diff --git a/sys-libs/libsemanage/Manifest b/sys-libs/libsemanage/Manifest
index 4f26371658c1b..bde414e682f6d 100644
--- a/sys-libs/libsemanage/Manifest
+++ b/sys-libs/libsemanage/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST libsemanage-3.6.tar.gz 182583 BLAKE2B 3ed9ef06601093983fa41ad6ab9f7eeae241dce98937db04efca6f421afcfd3f59cf5e51d24c596ae03997a398949ed84fbdf629518e3c382a5453129b0a87ab SHA512 8998b6a1b254a9673b99ae4d70a1edc769bb728a44f573cdf62e0a9c9392b77644ee2d70e1936a2f8a9a7f8b063ce98a981f4b8b7060f5b82791889330d69364
 DIST libsemanage-3.7.tar.gz 182896 BLAKE2B e8a4a9a57f1862efac7e46b33f34f2fdcd116a14487ca07f65aebed62b3914bb1892606a76ed8addcbdb111f361507294ae3c75975a10b90f5d554ba59d2562d SHA512 4b6370b02116364964ff24b93fb6629c885611de78419f649a027db38b4f1c3b3adf3b438efb34a92b49407ab8f9446ed4091fe4c99fa4752f0f5e3e31589415
+DIST libsemanage-3.8.tar.gz 184583 BLAKE2B 52f3b2e8cacf31ee0c97c2c0492296b60a32049487bbd6b4e1bbf929c859c46feaeb926cd43c72a1e595aeb335a5c35cc80bfc0067c5b12e6e859ec893b5385b SHA512 493168ddae15566c9526824081f076302bb44077fe6a935166d244fbbb49fae73b7416898bded8df0c0472939b4f79f1da0bf014bc70951026cdd6b065353ceb
diff --git a/sys-libs/libsemanage/libsemanage-3.8.ebuild b/sys-libs/libsemanage/libsemanage-3.8.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f272a120b74ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-libs/libsemanage/libsemanage-3.8.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI="8"
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..13} )
+
+inherit python-r1 toolchain-funcs multilib-minimal
+
+MY_PV="${PV//_/-}"
+MY_P="${PN}-${MY_PV}"
+
+DESCRIPTION="SELinux kernel and policy management library"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/wiki"
+
+if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
+	inherit git-r3
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux.git"
+	S="${WORKDIR}/${P}/${PN}"
+else
+	SRC_URI="https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/releases/download/${MY_PV}/${MY_P}.tar.gz"
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~mips ~riscv ~x86"
+	S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
+fi
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2"
+SLOT="0/2"
+REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
+
+RDEPEND="app-arch/bzip2[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	>=sys-libs/libsepol-${PV}:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	>=sys-libs/libselinux-${PV}:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	>=sys-process/audit-2.2.2[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	${PYTHON_DEPS}"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+BDEPEND=">=dev-lang/swig-2.0.4-r1
+	app-alternatives/yacc
+	app-alternatives/lex
+	virtual/pkgconfig"
+
+# tests are not meant to be run outside of the
+# full SELinux userland repo
+RESTRICT="test"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	eapply_user
+
+	echo >> "${S}/src/semanage.conf"
+	echo "# Set this to true to save the linked policy." >> "${S}/src/semanage.conf"
+	echo "# This is normally only useful for analysis" >> "${S}/src/semanage.conf"
+	echo "# or debugging of policy." >> "${S}/src/semanage.conf"
+	echo "save-linked=false" >> "${S}/src/semanage.conf"
+	echo >> "${S}/src/semanage.conf"
+	echo "# Set this to 0 to disable assertion checking." >> "${S}/src/semanage.conf"
+	echo "# This should speed up building the kernel policy" >> "${S}/src/semanage.conf"
+	echo "# from policy modules, but may leave you open to" >> "${S}/src/semanage.conf"
+	echo "# dangerous rules which assertion checking" >> "${S}/src/semanage.conf"
+	echo "# would catch." >> "${S}/src/semanage.conf"
+	echo "expand-check=1" >> "${S}/src/semanage.conf"
+	echo >> "${S}/src/semanage.conf"
+	echo "# Modules in the module store can be compressed" >> "${S}/src/semanage.conf"
+	echo "# with bzip2.  Set this to the bzip2 blocksize" >> "${S}/src/semanage.conf"
+	echo "# 1-9 when compressing.  The higher the number," >> "${S}/src/semanage.conf"
+	echo "# the more memory is traded off for disk space." >> "${S}/src/semanage.conf"
+	echo "# Set to 0 to disable bzip2 compression." >> "${S}/src/semanage.conf"
+	echo "bzip-blocksize=0" >> "${S}/src/semanage.conf"
+	echo >> "${S}/src/semanage.conf"
+	echo "# Reduce memory usage for bzip2 compression and" >> "${S}/src/semanage.conf"
+	echo "# decompression of modules in the module store." >> "${S}/src/semanage.conf"
+	echo "bzip-small=true" >> "${S}/src/semanage.conf"
+
+	multilib_copy_sources
+}
+
+multilib_src_compile() {
+	local -x CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -fno-semantic-interposition"
+
+	emake \
+		AR="$(tc-getAR)" \
+		CC="$(tc-getCC)" \
+		LIBDIR="${EPREFIX}/usr/$(get_libdir)" \
+		all
+
+	if multilib_is_native_abi; then
+		building_py() {
+			emake \
+				AR="$(tc-getAR)" \
+				CC="$(tc-getCC)" \
+				PKG_CONFIG="$(tc-getPKG_CONFIG)" \
+				LIBDIR="${EPREFIX}/usr/$(get_libdir)" \
+				"$@"
+		}
+		python_foreach_impl building_py swigify
+		python_foreach_impl building_py pywrap
+	fi
+}
+
+multilib_src_install() {
+	emake \
+		LIBDIR="${EPREFIX}/usr/$(get_libdir)" \
+		DESTDIR="${ED}" install
+
+	if multilib_is_native_abi; then
+		installation_py() {
+			emake DESTDIR="${ED}" \
+				LIBDIR="${EPREFIX}/usr/$(get_libdir)" \
+				PKG_CONFIG="$(tc-getPKG_CONFIG)" \
+				install-pywrap
+			python_optimize # bug 531638
+		}
+		python_foreach_impl installation_py
+	fi
+}
+
+multiib_src_install_all() {
+	python_setup
+	python_fix_shebang "${ED}"/usr/libexec/selinux/semanage_migrate_store
+}