diff --git a/gui-apps/wl-clip-persist/metadata.xml b/gui-apps/wl-clip-persist/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<maintainer type="person" proxied="yes">
+		<email>johnmh@johnmh.me</email>
+		<name>John M. Harris, Jr.</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<longdescription lang="en">
+	Keep Wayland clipboard even after programs close
+	</longdescription>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="github">Linus789/wl-clip-persist</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/gui-apps/wl-clip-persist/wl-clip-persist-9999.ebuild b/gui-apps/wl-clip-persist/wl-clip-persist-9999.ebuild
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+# Copyright 2024 John M. Harris, Jr.
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit cargo git-r3
+
+DESCRIPTION="Keep Wayland clipboard even after programs close"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/Linus789/wl-clip-persist"
+
+EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/Linus789/wl-clip-persist.git"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+# Dependent crate licenses
+LICENSE+=" Unicode-DFS-2016"
+SLOT="0"
+
+DEPEND="
+	dev-libs/wayland-protocols
+	dev-libs/wayland
+"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+
+src_unpack() {
+	git-r3_src_unpack
+	cargo_live_src_unpack
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	cargo_gen_config
+	cargo_src_configure
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	cargo_src_compile
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	cargo_src_install
+}
+
+# Rust package
+QA_FLAGS_IGNORED="usr/bin/${PN}"