diff --git a/dev-ruby/syslogger/Manifest b/dev-ruby/syslogger/Manifest
index 65e20fe6de213..9d5a1043e1d05 100644
--- a/dev-ruby/syslogger/Manifest
+++ b/dev-ruby/syslogger/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST syslogger-1.6.4.gem 10240 SHA256 62e3c455e1c1621aa5c4e621d970821f237c4987d49dbfbb1232a29a422e6e74 SHA512 2e92cd1b1be45929db820237ddaa7a027779dd224d9dda844267f7261b4dc734441caecd20518c25c85bb577087c1697a4768919c68b3501b3967f84dd6c51b6 WHIRLPOOL 3d7afb3b91bdc9880fc82d99e00cde29c81738f1c9cffb29ff398065270693492232df58be55834b4eca4bdef08d7a7ff1c16348c04a4bea62413e9ebc989a80
+DIST syslogger-1.6.5.gem 11776 SHA256 c478c84c9774ee6092749c38ac4bcbe28baca63c07443b1e6cce8845debad4f0 SHA512 60dc7be93092196d68d154cfdf90a3393c9883ceaff35640bd0c0dda01f692953c7d1d8243d7b9327990a368d320c474af1711ba33a6b69381f56030800cc297 WHIRLPOOL 2588bcdedce87d94f90cd83b62fed98547cb0aedd5aa5cfd765a35a5ebe4f9452e0083380b3fdcc70489b7e813721e56427fbbb1d315bb3f59ed7f338eb98825
diff --git a/dev-ruby/syslogger/syslogger-1.6.5.ebuild b/dev-ruby/syslogger/syslogger-1.6.5.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..308f731070413
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-ruby/syslogger/syslogger-1.6.5.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=6
+USE_RUBY="ruby22 ruby23 ruby24"
+
+RUBY_FAKEGEM_RECIPE_TEST="rspec3"
+
+RUBY_FAKEGEM_RECIPE_DOC="rdoc"
+RUBY_FAKEGEM_EXTRADOC="CHANGELOG.md README.md"
+
+# if ever needed
+#GITHUB_USER="crohr"
+#GITHUB_PROJECT="${PN}"
+
+inherit ruby-fakegem
+
+DESCRIPTION="Drop-in replacement for the standard Logger, that logs to the syslog"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/crohr/syslogger"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+IUSE=""
+
+all_ruby_prepare() {
+	sed -i -e '/[Bb]undler/d' Rakefile || die
+	sed -i -e '/simplecov/I s:^:#:' spec/spec_helper.rb || die
+}