diff --git a/gui-wm/sway/Manifest b/gui-wm/sway/Manifest
index bc7edc11c7488..f5d92da103a80 100644
--- a/gui-wm/sway/Manifest
+++ b/gui-wm/sway/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST sway-1.7.tar.gz 5559075 BLAKE2B 702b9a209d603c88743f2e89d0787431b7a30e8b7554c9596edb9735af862d23c585158737a0943a470637138cbc5275bee37bd2d820a7489cdd0747d98e6e22 SHA512 028cf5d504d5914bfb78d44156d6a290de660c5ed0638f4e2c56e5be76db9b0baeda035e1fa1ae23559016bd7e4312f7ff70c2fb4904df25358577c1a3d21243
+DIST sway-1.8.1.tar.gz 5577483 BLAKE2B 0e21c3a113b6bbb4a535ef77e347304ead98a424b65c176299f3d86fd52c35abf88d4e88fff0a8ecdb48494e8275110c79ea35fafd2902653db03fd938ee0323 SHA512 1f9909cb0402a99926d0ff1cefb98c40930e61678067413b6f195b036e6018a4f85bb3a6649d8bb743c93f0476b103791617a94d7c8c11a2c021f40131b65563
 DIST sway-1.8.tar.gz 5577138 BLAKE2B cf93db2d7722be5a14f3557087c8298cbbbaa7268ffb8540c5473581200323b6ba24c9a669e2b7fb31afe3cbe49314eef9f224c438ad3c4cd93ef939285be365 SHA512 9f4f24ecc16c2ffe0e2b17fa5f0da871493073fc96f2daf20323459b3adfb29bae3c369833d713ae254b5ac036d9b6625f76595ca31c3d216626095d1ef29615
diff --git a/gui-wm/sway/sway-1.8.1.ebuild b/gui-wm/sway/sway-1.8.1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8c30e4dd9e1fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui-wm/sway/sway-1.8.1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit meson optfeature
+
+DESCRIPTION="i3-compatible Wayland window manager"
+HOMEPAGE="https://swaywm.org"
+
+if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
+	inherit git-r3
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/swaywm/${PN}.git"
+else
+	MY_PV=${PV/_rc/-rc}
+	SRC_URI="https://github.com/swaywm/${PN}/archive/${MY_PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
+	S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${MY_PV}"
+fi
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+IUSE="grimshot +man +swaybar +swaynag tray wallpapers X"
+
+DEPEND="
+	>=dev-libs/json-c-0.13:0=
+	>=dev-libs/libinput-1.21.0:0=
+	sys-auth/seatd:=
+	dev-libs/libpcre2
+	>=dev-libs/wayland-1.20.0
+	x11-libs/cairo
+	x11-libs/libxkbcommon
+	x11-libs/pango
+	x11-libs/pixman
+	media-libs/mesa[gles2,libglvnd(+)]
+	swaybar? ( x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf:2 )
+	tray? ( || (
+		sys-apps/systemd
+		sys-auth/elogind
+		sys-libs/basu
+	) )
+	wallpapers? ( gui-apps/swaybg[gdk-pixbuf(+)] )
+	X? (
+		x11-libs/libxcb:0=
+		x11-libs/xcb-util-wm
+	)
+"
+# x11-libs/xcb-util-wm needed for xcb-iccm
+if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
+	DEPEND+="~gui-libs/wlroots-9999:=[X?]"
+else
+	DEPEND+="
+		>=gui-libs/wlroots-0.16:=[X?]
+		<gui-libs/wlroots-0.17:=[X?]
+	"
+fi
+RDEPEND="
+	x11-misc/xkeyboard-config
+	grimshot? (
+		app-misc/jq
+		gui-apps/grim
+		gui-apps/slurp
+		gui-apps/wl-clipboard
+		x11-libs/libnotify
+	)
+	${DEPEND}
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	>=dev-libs/wayland-protocols-1.24
+	>=dev-util/meson-0.60.0
+	virtual/pkgconfig
+"
+if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
+	BDEPEND+="man? ( ~app-text/scdoc-9999 )"
+else
+	BDEPEND+="man? ( >=app-text/scdoc-1.9.3 )"
+fi
+REQUIRED_USE="tray? ( swaybar )"
+
+src_configure() {
+	local emesonargs=(
+		$(meson_feature man man-pages)
+		$(meson_feature tray)
+		$(meson_feature X xwayland)
+		$(meson_feature swaybar gdk-pixbuf)
+		$(meson_use swaynag)
+		$(meson_use swaybar)
+		$(meson_use wallpapers default-wallpaper)
+		-Dfish-completions=true
+		-Dzsh-completions=true
+		-Dbash-completions=true
+	)
+
+	meson_src_configure
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	meson_src_install
+
+	if use grimshot; then
+		doman contrib/grimshot.1
+		dobin contrib/grimshot
+	fi
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	optfeature_header "There are several packages that may be useful with sway:"
+	optfeature "wallpaper utility" gui-apps/swaybg
+	optfeature "idle management utility" gui-apps/swayidle
+	optfeature "simple screen locker" gui-apps/swaylock
+	optfeature "lightweight notification daemon" gui-apps/mako
+	echo
+	einfo "For a list of additional addons and tools usable with sway please"
+	einfo "visit the offical wiki at:"
+	einfo "https://github.com/swaywm/sway/wiki/Useful-add-ons-for-sway"
+	einfo "Please note that some of them might not (yet) available on gentoo"
+}