diff --git a/net-libs/usockets/Manifest b/net-libs/usockets/Manifest
index f999ba4b06..6789ca40cf 100644
--- a/net-libs/usockets/Manifest
+++ b/net-libs/usockets/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST usockets-0.6.0_p1.tar.gz 57634 BLAKE2B 67faa23add9c88dd49eed4849766e3eeeeaedd3993741ced9491d01b6d0caf56b032a9689827018714dbc87b500f3755db4edacb035573f7a563cd7147b1e187 SHA512 0dbedc5e90af9a92e6597e801116b57fd99dcd5a8488e3b5ddce83bbcd1852d30f2c8954dc1991a807d32f00bdb62e654498687fec344d295f299ccf3920a1ca
+DIST usockets-0.6.0_p20210126.tar.gz 57764 BLAKE2B 3ddcfaa684dec96a80f81424512bbd7a2fd8dd0724a0c20628aa76b5bb3e5b2177402b33feb8d046f3fa813288d3d3a5b8b18d7df8bd6a28b029162cdbe3b9ab SHA512 047b95a125b0a79ee4b301bb0c718aded6d6dbcafef64965ad6bcf14428b6569e67c2a9eb3d6d4bf3a2f4e2e46e978555507dec9047e6497823a880ae7deed03
diff --git a/net-libs/usockets/usockets-0.6.0_p20210126.ebuild b/net-libs/usockets/usockets-0.6.0_p20210126.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..37f780764c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-libs/usockets/usockets-0.6.0_p20210126.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# Copyright 2019-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+
+inherit toolchain-funcs
+
+DESCRIPTION="tiny eventing, networking & crypto for async applications"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/uNetworking/uSockets"
+
+if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
+	inherit git-r3
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/uNetworking/uSockets.git"
+else
+	COMMIT=45a70140b191e74c66301e5fefdacbd298b8c518
+	SRC_URI="https://github.com/uNetworking/uSockets/archive/${COMMIT}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~x86"
+	S="${WORKDIR}/uSockets-${COMMIT}"
+fi
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+IUSE="libuv +ssl static-libs"
+
+DEPEND="
+	libuv? ( dev-libs/libuv[static-libs?] )
+	ssl? ( >=dev-libs/openssl-1.1.0[static-libs?] )
+"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-0.6.0-Makefile.patch"
+)
+
+src_configure() {
+	tc-export CC CXX
+	export VERSION="${PV%_*}" \
+	       LIB="$(get_libdir)" \
+	       WITH_OPENSSL="$(usex ssl 1 0)"
+	       WITH_LIBUV="$(usex libuv 1 0)"
+	default
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	default
+	einstalldocs
+	if ! use static-libs; then
+		rm -f "${ED}/usr/$(get_libdir)/libusockets.a" || die
+	fi
+}
diff --git a/net-libs/usockets/usockets-9999.ebuild b/net-libs/usockets/usockets-9999.ebuild
index dc363d4981..37f780764c 100644
--- a/net-libs/usockets/usockets-9999.ebuild
+++ b/net-libs/usockets/usockets-9999.ebuild
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
 	inherit git-r3
 	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/uNetworking/uSockets.git"
 else
-	COMMIT=7683672d87067cd75b854f4e36b9820f4809a4be
+	COMMIT=45a70140b191e74c66301e5fefdacbd298b8c518
 	SRC_URI="https://github.com/uNetworking/uSockets/archive/${COMMIT}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
 	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~x86"
 	S="${WORKDIR}/uSockets-${COMMIT}"