diff --git a/dev-libs/poco/Manifest b/dev-libs/poco/Manifest
index 666dbdb0af5e8..0a286255af2bb 100644
--- a/dev-libs/poco/Manifest
+++ b/dev-libs/poco/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST poco-1.4.6-all-doc.zip 2072762 SHA256 a1cfb143a671bcef7a2bafcbba095edf8ed21e51a30ae7eb19955e73bb23067d SHA512 458e1a3c6a6017b5ae5efcbd0d7b2bbf50aedd6ddc7ae7befddac07ed133b7243208aadd6ecdb17b3fa273e04eb0da4d73b1d3e5591aee98b754e430b2248e52 WHIRLPOOL af52385b3557853ea4fcd1a31092a5e1fa009e082bc4fcec8e51e42207147400eca7c26c9a65c84de24d322677fcfaa364207dc83f88299ddca2fd06cf9a26af
 DIST poco-1.4.6p4-all.tar.bz2 3158594 SHA256 e48ce805702048e099eee4965f3db573728e32bd9a15ff643f5ea856926f2dd6 SHA512 ae4e1190a0ba719f807d0abaf1c47ff445a8f5867157f209260672546f3755ff021c7073bc8d5e656be383d5667dc15ad7eae8208728053fb61439c4c80a7fca WHIRLPOOL fd4efd270103dc7ce248481d5e9048a88caf1ece985384fdd2385d381a3d0bc5cad124b6230dbc6ba9679c3ae4ce69dbe77ae5d684798eb2c4a916d373f87e4a
+DIST poco-1.7.6.tar.gz 8044937 SHA256 b9590f10493deb6379452cc926bdf13bdf1fb941ad63c983ffecc140e97ba5c9 SHA512 a02b7ff66acf080942517b3b8644d6e5c7136c5edc6e58fd13083a74b97b5619253fc9db7863284a565226f95410ad4da1fa9738d14885f560aeb03c1f7c18aa WHIRLPOOL d51074280980a7794204a44fd1510bca5dc2ff3fcc83deec3ea324caff485b65489e6ec51d08570b241cabeb0818f17abaea722c2297d9278fa2b8613c73db0d
diff --git a/dev-libs/poco/files/poco-1.7.2-iodbc-incdir.patch b/dev-libs/poco/files/poco-1.7.2-iodbc-incdir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e41d8f390d9f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/poco/files/poco-1.7.2-iodbc-incdir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/cmake/FindODBC.cmake b/cmake/FindODBC.cmake
+index 9e229ed..5d79c7e 100644
+--- a/cmake/FindODBC.cmake
++++ b/cmake/FindODBC.cmake
+@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
+ find_path(ODBC_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES 
+ 	NAMES sql.h
+ 	HINTS
+-	/usr/include
++	/usr/include/iodbc
+ 	/usr/include/odbc
+ 	/usr/local/include
+ 	/usr/local/include/odbc
diff --git a/dev-libs/poco/metadata.xml b/dev-libs/poco/metadata.xml
index 929b5dc671516..b6d3c4af38d80 100644
--- a/dev-libs/poco/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-libs/poco/metadata.xml
@@ -28,4 +28,19 @@ done quickly and working on the features that make their application unique.
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="sourceforge">poco</remote-id>
 	</upstream>
+	<use>
+		<flag name="7z">Add Support for the 7z archive format</flag>
+		<flag name="apache">Enable support to write Apache modules using POCO</flag>
+		<flag name="cppparser">Build and install a minimal C++ parser</flag>
+		<flag name="crypto">Encryption and digital signing classes</flag>
+		<flag name="data">Database abstraction layer to easily send/retrieve data to/from various databases</flag>
+		<flag name="file2pagecompiler">Utility to convert ordinary files to Page Compiler source files</flag>
+		<flag name="json">Add JSON support</flag>
+		<flag name="mongodb">Add <pkg>dev-db/mongodb</pkg> support</flag>
+		<flag name="net">Classes to write network clients &amp; servers</flag>
+		<flag name="pagecompiler">Simple compiler translating HTML pages containing embedded C++ code into HTTPRequestHandler classes</flag>
+		<flag name="pocodoc">POCO documentation generator</flag>
+		<flag name="util">Several utility classes (like logger, timer, config file parser)</flag>
+		<flag name="zip">Add support for the zip &amp; gz archive formats</flag>
+	</use>
 </pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-libs/poco/poco-1.7.6.ebuild b/dev-libs/poco/poco-1.7.6.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1b0b2f81d37ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/poco/poco-1.7.6.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Id$
+
+EAPI=6
+
+inherit cmake-utils
+
+DESCRIPTION="C++ class libraries for building network- and internet-based applications"
+HOMEPAGE="http://pocoproject.org/"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/pocoproject/${PN}/archive/${P}-release.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+LICENSE="Boost-1.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~x86"
+IUSE="7z apache cppparser +crypto +data examples +file2pagecompiler +json +pagecompiler iodbc libressl +mongodb mysql +net odbc pdf pocodoc sqlite +ssl test +util +xml +zip"
+REQUIRED_USE="7z? ( xml )
+	apache? ( net util )
+	file2pagecompiler? ( pagecompiler )
+	iodbc? ( odbc )
+	mongodb? ( data )
+	mysql? ( data )
+	odbc? ( data )
+	pagecompiler? ( json net util xml )
+	pocodoc? ( cppparser util xml )
+	sqlite? ( data )
+	test? ( data? ( sqlite ) json util xml )"
+
+RDEPEND=">=dev-libs/libpcre-8.13
+	xml? ( dev-libs/expat )
+	apache? ( dev-libs/apr
+		dev-libs/apr-util
+		www-servers/apache )
+	mysql? ( virtual/mysql )
+	odbc? ( iodbc? ( dev-db/libiodbc )
+		!iodbc? ( dev-db/unixODBC ) )
+	ssl? (
+		!libressl? ( <dev-libs/openssl-1.1.0:0 )
+		libressl? ( dev-libs/libressl )
+	)
+	sqlite? ( dev-db/sqlite:3 )
+	zip? ( sys-libs/zlib )"
+DEPEND="${DEPEND}
+	virtual/pkgconfig"
+
+S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${P}-release"
+
+PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-1.7.2-iodbc-incdir.patch" )
+
+src_prepare() {
+	if use test ; then
+		# ignore missing tests on experimental library
+		# and tests requiring running DB-servers, internet connections, etc.
+		sed -i \
+			-e '/testsuite/d' \
+			{Data/{MySQL,ODBC},MongoDB,Net,NetSSL_OpenSSL,PDF}/CMakeLists.txt || die
+		# Poco expands ~ using passwd, which does not match $HOME in the build environment
+		sed -i \
+			-e '/CppUnit_addTest.*testExpand/d' \
+			Foundation/testsuite/src/PathTest.cpp || die
+		# ignore failing Crypto test since upstream does not seem to care,
+		# see https://github.com/pocoproject/poco/issues/1209
+		sed -i \
+			-e '/RSATest, testRSACipherLarge/d' \
+			Crypto/testsuite/src/RSATest.cpp || die
+	fi
+
+	cmake-utils_src_prepare
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		-DPOCO_UNBUNDLED=ON
+		-DENABLE_APACHECONNECTOR="$(usex apache)"
+		-DENABLE_CPPPARSER="$(usex cppparser)"
+		-DENABLE_CRYPTO="$(usex ssl)"
+		-DENABLE_DATA="$(usex data)"
+		-DENABLE_DATA_MYSQL="$(usex mysql)"
+		-DENABLE_DATA_ODBC="$(usex odbc)"
+		-DENABLE_DATA_SQLITE="$(usex sqlite)"
+		-DENABLE_JSON="$(usex util)"
+		-DENABLE_MONGODB="$(usex mongodb)"
+		-DENABLE_NET="$(usex net)"
+		-DENABLE_NETSSL="$(usex ssl)"
+		-DENABLE_NETSSL_WIN=OFF
+		-DENABLE_PAGECOMPILER="$(usex pagecompiler)"
+		-DENABLE_PAGECOMPILER_FILE2PAGE="$(usex file2pagecompiler)"
+		-DENABLE_PDF="$(usex pdf)"
+		-DENABLE_POCODOC="$(usex pocodoc)"
+		-DENABLE_SEVENZIP="$(usex 7z)"
+		-DENABLE_TESTS="$(usex test)"
+		-DENABLE_UTIL="$(usex util)"
+		-DENABLE_XML="$(usex xml)"
+		-DENABLE_ZIP="$(usex zip)"
+	)
+
+	if ! use iodbc ; then
+		sed -i -e 's|iodbc||' cmake/FindODBC.cmake || die
+	fi
+
+	cmake-utils_src_configure
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	cmake-utils_src_install
+
+	if use examples ; then
+		for sd in */samples ; do
+			insinto /usr/share/doc/${PF}/examples/${sd%/samples}
+			doins -r ${sd}
+		done
+		find "${D}/usr/share/doc/${PF}/examples" \
+			-iname "*.sln" -or -iname "*.vcproj" -or \
+			-iname "*.vmsbuild" -or -iname "*.properties" \
+			| xargs rm
+	fi
+}