diff --git a/app-exploits/empire/Manifest b/app-exploits/empire/Manifest
index fa819eaa5..698143885 100644
--- a/app-exploits/empire/Manifest
+++ b/app-exploits/empire/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST empire-5.11.5.tar.gz 61936894 BLAKE2B ecefdeebcfa99941ba345b35fd8eed326f6a65a49cd99dbb23b565afe140c0bef0fb3c7afbb84700b18ac596ae63e24dace52a2ec904038d80aabc1d52ea1610 SHA512 cdb08364e5076b27c7a2ca8c5582b55920ec6009fae2e753e21a68639615e11bfe434696c6036cd45aff8acf6697661fc56a1c39c49963d04913027d480fa776
+DIST empire-5.12.2.tar.gz 61940576 BLAKE2B 495a26d311f199260a2605f3105d877e8058482c8fe9ff3592e56a6485dbfe3922be461c50742fc22cef319e8a7f8b3a80fdc77c5e37c0229a31d062291eb2bf SHA512 adbd3e2aac8f9a8cfaa90427ffe6304aa80a02f82410950f20b0e2afc00bd9173be7a3dee6a8686dea83313b66ae47147a64aac668d03e2d0bc369f7258a98ba
diff --git a/app-exploits/empire/empire-5.12.2.ebuild b/app-exploits/empire/empire-5.12.2.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..206090412
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@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=poetry
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..13} )
+PYTHON_REQ_USE="sqlite"
+
+inherit wrapper python-single-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="A post-exploitation framework"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/BC-SECURITY/Empire"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/BC-SECURITY/Empire/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+S="${WORKDIR}/Empire-${PV}"
+
+LICENSE="BSD"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+IUSE="powershell java"
+REQUIRED_USE="powershell? ( !x86 )
+			${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
+
+# https://github.com/BC-SECURITY/Empire/issues/196
+RDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
+	$(python_gen_cond_dep '
+		dev-python/urllib3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/requests[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/python-iptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/macholib[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/dropbox-sdk[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/pyopenssl[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/zlib_wrapper[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/jinja2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/xlutils[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/pyparsing[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/pymysql[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/sqlalchemy[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/pyyaml[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/sqlalchemy_utc[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/prompt-toolkit-3.0.9[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/terminaltables-3.1.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/humanize-4.0.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/pycryptodome[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/cryptography[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/fastapi-0.104.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/uvicorn-0.22.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/jq-1.6.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/aiofiles-23.2.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/python-multipart-0.0.6[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/websockify-0.10.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/websockets-12.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/pyperclip-1.8.2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/flask-3.0.2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/python-obfuscator-0.0.2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/pyinstaller-6.2.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/tabulate-0.9.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/stix2-3.0.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/docopt-ng-0.9.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/packaging-23.2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/bcrypt-4.0.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+
+		dev-python/pysecretsocks[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/donut-shellcode[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+
+	')
+	powershell? (
+		!x86? ( app-shells/pwsh-bin ) )
+	java? (
+		|| ( virtual/jre:* virtual/jdk:* ) )"
+
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+
+pkg_setup() {
+	python-single-r1_pkg_setup
+}
+
+src_prepare() {
+	python_fix_shebang "${S}"
+	default
+}
+
+#https://github.com/BC-SECURITY/Empire/issues/39
+src_install() {
+	insinto "/usr/share/${PN}"
+	doins -r empire/ empire.py
+
+#	python_optimize "${D}/usr/share/${PN}/lib"
+
+	make_wrapper $PN \
+		"${PYTHON} /usr/share/${PN}/empire.py" \
+		"/usr/share/${PN}"
+
+	dodoc README.md Dockerfile changelog
+}
+
+pkg_config() {
+	local _yesno_ask
+	local _em_home="${EROOT}/usr/share/${PN}"
+
+	pushd "${_em_home}" >/dev/null || die
+
+	if [ -f "${_em_home}/data/empire.db" ]; then
+		ewarn "Drop old database "${_em_home}/data/empire.db" for new configuring ..."
+		read -r -p " [>] Are you sure? [y/N] " _yesno_ask
+
+		if [[ ${_yesno_ask,,} =~ ^(yes|y)$ ]]; then
+			rm -f data/empire.db > /dev/null 2>&1 || die
+		else
+			return
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	ebegin "Press ENTER to create password for database or Control-C to abort now"
+	python3 setup/setup_database.py
+	eend ${?} || die
+
+	if [ -f "${_em_home}/data/empire-chain.pem" ] || [ -f "${_em_home}/data/empire-priv.key" ]; then
+		ewarn "Drop old ${_em_home}/data/empire-chain.pem and generate new cert ..."
+		read -r -p " [>] Are you sure? [y/N] " _yesno_ask
+
+		if [[ ${_yesno_ask,,} =~ ^(yes|y)$ ]]; then
+			rm -f data/{empire-chain.pem,empire-priv.key} > /dev/null 2>&1 || die
+		else
+			return
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	openssl req -newkey rsa:2048 -new -nodes -x509 \
+		-subj "/C=US/ST=Denial/L=Springfield/O=Dis/CN=www.pentoo.ch" \
+		-keyout data/empire-priv.key \
+		-out data/empire-chain.pem || die
+
+	popd >/dev/null || die
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	ewarn "\nWarning. This software does not support system-wide installation"
+	ewarn "See the following bug report for more details:"
+	ewarn "https://github.com/BC-SECURITY/Empire/issues/39"
+	ewarn
+	ewarn "You need to run it from /usr/share/${PN} directory under 'root' account"
+	ewarn "\nPlease configure your installation before using:"
+	ewarn "    emerge --config \"=${CATEGORY}/${PF}\"\n"
+}