diff --git a/dev-util/valabind/Manifest b/dev-util/valabind/Manifest
index 3380305b1..495c4f224 100644
--- a/dev-util/valabind/Manifest
+++ b/dev-util/valabind/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST valabind-1.4.0.tar.gz 52290 SHA256 b2e4939912feada6138b8269d228ea82fb0f1391fd2e2e7003f404677b0cdbc9 SHA512 67ca244f002dc1558455ee8648aacc7902049101cf6ac85bc982b975a129343cc4e262556d6210fec2add739ddb2ef673be87b2aaaaad23c2122cc9ca666fb24 WHIRLPOOL 3e4ba757cb756eebadfd007f4954e9e921c67a399c381fbad6f9546e5c2b8f1d474a817c0fdeb856c837e1eb6f76b97f2cd2ed5a687a374c5ff5a589e8d28247
+DIST valabind-1.5.0.tar.gz 140666 SHA256 ab2f915cfb738791b0877406a1f83d5f221bf4983718bbb01b046614ecf8cacf SHA512 dec6b69ca7acf499f6b0bb1ba4f0a5e621d599198f615adc3594c0f6a8cbb729c0240ae23b267c98b2b53e14d5ecf661275c264fbee96a2ce5a3f933687bcffa WHIRLPOOL 28383c346a90d7b543289dba32ac85b79379542978731211bfb9869dc1dbac8dbdfa07741adb0ed37e7f685f3c365b682f9aa56e3aef25a071f65a2ee7c31f98
diff --git a/dev-util/valabind/valabind-1.5.0.ebuild b/dev-util/valabind/valabind-1.5.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..459397cbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/valabind/valabind-1.5.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=6
+
+VALA_MIN_API_VERSION=0.40
+VALA_USE_DEPEND=vapigen
+inherit vala
+
+DESCRIPTION="Valabind is a tool to parse vala or vapi files to transform them into swig files"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/radare/valabind"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/radare/valabind/archive/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2"
+SLOT="0"
+
+#wait for vala 0.40 https://github.com/radare/valabind/issues/47
+#KEYWORDS="~x86 ~amd64"
+
+IUSE=""
+
+RDEPEND="$(vala_depend)"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	dev-lang/swig
+	virtual/pkgconfig"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	#upstream smoked something here
+	sed -i -e "s:^GIT_TIP:#GIT_TIP:" Makefile || die
+	#they don't detect version properly either
+	sed -i -e "s:=valac:=valac-$(vala_best_api_version):" Makefile || die
+	sed -i -e "s:\$(shell ./getvv):libvala-$(vala_best_api_version):" Makefile || die
+	eapply_user
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	econf VALAC=valac-$(vala_best_api_version) VALA=vala-$(vala_best_api_version)
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	emake DESTDIR="${ED}" install
+}