diff --git a/sys-apps/utempter/files/utempter-0.5.5.6-no_gettimeofday.patch b/sys-apps/utempter/files/utempter-0.5.5.6-no_gettimeofday.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..26bfdb9e9eb05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-apps/utempter/files/utempter-0.5.5.6-no_gettimeofday.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+From: Brahmajit Das <brahmajit.xyz@gmail.com>
+Date: Sun, 28 May 2023 06:25:33 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix undeclared funtion gettimeofday.
+
+Signed-off-by: Brahmajit Das <brahmajit.xyz@gmail.com>
+---
+ utempter.c | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/utempter.c b/utempter.c
+index 3f2f3a2..13214cc 100644
+--- a/utempter.c
++++ b/utempter.c
+@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
+ #include <sys/stat.h>
+ #include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+ #include <utmp.h>
++#include <sys/time.h>
+ #ifndef __UCLIBC__
+ #include <utmpx.h>
+ #endif
+--
+2.40.1
diff --git a/sys-apps/utempter/utempter-0.5.5.6-r2.ebuild b/sys-apps/utempter/utempter-0.5.5.6-r2.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..92d7dd374dd34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-apps/utempter/utempter-0.5.5.6-r2.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+MY_PN="${P%.*}"
+MY_P="${MY_PN}-${PV##*.}"
+
+inherit flag-o-matic rpm toolchain-funcs
+
+DESCRIPTION="App that allows non-privileged apps to write utmp (login) info"
+HOMEPAGE="https://www.redhat.com/"
+SRC_URI="mirror://gentoo/${MY_P}.src.rpm"
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}"
+
+LICENSE="|| ( MIT LGPL-2 )"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~hppa ~ia64 ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~s390 ~sparc ~x86"
+
+BDEPEND="acct-group/utmp"
+RDEPEND="
+	${BDEPEND}
+	!sys-libs/libutempter
+"
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-0.5.5.6-no_utmpx.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-0.5.5.6-fix-build-system.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-0.5.5.6-no_gettimeofday.patch
+)
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+	tc-export CC
+	append-cflags -Wall
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	local myemakeargs=(
+		LIBDIR="/usr/$(get_libdir)"
+		RPM_BUILD_ROOT="${ED}"
+	)
+
+	emake "${myemakeargs[@]}" install
+
+	dobin utmp
+
+	fowners root:utmp /usr/sbin/utempter
+	fperms 2755 /usr/sbin/utempter
+}