diff --git a/dev-libs/imsg-compat/Manifest b/dev-libs/imsg-compat/Manifest
index c63e686c88..47a508de26 100644
--- a/dev-libs/imsg-compat/Manifest
+++ b/dev-libs/imsg-compat/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST imsg-compat-6.8.2.tar.gz 11672 BLAKE2B 6020ef6c2b5e025a6bc16b1618c343702b066948d913aaa4c98dc4474b9e25564b32313367724b1389d851dc43a73e450235d24414d84c5f1371c2540ca63961 SHA512 596d6ce353cecf957d6e680a3d7f3335b40fa7ea738e2f771a4a06878da29d56c1cddf5c8c7d05ac615afe56eab159bf33811a0cf35fbe0d07883a6c91047069
+DIST imsg-compat-8.0.0.tar.gz 16474 BLAKE2B 74c9bff1910e2f5bc3a0e2dc8dfa1f2ab87088282ab6c45d23365f6042326cd9b66721b622abb81d37ad7946811d25b8c9002fcfabbc21bf79f38ae1733cf0dc SHA512 532742d16c817fded6299d0baccaf779cc0d989280d471df92ddf4340215b91a709fb231a2a1b553eb5f950f15e73d87031634270f19635d6f274dc7246adda9
diff --git a/dev-libs/imsg-compat/imsg-compat-8.0.0.ebuild b/dev-libs/imsg-compat/imsg-compat-8.0.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d777d85463
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/imsg-compat/imsg-compat-8.0.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Copyright 2019-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit meson
+
+DESCRIPTION="linux port of OpenBSD imsg"
+
+HOMEPAGE="https://man.openbsd.org/imsg_init.3
+	https://github.com/bsd-ac/imsg-compat
+"
+
+if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
+	inherit git-r3
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/bsd-ac/imsg-compat.git"
+else
+	SRC_URI="https://github.com/bsd-ac/imsg-compat/archive/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~x86"
+fi
+
+LICENSE="ISC"
+SLOT="0"
+IUSE="test"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
diff --git a/dev-libs/imsg-compat/imsg-compat-9999.ebuild b/dev-libs/imsg-compat/imsg-compat-9999.ebuild
index 09651f485f..d777d85463 100644
--- a/dev-libs/imsg-compat/imsg-compat-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/imsg-compat/imsg-compat-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-# Copyright 2019-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 2019-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=7
+EAPI=8
 
-inherit toolchain-funcs
+inherit meson
 
 DESCRIPTION="linux port of OpenBSD imsg"
 
@@ -21,21 +21,5 @@ fi
 
 LICENSE="ISC"
 SLOT="0"
-IUSE="static-libs test"
+IUSE="test"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
-
-src_prepare() {
-	default
-	sed "s/@LIBDIR@/$(get_libdir)/" -i libimsg.pc.in || die
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	tc-export CC AR
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	emake DESTDIR="${D}" PREFIX="${EPREIFX}/usr" LIBDIR="${EPREFIX}/usr/$(get_libdir)" install
-	if ! use static-libs ; then
-		find "${ED}"/usr/$(get_libdir) -name "*.a" -delete || die
-	fi
-}