diff --git a/dev-util/hermes/Manifest b/dev-util/hermes/Manifest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..cb1e33d2fe62c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/hermes/Manifest
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DIST hermes-2.8.tar.gz 61010 BLAKE2B 520110318dd0c2f2bc150b050729f9fa36c14ea5dca9a8492e77bc67618e14adb36ca35cf67b1aeb7a1e8a2dfef84fb6662bbdad21e427bff8aea4d53c271be3 SHA512 ea3378e5311202333f6eb59e301c92d9db1937e540f00283b679bd50e54312b8a98c469cf106374e9dde78a37e8997d7022569a9f81703ba445577f8cdd7e6e3
diff --git a/dev-util/hermes/files/99hermes b/dev-util/hermes/files/99hermes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..364c4f4d4c3a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/hermes/files/99hermes
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+PATH="/opt/hermes/bin"
diff --git a/dev-util/hermes/files/hermes-2.8-lua-shebang.patch b/dev-util/hermes/files/hermes-2.8-lua-shebang.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..67058f726d78a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/hermes/files/hermes-2.8-lua-shebang.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+diff --git a/lib/tool.lua b/lib/tool.lua
+index a9124f3..8c39911 100755
+--- a/lib/tool.lua
++++ b/lib/tool.lua
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-#!/usr/bin/env lua
++#!@LUA@
+ 
+ require("strict")
+ function tool()
+diff --git a/bin/lua_cmd b/bin/lua_cmd
+index fabc5d5..32c8e13 100755
+--- a/bin/lua_cmd
++++ b/bin/lua_cmd
+@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ extra=
+ if [ "x$LUA_PATH" != x ]; then
+   extra=";$LUA_PATH"
+ else
+-  extra=";`lua -e 'print(package.path)'`"
++  extra=";`@LUA@ -e 'print(package.path)'`"
+ fi
+ 
+ export LUA_PATH="$execLuaPath$extra"
diff --git a/dev-util/hermes/hermes-2.8.ebuild b/dev-util/hermes/hermes-2.8.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a6b7694d1f6ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/hermes/hermes-2.8.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+
+LUA_COMPAT=( lua5-{1..3} )
+inherit lua-single
+
+DESCRIPTION="Lua based testing manager"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/TACC/Hermes"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/TACC/Hermes/archive/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+S="${WORKDIR}"/Hermes-${PV}
+
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+IUSE="test"
+REQUIRED_USE="${LUA_REQUIRED_USE}"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+RDEPEND="${LUA_DEPS}
+	$(lua_gen_cond_dep '
+		dev-lua/luaposix[${LUA_USEDEP}]
+	')
+"
+
+PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-2.8-lua-shebang.patch )
+
+src_compile() {
+	sed -e "s|@LUA@|${LUA}|g" \
+	    -i lib/tool.lua \
+	    -i bin/lua_cmd || die
+}
+
+src_test() {
+	local -x PATH="bin:${PATH}"
+	tm -vvv || die
+	testcleanup || die
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	dodir /opt/hermes
+	cp -r "${S}"/. "${ED}"/opt/hermes/ || die
+
+	doenvd "${FILESDIR}"/99hermes
+}
diff --git a/dev-util/hermes/metadata.xml b/dev-util/hermes/metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e97c4322aa87c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/hermes/metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<maintainer type="person">
+		<email>gentoo@aisha.cc</email>
+		<name>Aisha Tammy</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<maintainer type="project">
+		<email>sci@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Gentoo Science Project</name>
+	</maintainer>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/profiles/package.mask b/profiles/package.mask
index dcba7f5f1ef8b..6e6a5862f2a56 100644
--- a/profiles/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/package.mask
@@ -543,6 +543,7 @@ gnome-base/orbit
 >=dev-lua/say-1.3_p1-r100
 >=dev-lua/toluapp-1.0.93_p20190513-r100
 >=dev-util/geany-plugins-1.37-r100
+>=dev-util/hermes-2.8
 =games-action/minetest-5.3.0-r100
 >=games-arcade/jvgs-0.5-r100
 >=games-emulation/fceux-2.2.3-r100