diff --git a/x11-misc/rofi/Manifest b/x11-misc/rofi/Manifest
index 4786f50a50b83..6c71b2feda604 100644
--- a/x11-misc/rofi/Manifest
+++ b/x11-misc/rofi/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST rofi-1.6.1.tar.gz 569262 BLAKE2B 938b45f8326b5a28e349ac9f7028c476274faa4f932a773acc350d5e1dc8d5c05c7cfb7ec10f1ab5d8c83590074424c3379768671d37ee799d78e508b8c4a4cb SHA512 b54e75818a98fa9262a3016260051837de189d49beff4f4a158cb2e7f41438641377e11d75c164f423e6a86d8b8fca3b76e2630611678525465d06c21b393f60
+DIST rofi-1.7.0.tar.gz 902294 BLAKE2B 281f48702650f65e4b037fdbbe6861e173dd3465cf6a80a1d2038271511a9f85ebdb19d8e7a1854f82d52172bbfea6eb1b1685228fc4ff874773033406c9267b SHA512 84a42ecf519c7eed8093c4af3b66731b890939a2bf2a63290e599103705f6bacaba59ade1b8a1bc854f6b767e8d44ee42c20e44f63886bcacbfdbe0468d350b4
diff --git a/x11-misc/rofi/metadata.xml b/x11-misc/rofi/metadata.xml
index 87511edddce15..040d877273ac7 100644
--- a/x11-misc/rofi/metadata.xml
+++ b/x11-misc/rofi/metadata.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,23 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
-<use>
-<flag name="drun">Enable desktop file run dialog</flag>
-<flag name="windowmode">Enable normal window mode</flag>
-</use>
-<upstream>
-<remote-id type="github">DaveDavenport/rofi</remote-id>
-</upstream>
+	<maintainer type="person" proxied="yes">
+		<email>petrus.zy.07@gmail.com</email>
+		<name>Petrus Zhao</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<maintainer type="project" proxied="proxy">
+		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<maintainer type="person">
+		<name>Florian Schmaus</name>
+		<email>flow@gentoo.org</email>
+	</maintainer>
+	<use>
+		<flag name="drun">Enable desktop file run dialog</flag>
+		<flag name="windowmode">Enable normal window mode</flag>
+	</use>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="github">DaveDavenport/rofi</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
 </pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/x11-misc/rofi/rofi-1.7.0.ebuild b/x11-misc/rofi/rofi-1.7.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bfa3300d765fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11-misc/rofi/rofi-1.7.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit autotools toolchain-funcs
+
+DESCRIPTION="A window switcher, run dialog and dmenu replacement"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/davatorium/rofi"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/davatorium/rofi/releases/download/${PV}/${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~x86"
+IUSE="+drun test +windowmode"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-libs/glib:2
+	gnome-base/librsvg:2
+	media-libs/freetype
+	virtual/jpeg
+	x11-libs/cairo[X,xcb(+)]
+	x11-libs/libXft
+	x11-libs/libXinerama
+	x11-libs/libxcb
+	x11-libs/libxkbcommon[X]
+	x11-libs/pango[X]
+	x11-libs/startup-notification
+	x11-libs/xcb-util
+	x11-libs/xcb-util-wm
+	x11-libs/xcb-util-xrm
+"
+DEPEND="
+	${RDEPEND}
+	x11-base/xorg-proto
+	test? ( >=dev-libs/check-0.11 )
+"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+	eautoreconf
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	tc-export CC
+
+	local myeconfargs=(
+		$(use_enable drun)
+		$(use_enable test check)
+		$(use_enable windowmode)
+	)
+	econf "${myeconfargs[@]}"
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	for v in ${REPLACING_VERSIONS}; do
+		if ver_test "${v}" -lt 1.7.0; then
+			elog "Rofi 1.7.0 removed the (deprecated) xresources based configuration setup."
+			elog "If you are still using old configuration setup, please convert it to new format manually."
+			elog "The new format configuration can be generated by 'rofi -dump-config > ~/.config/rofi/config.rasi'."
+			elog "For more information, please see https://github.com/davatorium/rofi/releases/tag/1.7.0"
+		fi
+	done
+}