diff --git a/dev-libs/libfwnt/Manifest b/dev-libs/libfwnt/Manifest
index bca3a8dc7..483c6ab29 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libfwnt/Manifest
+++ b/dev-libs/libfwnt/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST libfwnt-alpha-20170115.tar.gz 696120 SHA256 010990789656a4a17537a68d625e5ba1f7243dffe4d1b993a64f10036fd40de1 SHA512 931ce4603400ba48b32e9063c1ff011db172698e40f99970cf409c9ce573bc02a9cbbbeeb22f9ff363bc1b6fa0a73a5ce153901a0bfa128208c86d801025c122 WHIRLPOOL 70712d56ffa266119a386e08e4a18b506f04a22b61a3fc85a5ff7faa622d8e181450944c95385db2942aa085b24ac5f19109cdfc0a24b495ff1f9e146169a08a
+DIST libfwnt-alpha-20180117.tar.gz 695519 SHA256 d968bbbf900b5dbd8a19458986967b7e4715fe6019b6c85a57ae3a962c138096 SHA512 2210ac6dc2b3a319887ed64a519c0d4337ecfc10c3a05621e97bc0e48ed78565a2a092d4a3a1e337d68d7d064ea865751e475e854e00b3cfcc24099657191008 WHIRLPOOL f292b70f26fa0a6c8a23d137b03b0746cad35c1db5d8d644dd2b4e74ee6a9617745803bcf7813e7c272d1619f00710d8429c9accff04ae6306a06d0bb1525f70
diff --git a/dev-libs/libfwnt/libfwnt-20180117.ebuild b/dev-libs/libfwnt/libfwnt-20180117.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b932acebc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/libfwnt/libfwnt-20180117.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=6
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_4,3_5,3_6} )
+
+inherit python-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Library for Windows NT data types"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/libyal/${PN}"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/libyal/${PN}/releases/download/${PV}/${PN}-alpha-${PV}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="LGPL-3"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~hppa ~ppc ~x86"
+IUSE="debug nls python +threads winapi"
+
+DEPEND="dev-libs/libcdata
+	dev-libs/libcerror
+	dev-libs/libcnotify
+	dev-libs/libcthreads"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+
+REQUIRED_USE="python? ( ${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE} )"
+
+CMAKE_IN_SOURCE_BUILD=1
+
+src_configure() {
+
+	local myconf=(
+		$(use_enable python) \
+		$(use_enable nls) \
+		$(use_with nls libiconv-prefix) \
+		$(use_with nls libintl-prefix) \
+		$(use_enable debug debug-output) \
+		$(use_enable debug verbose-output) \
+		$(use_enable winapi) \
+		$(use_enable threads multi-threading-support)
+#		--with-libcdata --with-libcerror \
+#		--with-libcnotify --with-libcthreads
+	)
+
+	if use python ; then
+		#todo: make python2 optional
+		myconf+=( --enable-python2 )
+		prepare_python() {
+			if python_is_python3; then
+				myconf+=( --enable-python3 )
+			fi
+		}
+		python_foreach_impl run_in_build_dir prepare_python
+	fi
+
+	econf ${myconf[@]}
+}