diff --git a/net-firewall/iptables/Manifest b/net-firewall/iptables/Manifest
index 20be9ec24c2d8..76320a6fa208a 100644
--- a/net-firewall/iptables/Manifest
+++ b/net-firewall/iptables/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST iptables-1.8.7.tar.bz2 717862 BLAKE2B fd4dcff142eaadde2a14ce3eb5e45d41c326752553b52900c77fd2e2a20c0685d0a04b95755995e914df47658834d52216d6465c2ae9cd6abc6eb122b95cc976 SHA512 c0a33fafbf1139157a9f52860938ebedc282a1394a68dcbd58981159379eb525919f999b25925f2cb4d6b18089bd99a94b00b3e73cff5cb0a0e47bdff174ed75
+DIST iptables-1.8.8.tar.bz2 746985 BLAKE2B 0da021cc7313b86af331768904956dab3eee3de245a7b03965129f3d7f13097fc03fbb1390167dcd971eff216eabad9e59b261a9c0f54bfc48a77453aa40d164 SHA512 f21df23279a77531a23f3fcb1b8f0f8ec0c726bda236dd0e33af74b06753baff6ce3f26fb9fcceb6fada560656ba901e68fc6452eb840ac1b206bc4654950f59
diff --git a/net-firewall/iptables/files/iptables-1.8.8-format-security.patch b/net-firewall/iptables/files/iptables-1.8.8-format-security.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..fafc435379b50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-firewall/iptables/files/iptables-1.8.8-format-security.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+https://git.netfilter.org/iptables/commit/?id=b72eb12ea5a61df0655ad99d5048994e916be83a
+
+From: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
+Date: Fri, 13 May 2022 16:51:58 +0200
+Subject: xshared: Fix build for -Werror=format-security
+
+Gcc complains about the omitted format string.
+
+Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
+--- a/iptables/xshared.c
++++ b/iptables/xshared.c
+@@ -1307,7 +1307,7 @@ static void check_empty_interface(struct xtables_args *args, const char *arg)
+ 		return;
+ 
+ 	if (args->family != NFPROTO_ARP)
+-		xtables_error(PARAMETER_PROBLEM, msg);
++		xtables_error(PARAMETER_PROBLEM, "%s", msg);
+ 
+ 	fprintf(stderr, "%s", msg);
+ }
+cgit v1.2.3
diff --git a/net-firewall/iptables/iptables-1.8.8.ebuild b/net-firewall/iptables/iptables-1.8.8.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e65230759e5fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-firewall/iptables/iptables-1.8.8.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+
+inherit systemd toolchain-funcs autotools flag-o-matic usr-ldscript
+
+DESCRIPTION="Linux kernel (2.4+) firewall, NAT and packet mangling tools"
+HOMEPAGE="https://www.netfilter.org/projects/iptables/"
+SRC_URI="https://www.netfilter.org/projects/iptables/files/${P}.tar.bz2"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2"
+# Subslot reflects PV when libxtables and/or libip*tc was changed
+# the last time.
+SLOT="0/1.8.3"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86"
+IUSE="conntrack netlink nftables pcap static-libs"
+
+BUILD_DEPEND="
+	>=app-eselect/eselect-iptables-20220320
+"
+COMMON_DEPEND="
+	conntrack? ( >=net-libs/libnetfilter_conntrack-1.0.6 )
+	netlink? ( net-libs/libnfnetlink )
+	nftables? (
+		>=net-libs/libmnl-1.0:0=
+		>=net-libs/libnftnl-1.1.6:0=
+	)
+	pcap? ( net-libs/libpcap )
+"
+DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
+	virtual/os-headers
+	>=sys-kernel/linux-headers-4.4:0
+"
+BDEPEND="${BUILD_DEPEND}
+	virtual/pkgconfig
+	nftables? (
+		sys-devel/flex
+		virtual/yacc
+	)
+"
+RDEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
+	${BUILD_DEPEND}
+	nftables? ( net-misc/ethertypes )
+	!<net-firewall/ebtables-2.0.11-r1
+	!<net-firewall/arptables-0.0.5-r1
+"
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}/iptables-1.8.4-no-symlinks.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/iptables-1.8.2-link.patch"
+
+	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-format-security.patch"
+)
+
+src_prepare() {
+	# use the saner headers from the kernel
+	rm include/linux/{kernel,types}.h || die
+
+	default
+	eautoreconf
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	# Some libs use $(AR) rather than libtool to build #444282
+	tc-export AR
+
+	# Hack around struct mismatches between userland & kernel for some ABIs. #472388
+	use amd64 && [[ ${ABI} == "x32" ]] && append-flags -fpack-struct
+
+	sed -i \
+		-e "/nfnetlink=[01]/s:=[01]:=$(usex netlink 1 0):" \
+		-e "/nfconntrack=[01]/s:=[01]:=$(usex conntrack 1 0):" \
+		configure || die
+
+	local myeconfargs=(
+		--sbindir="${EPREFIX}/sbin"
+		--libexecdir="${EPREFIX}/$(get_libdir)"
+		--enable-devel
+		--enable-ipv6
+		--enable-shared
+		$(use_enable nftables)
+		$(use_enable pcap bpf-compiler)
+		$(use_enable pcap nfsynproxy)
+		$(use_enable static-libs static)
+	)
+	econf "${myeconfargs[@]}"
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	emake V=1
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	default
+	dodoc INCOMPATIBILITIES iptables/iptables.xslt
+
+	# all the iptables binaries are in /sbin, so might as well
+	# put these small files in with them
+	into /
+	dosbin iptables/iptables-apply
+	dosym iptables-apply /sbin/ip6tables-apply
+	doman iptables/iptables-apply.8
+
+	insinto /usr/include
+	doins include/ip{,6}tables.h
+	insinto /usr/include/iptables
+	doins include/iptables/internal.h
+
+	keepdir /var/lib/ip{,6}tables
+	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-r2.init iptables
+	newconfd "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-r1.confd iptables
+	dosym iptables /etc/init.d/ip6tables
+	newconfd "${FILESDIR}"/ip6tables-r1.confd ip6tables
+
+	if use nftables; then
+		# Bug 647458
+		rm "${ED}"/etc/ethertypes || die
+
+		# Bugs 660886 and 669894
+		rm "${ED}"/sbin/{arptables,ebtables}{,-{save,restore}} || die
+	fi
+
+	systemd_dounit "${FILESDIR}"/systemd/ip{,6}tables-{re,}store.service
+
+	# Move important libs to /lib #332175
+	gen_usr_ldscript -a ip{4,6}tc xtables
+
+	find "${ED}" -type f -name "*.la" -delete || die
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	local default_iptables="xtables-legacy-multi"
+	if ! eselect iptables show &>/dev/null; then
+		elog "Current iptables implementation is unset, setting to ${default_iptables}"
+		eselect iptables set "${default_iptables}"
+	fi
+
+	if use nftables; then
+		local tables
+		for tables in {arp,eb}tables; do
+			if ! eselect ${tables} show &>/dev/null; then
+				elog "Current ${tables} implementation is unset, setting to ${default_iptables}"
+				eselect ${tables} set xtables-nft-multi
+			fi
+		done
+	fi
+
+	eselect iptables show
+}
+
+pkg_prerm() {
+	if [[ -z ${REPLACED_BY_VERSION} ]]; then
+		elog "Unsetting iptables symlinks before removal"
+		eselect iptables unset
+	fi
+
+	if ! has_version 'net-firewall/ebtables'; then
+		elog "Unsetting ebtables symlinks before removal"
+		eselect ebtables unset
+	elif [[ -z ${REPLACED_BY_VERSION} ]]; then
+		elog "Resetting ebtables symlinks to ebtables-legacy"
+		eselect ebtables set ebtables-legacy
+	fi
+
+	if ! has_version 'net-firewall/arptables'; then
+		elog "Unsetting arptables symlinks before removal"
+		eselect arptables unset
+	elif [[ -z ${REPLACED_BY_VERSION} ]]; then
+		elog "Resetting arptables symlinks to arptables-legacy"
+		eselect arptables set arptables-legacy
+	fi
+
+	# the eselect module failing should not be fatal
+	return 0
+}