diff --git a/media-libs/svt-av1/Manifest b/media-libs/svt-av1/Manifest
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+++ b/media-libs/svt-av1/Manifest
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+DIST svt-av1-0.8.5.tar.gz 6319601 BLAKE2B f339d685250302c13e2ec1bb0e513496e651e75f325a1c79872942d4ab9353269ca2f2a70da1a6413ab2bc8f936aec0f0cf08b17ec12d672ee8efa6c26ebf15d SHA512 beb81d90096ab5fbce4df021bb0de7ab19d14f6faef548352d9b337543771f87eb2106d195e17747a569355fd560fac0629f63c8186a89b5a5c629d87e33609d
diff --git a/media-libs/svt-av1/metadata.xml b/media-libs/svt-av1/metadata.xml
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+++ b/media-libs/svt-av1/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<maintainer type="person">
+		<email>telans@posteo.de</email>
+		<name>Theo Anderson</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="github">OpenVisualCloud/SVT-AV1</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/media-libs/svt-av1/svt-av1-0.8.5.ebuild b/media-libs/svt-av1/svt-av1-0.8.5.ebuild
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+# Copyright 2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+
+inherit flag-o-matic cmake
+
+DESCRIPTION="Scalable Video Technology for AV1 (SVT-AV1 Encoder and Decoder)"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/OpenVisualCloud/SVT-AV1"
+
+if [ ${PV} = "9999" ]; then
+	inherit git-r3
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/OpenVisualCloud/SVT-AV1.git"
+else
+	SRC_URI="https://github.com/OpenVisualCloud/SVT-AV1/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64 -x86" # -x86: https://github.com/OpenVisualCloud/SVT-AV1/issues/1231
+	S="${WORKDIR}/SVT-AV1-${PV}"
+fi
+
+LICENSE="AOM BSD-2"
+SLOT="0/0.8.5"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	append-ldflags -Wl,-z,noexecstack
+	cmake_src_prepare
+}
diff --git a/media-libs/svt-av1/svt-av1-9999.ebuild b/media-libs/svt-av1/svt-av1-9999.ebuild
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+# Copyright 2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+
+inherit flag-o-matic cmake
+
+DESCRIPTION="Scalable Video Technology for AV1 (SVT-AV1 Encoder and Decoder)"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/OpenVisualCloud/SVT-AV1"
+
+if [ ${PV} = "9999" ]; then
+	inherit git-r3
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/OpenVisualCloud/SVT-AV1.git"
+else
+	SRC_URI="https://github.com/OpenVisualCloud/SVT-AV1/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64 -x86" # -x86: https://github.com/OpenVisualCloud/SVT-AV1/issues/1231
+	S="${WORKDIR}/SVT-AV1-${PV}"
+fi
+
+LICENSE="AOM BSD-2"
+SLOT="0/0.8.5"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	append-ldflags -Wl,-z,noexecstack
+	cmake_src_prepare
+}