diff --git a/dev-python/botocore/botocore-1.8.20.ebuild b/dev-python/botocore/botocore-1.8.20.ebuild
index 9e2b1a14bd8e5..7f976cb95e55c 100644
--- a/dev-python/botocore/botocore-1.8.20.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/botocore/botocore-1.8.20.ebuild
@@ -8,13 +8,18 @@ inherit distutils-r1
 
 DESCRIPTION="Low-level, data-driven core of boto 3."
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/boto/botocore"
-SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${PN:0:1}/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"
-
 LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
 SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
 IUSE="doc test"
 
+if [[ "${PV}" == "9999" ]]; then
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/boto/botocore"
+	inherit git-r3
+else
+	SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${PN:0:1}/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
+fi
+
 RDEPEND="
 	>=dev-python/docutils-0.10[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	>=dev-python/jmespath-0.7.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]