diff --git a/dev-libs/libxlsxwriter/files/libxlsxwriter-1.1.4-fix-pkgconfig-version.patch b/dev-libs/libxlsxwriter/files/libxlsxwriter-1.1.4-fix-pkgconfig-version.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a66ea82e944e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/libxlsxwriter/files/libxlsxwriter-1.1.4-fix-pkgconfig-version.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Patch greedy dot star to fix mismatched pkg-config file version.
+Fixed upstream with: https://github.com/jmcnamara/libxlsxwriter/commit/12afb351db634ed9452eb2f38d68883a9538b8ef
+https://bugs.gentoo.org/859745
+
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -202,9 +202,9 @@
+ # Configure pkg-config
+ file(READ "include/xlsxwriter.h" ver)
+ 
+-string(REGEX MATCH "LXW_VERSION .*\"\(.*\)\".*" _ ${ver})
++string(REGEX MATCH "LXW_VERSION \"([^\"]+)\"" _ ${ver})
+ set(VERSION ${CMAKE_MATCH_1})
+-string(REGEX MATCH "LXW_SOVERSION .*\"\(.*\)\".*" _ ${ver})
++string(REGEX MATCH "LXW_SOVERSION \"([^\"]+)\"" _ ${ver})
+ set(SOVERSION ${CMAKE_MATCH_1})
+ set(PREFIX ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
+ 
diff --git a/dev-libs/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter-1.1.4.ebuild b/dev-libs/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter-1.1.4-r1.ebuild
similarity index 94%
rename from dev-libs/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter-1.1.4.ebuild
rename to dev-libs/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter-1.1.4-r1.ebuild
index c31861ee337bc..3006dcf4e7cd3 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter-1.1.4.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter-1.1.4-r1.ebuild
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ DEPEND="
 "
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-fix-pkgconfig-version.patch
+)
+
 src_configure() {
 	DOUBLEFUNCTION=OFF
 	for x in $(plocale_get_locales); do