388 BLAKE2B e2934fb79e32bf61e22a7c8fcdd6371f089c5e8a4f5b3039c10c90abd852d08c5612f7b871ef705afdca68857a270dfd133a1436cd9f49876e0bf47b903e6328 SHA512 82bd68c75f015284d3757886720d1a0e5689cf71b40b896410e5e4e952761fe05b090a33e0787f632afa7726567667e4dbbbc6270129828656953ded6d28d02b
diff --git a/dev-libs/libuev/libuev-2.1.0.ebuild b/dev-libs/libuev/libuev-2.1.0.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=6
+
+DESCRIPTION="A collection of useful BSD APIs"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/troglobit/libuev"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/troglobit/${PN}/releases/download/v${PV}/${P}.tar.xz"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+IUSE="static-libs"
+
+src_configure(){
+	econf --enable-static=$(usex static-libs)
+}
+
+src_install(){
+	default
+	find "${D}" -name '*.la' -delete || die
+}
diff --git a/dev-libs/libuev/metadata.xml b/dev-libs/libuev/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<maintainer type="person">
+		<name>Oz Tiram</name>
+		<email>oz.tiram@gmail.com</email>
+	</maintainer>
+	<maintainer type="project">
+		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
+	</maintainer>
+	<longdescription lang="en">
+		libuEv is a simple event loop in the style of the more established
+		libevent, libev and the venerable Xt(3) event loop. The u (micro) in the
+		name refers to both the small feature set and the small size overhead
+		impact of the library.
+	</longdescription>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="github">troglobit/libuev</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>