diff --git a/net-libs/ixwebsocket/Manifest b/net-libs/ixwebsocket/Manifest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2f68d56b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-libs/ixwebsocket/Manifest
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DIST ixwebsocket-11.2.8.tar.gz 583075 BLAKE2B 014af74ec236a49b8bad574761e6d861348ef22f3cbda798862f87591c27c2ee8b94f740d534ed7f6fc0736ea2e06788c64a208dab65575aa815d40472c6c50d SHA512 7938c2b59b5f310afa1a0c94171dd55a4e8821ac0763feb11528d520f1d3bf1037bb8d53d31eec1952888f601f597c00c9490e15cfca7f9c3aa6d80614d7b1f5
diff --git a/net-libs/ixwebsocket/files/ixwebsocket-11.2.8-remove-deflate.patch b/net-libs/ixwebsocket/files/ixwebsocket-11.2.8-remove-deflate.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fffedc6b77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-libs/ixwebsocket/files/ixwebsocket-11.2.8-remove-deflate.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 77d2f6b..665c35f 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -206,14 +206,6 @@ if (USE_ZLIB)
+ target_compile_definitions(ixwebsocket PUBLIC IXWEBSOCKET_USE_ZLIB)
+ endif()
+
+-# brew install libdeflate
+-find_package(Deflate)
+-if (DEFLATE_FOUND)
+- include_directories(${DEFLATE_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+- target_link_libraries(ixwebsocket ${DEFLATE_LIBRARIES})
+- target_compile_definitions(ixwebsocket PUBLIC IXWEBSOCKET_USE_DEFLATE)
+-endif()
+-
+ if (WIN32)
+ target_link_libraries(ixwebsocket wsock32 ws2_32 shlwapi)
+ add_definitions(-D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS)
diff --git a/net-libs/ixwebsocket/files/ixwebsocket-11.2.8-remove-network-tests.patch b/net-libs/ixwebsocket/files/ixwebsocket-11.2.8-remove-network-tests.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2d1360cb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-libs/ixwebsocket/files/ixwebsocket-11.2.8-remove-network-tests.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
+index 661aebb..bab73c7 100644
+--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -11,15 +11,12 @@ option(USE_TLS "Add TLS support" ON)
+
+ # Shared sources
+ set (TEST_TARGET_NAMES
+- IXSocketTest
+ IXSocketConnectTest
+ IXWebSocketServerTest
+ IXWebSocketTestConnectionDisconnection
+ IXUrlParserTest
+- IXHttpClientTest
+ IXUnityBuildsTest
+ IXHttpTest
+- IXDNSLookupTest
+ IXWebSocketSubProtocolTest
+ # IXWebSocketBroadcastTest ## FIXME was depending on cobra / take a broadcast server from ws
+ IXStrCaseCompareTest
+@@ -33,7 +30,6 @@ if (UNIX)
+
+ # Fail on Windows in CI probably because the pathing is wrong and
+ # some resource files cannot be found
+- IXHttpServerTest
+ IXWebSocketChatTest
+ )
+ endif()
diff --git a/net-libs/ixwebsocket/files/ixwebsocket-11.2.8-use-gnuinstalldirs.patch b/net-libs/ixwebsocket/files/ixwebsocket-11.2.8-use-gnuinstalldirs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a7e2b6ba8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-libs/ixwebsocket/files/ixwebsocket-11.2.8-use-gnuinstalldirs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 77d2f6b..4c64106 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -238,23 +238,25 @@ if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "MSVC")
+ target_compile_options(ixwebsocket PRIVATE /MP)
+ endif()
+
++include(GNUInstallDirs)
++
+ target_include_directories(ixwebsocket PUBLIC
+ $
+- $
++ $
+ )
+
+ set_target_properties(ixwebsocket PROPERTIES PUBLIC_HEADER "${IXWEBSOCKET_HEADERS}")
+
+ install(TARGETS ixwebsocket
+ EXPORT ixwebsocket
+- ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib
+- PUBLIC_HEADER DESTINATION include/ixwebsocket/
++ ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
++ PUBLIC_HEADER DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/ixwebsocket/
+ )
+
+ install(EXPORT ixwebsocket
+ FILE ixwebsocket-config.cmake
+ NAMESPACE ixwebsocket::
+- DESTINATION lib/cmake/ixwebsocket)
++ DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/ixwebsocket)
+
+ if (USE_WS OR USE_TEST)
+ include(FetchContent)
diff --git a/net-libs/ixwebsocket/files/ixwebsocket-11.2.8-use-system-spdlog.patch b/net-libs/ixwebsocket/files/ixwebsocket-11.2.8-use-system-spdlog.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ed329b41de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-libs/ixwebsocket/files/ixwebsocket-11.2.8-use-system-spdlog.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 77d2f6b..86c7172 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -257,13 +257,9 @@ install(EXPORT ixwebsocket
+ DESTINATION lib/cmake/ixwebsocket)
+
+ if (USE_WS OR USE_TEST)
+- include(FetchContent)
+- FetchContent_Declare(spdlog
+- GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/gabime/spdlog"
+- GIT_TAG "v1.8.0"
+- GIT_SHALLOW 1)
+-
+- FetchContent_MakeAvailable(spdlog)
++ find_package(spdlog REQUIRED)
++ find_package(fmt REQUIRED)
++ set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -DSPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL")
+
+ if (USE_WS)
+ add_subdirectory(ws)
+diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
+index 661aebb..ab0c92e 100644
+--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ target_include_directories(ixwebsocket_test PRIVATE
+ ../third_party
+ )
+ target_link_libraries(ixwebsocket_test ixwebsocket)
+-target_link_libraries(ixwebsocket_test spdlog)
++target_link_libraries(ixwebsocket_test spdlog::spdlog fmt::fmt)
+
+ foreach(TEST_TARGET_NAME ${TEST_TARGET_NAMES})
+ add_executable(${TEST_TARGET_NAME}
+@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ foreach(TEST_TARGET_NAME ${TEST_TARGET_NAMES})
+ target_link_libraries(${TEST_TARGET_NAME} ixwebsocket_test)
+ target_link_libraries(${TEST_TARGET_NAME} ixwebsocket)
+
+- target_link_libraries(${TEST_TARGET_NAME} spdlog)
++ target_link_libraries(${TEST_TARGET_NAME} spdlog fmt)
+
+ add_test(NAME ${TEST_TARGET_NAME}
+ COMMAND ${TEST_TARGET_NAME}
+diff --git a/ws/CMakeLists.txt b/ws/CMakeLists.txt
+index 98f15de..10834e5 100644
+--- a/ws/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/ws/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@ add_executable(ws
+ # library with the most dependencies come first
+ target_link_libraries(ws ixwebsocket)
+
+-target_link_libraries(ws spdlog)
++target_link_libraries(ws spdlog::spdlog fmt::fmt)
+
+ install(TARGETS ws RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
diff --git a/net-libs/ixwebsocket/ixwebsocket-11.2.8.ebuild b/net-libs/ixwebsocket/ixwebsocket-11.2.8.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..43bcde9170
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-libs/ixwebsocket/ixwebsocket-11.2.8.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+# Copyright 2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit cmake
+
+MY_P="IXWebSocket-${PV}"
+
+DESCRIPTION="C++ websocket client and server library"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/machinezone/IXWebSocket"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/machinezone/IXWebSocket/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="BSD"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+IUSE="+ssl test zlib ws"
+
+DEPEND="
+ sys-libs/zlib:=
+
+ ws? (
+ >=dev-libs/spdlog-1.8.0:=
+ )
+ test? (
+ >=dev-libs/spdlog-1.8.0:=
+ )
+"
+RDEPEND="
+ sys-libs/zlib:=
+"
+BDEPEND=""
+
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
+
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+PATCHES=(
+ # Upstream installs to hardcoded lib- and include-dirs
+ "${FILESDIR}/${P}-use-gnuinstalldirs.patch"
+ # Some tests require network connectivity
+ "${FILESDIR}/${P}-remove-network-tests.patch"
+ # Upstream uses git submodules
+ "${FILESDIR}/${P}-use-system-spdlog.patch"
+ # Upstream detects deflate dynamically, so let's remove it
+ "${FILESDIR}/${P}-remove-deflate.patch"
+)
+
+src_configure() {
+ local mycmakeargs=(
+ -DUSE_TLS="$(usex ssl)"
+ -DUSE_ZLIB="$(usex zlib)"
+ -DUSE_WS="$(usex ws)"
+ -DUSE_TEST="$(usex test)"
+ )
+ cmake_src_configure
+}
+
+src_test() {
+ cd "${BUILD_DIR}" || die
+ ctest --output-on-failure || die
+}
diff --git a/net-libs/ixwebsocket/metadata.xml b/net-libs/ixwebsocket/metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d44d14fb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-libs/ixwebsocket/metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+
+
+
+
+ Adrian Schollmeyer
+ nex+b-g-o@nexadn.de
+
+
+