diff --git a/dev-util/lief/Manifest b/dev-util/lief/Manifest
index dfc858d3e..60b8e8ee3 100644
--- a/dev-util/lief/Manifest
+++ b/dev-util/lief/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-DIST lief-0.16.0.tar.gz 16420210 BLAKE2B ff5c230ba6c1ee472ddfad31669ed33a39283f73026cf66b2078e81b924948685d0e027b13930cbad962a4055599d46dfb52a851626efef34683e3d66947da5c SHA512 7df75fab6c7023e37a6a4d27fac8dcb4200e0235625fc5952bb23cedb2e582a37fb67ee471c1ae953c0b205fd9cca5538a835f65ef80a771f72dc7ff68000ed9
 DIST lief-0.16.1.tar.gz 16420382 BLAKE2B 5de2b12370c4f6b5aee3bfc242fc407435fb83d44d5be444130ba32501f2b15aeb01339fe9f35726a657d61bec176e094da6fdf783a73269b891d41e0454f43a SHA512 776d26bc5d8ec7bca823d1c0fc821b0efc2411976901e1fca0ffecbc64591798e9e21a483c1637e9877bdd921dc463ffaef4eeb6a76d9dd8463c97c5f50834d4
+DIST lief-0.16.2.tar.gz 16420540 BLAKE2B bed62c9da829d4de2872733f2f92f6f06206bc19407ba1cabb6df453e8df0cd496ea3328cb7b8269b2e344b3dd0b95a375ac593b5b3b262fcf4e50553e80b0bd SHA512 cd2e2d5e2914aa85d2293288180f24bc1189a6b04ce573e5c8ae27e2da280559b8ace3d06a998da72adbb139039cd644f34f35b029759a40cdc0273c50c0b829
diff --git a/dev-util/lief/lief-0.16.2.ebuild b/dev-util/lief/lief-0.16.2.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ab57df6c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/lief/lief-0.16.2.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_OPTIONAL=1
+#DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=scikit-build-core
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=standalone
+DISTUTILS_EXT=1
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..12} )
+inherit distutils-r1 cmake
+
+DESCRIPTION="Library to instrument executable formats"
+HOMEPAGE="https://lief.quarkslab.com/"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/lief-project/LIEF/archive/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+#	https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/cp311/${P:0:1}/${PN}/${P}-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_28_x86_64.manylinux_2_27_x86_64.whl  -> ${P}_x86_64.zip"
+# whl: https://pypi.org/pypi/lief/json
+S=${WORKDIR}/LIEF-${PV}
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+
+KEYWORDS="amd64 x86"
+
+IUSE="examples +python static-libs"
+
+# lief requires a forked version of nanobind, see LIEF-0.15.1/api/python/CMakeLists.txt
+# So don't try to use a standard one
+RDEPEND="python? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS}
+	dev-python/pydantic[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/pydantic-core[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/tomli[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/xtract[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	python? ( dev-python/scikit-build-core[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )"
+BDEPEND="${DISTUTILS_DEPS}"
+
+REQUIRED_USE="python? ( ${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE} )"
+#FIXME: LIEF_TESTS
+RESTRICT="test"
+
+QA_PRESTRIPPED="/usr/lib/python3.*/site-packages/lief/_lief.so"
+
+wrap_python() {
+	if use python; then
+		pushd "./api/python" >/dev/null || die
+		distutils-r1_${1} "$@"
+		popd >/dev/null
+	fi
+}
+
+src_prepare() {
+	#fix multilib
+	sed -i "s|CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR \"lib\"|CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR \"$(get_libdir)\"|" CMakeLists.txt || die
+#	sed -i '/COMMAND ${CMAKE_STRIP}/d' CMakeLists.txt || die
+#	sed -i "s|\"setup\"|\"scikit_build_core.build\"|" api/python/pyproject.toml || die
+
+	cmake_src_prepare
+	wrap_python ${FUNCNAME}
+	eapply_user
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	#cmake/LIEFOptions.cmake
+	local FORCE32=NO
+	use x86 && FORCE32=YES
+
+	local PYTHON_API=NO
+#	local NANOBIND_DIR
+
+	if use python; then
+		#set EPYTHON variable for python_get_sitedir
+		python_setup
+		PYTHON_API=YES
+#		NANOBIND_DIR=$(python_get_sitedir)/nanobind/cmake
+	fi
+
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS="$(usex static-libs OFF ON)"
+		-DLIEF_EXAMPLES="$(usex examples ON OFF)"
+		-DLIEF_PYTHON_API="$PYTHON_API"
+
+		-DLIEF_MACHO=OFF
+
+#		-DLIEF_PY_LIEF_EXT=ON
+#		-DLIEF_PYTHON_STATIC=OFF
+#		-DLIEF_PY_LIEF_EXT_SHARED=ON
+#		-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
+#		-DLIEF_FORCE_API_EXPORTS=ON
+
+		-DLIEF_FORCE32="$FORCE32"
+	)
+#	use python && mycmakeargs+=(
+#		-DLIEF_OPT_NANOBIND_EXTERNAL=1
+#		-Dnanobind_DIR="${NANOBIND_DIR}"
+#	)
+
+	cmake_src_configure
+	wrap_python ${FUNCNAME}
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	cmake_src_compile
+	wrap_python ${FUNCNAME}
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	cmake_src_install
+	wrap_python ${FUNCNAME}
+}