diff --git a/app-text/md4c/md4c-9999.ebuild b/app-text/md4c/md4c-9999.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit cmake
+
+# TODO: enable tests, add stable version and useflag for static lib
+
+if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
+	inherit git-r3
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/mity/md4c.git"
+else
+	SRC_URI="https://github.com/mity/${PN}/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+fi
+
+DESCRIPTION="C Markdown parser. Fast, SAX-like interface, CommonMark Compliant."
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/mity/md4c"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	cmake_src_prepare
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	mycmakeargs=(
+		-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+		-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
+	)
+
+	cmake_src_configure
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	cmake_src_install
+
+	find "${ED}/usr/$(get_libdir)" -name '*.a' -exec rm {} \; || die
+}
diff --git a/app-text/md4c/metadata.xml b/app-text/md4c/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>nrk@disroot.org</email>
+	</maintainer>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="github">mity/md4c</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>