diff --git a/dev-db/mysql-connector-c/Manifest b/dev-db/mysql-connector-c/Manifest
index d9d45dcf80e68..65a983707e55f 100644
--- a/dev-db/mysql-connector-c/Manifest
+++ b/dev-db/mysql-connector-c/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST mysql-boost-8.0.21.tar.gz 278292192 BLAKE2B 9e5a14d1401f58f6f620c8691d2d4d3ada122a79a4e081380050961f0add93bf32b682c60ea2a6e58f50a4fcedbd323d8efe2d5f3e1f2bba5010e201a2df5d44 SHA512 18128edd7d9604ea69bd308f372d6663ef3629503969148e3a2117175c4ef625358b31b96e0e1b8d10a87037719e3cb61d5c71eee1e26ab0e0a1731977a2d7c1
+DIST mysql-boost-8.0.22.tar.gz 285934450 BLAKE2B 1ba0c9bb9a0cb74af4842d3b746f8b690c122cfbf2c6d5201ce95e59a257427a8683dd8d5c2be31dfe9ece4761366c1287fa7b841c45db222725bf76b0639bc6 SHA512 792f2ada93ec67a4679228478c6b798e81d9e9f6d13c7f4977cb7682738a4aae3cb483294edc6b2fde16c3960e51af8786216c063ab500840afd39a609e4b612
diff --git a/dev-db/mysql-connector-c/files/mysql-connector-c-8.0.22-always-build-decompress-utilities.patch b/dev-db/mysql-connector-c/files/mysql-connector-c-8.0.22-always-build-decompress-utilities.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b0046fd8b2245
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-db/mysql-connector-c/files/mysql-connector-c-8.0.22-always-build-decompress-utilities.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--- a/utilities/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/utilities/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -123,14 +123,11 @@ MYSQL_ADD_EXECUTABLE(perror
+   DEPENDENCIES GenError
+   LINK_LIBRARIES mysys
+   )
+-IF(BUILD_BUNDLED_LZ4)
+-  MYSQL_ADD_EXECUTABLE(lz4_decompress
+-    lz4_decompress.cc
+-    COMPONENT Server
+-    LINK_LIBRARIES ${LZ4_LIBRARY} mysys
+-    )
+-ENDIF()
+-
++MYSQL_ADD_EXECUTABLE(lz4_decompress
++  lz4_decompress.cc
++  COMPONENT Server
++  LINK_LIBRARIES ${LZ4_LIBRARY} mysys
++  )
+ MYSQL_ADD_EXECUTABLE(zlib_decompress
+   zlib_decompress.cc
+   COMPONENT Server
diff --git a/dev-db/mysql-connector-c/mysql-connector-c-8.0.22.ebuild b/dev-db/mysql-connector-c/mysql-connector-c-8.0.22.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7502dbf5252aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-db/mysql-connector-c/mysql-connector-c-8.0.22.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+
+inherit cmake-multilib
+
+# wrap the config script
+MULTILIB_CHOST_TOOLS=( /usr/bin/mysql_config )
+
+DESCRIPTION="C client library for MariaDB/MySQL"
+HOMEPAGE="https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/"
+LICENSE="GPL-2"
+
+SRC_URI="https://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/MySQL-8.0/mysql-boost-${PV}.tar.gz"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~s390 ~sparc ~x86"
+
+SLOT="0/21"
+IUSE="ldap libressl static-libs"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=app-arch/lz4-0_p131:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	app-arch/zstd:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	sys-libs/zlib:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	ldap? ( dev-libs/cyrus-sasl:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+	libressl? ( dev-libs/libressl:0=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+	!libressl? ( dev-libs/openssl:0=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+	"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+
+# Avoid file collisions, #692580
+RDEPEND+=" !<dev-db/mysql-5.6.45-r1"
+RDEPEND+=" !=dev-db/mysql-5.7.23*"
+RDEPEND+=" !=dev-db/mysql-5.7.24*"
+RDEPEND+=" !=dev-db/mysql-5.7.25*"
+RDEPEND+=" !=dev-db/mysql-5.7.26-r0"
+RDEPEND+=" !=dev-db/mysql-5.7.27-r0"
+RDEPEND+=" !<dev-db/percona-server-5.7.26.29-r1"
+
+DOCS=( README )
+
+S="${WORKDIR}/mysql-${PV}"
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-8.0.22-always-build-decompress-utilities.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-8.0.19-do-not-install-comp_err.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-8.0.21-libressl.patch
+)
+
+src_prepare() {
+	sed -i -e 's/CLIENT_LIBS/CONFIG_CLIENT_LIBS/' "${S}/scripts/CMakeLists.txt" || die
+
+	# All these are for the server only.
+	# Disable rpm call which would trigger sandbox, #692368
+	sed -i \
+		-e '/MYSQL_CHECK_LIBEVENT/d' \
+		-e '/MYSQL_CHECK_RAPIDJSON/d' \
+		-e '/MYSQL_CHECK_ICU/d' \
+		-e '/MYSQL_CHECK_EDITLINE/d' \
+		-e '/MYSQL_CHECK_CURL/d' \
+		-e '/ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(man)/d' \
+		-e '/ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(share)/d' \
+		-e '/INCLUDE(cmake\/boost/d' \
+		-e 's/MY_RPM rpm/MY_RPM rpmNOTEXISTENT/' \
+		CMakeLists.txt || die
+
+	# Skip building clients
+	echo > client/CMakeLists.txt || die
+
+	# Forcefully disable auth plugin
+	if ! use ldap ; then
+		sed -i -e '/MYSQL_CHECK_SASL/d' CMakeLists.txt || die
+		echo > libmysql/authentication_ldap/CMakeLists.txt || die
+	fi
+
+	cmake-utils_src_prepare
+}
+
+multilib_src_configure() {
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		-DINSTALL_LAYOUT=RPM
+		-DINSTALL_LIBDIR=$(get_libdir)
+		-DWITH_DEFAULT_COMPILER_OPTIONS=OFF
+		-DENABLED_LOCAL_INFILE=ON
+		-DMYSQL_UNIX_ADDR="${EPREFIX}/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock"
+		-DWITH_LZ4=system
+		-DWITH_NUMA=OFF
+		-DWITH_SSL=system
+		-DWITH_ZLIB=system
+		-DWITH_ZSTD=system
+		-DLIBMYSQL_OS_OUTPUT_NAME=mysqlclient
+		-DSHARED_LIB_PATCH_VERSION="0"
+		-DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON
+		-DWITHOUT_SERVER=ON
+	)
+	cmake-utils_src_configure
+}
+
+multilib_src_install() {
+	cmake-utils_src_install
+}
+
+multilib_src_install_all() {
+	doman \
+		man/my_print_defaults.1 \
+		man/perror.1 \
+		man/zlib_decompress.1
+
+	if ! use static-libs ; then
+		find "${ED}" -name "*.a" -delete || die
+	fi
+}