diff --git a/net-misc/wicd/Manifest b/net-misc/wicd/Manifest
index aad1a99..b0ca0f9 100644
--- a/net-misc/wicd/Manifest
+++ b/net-misc/wicd/Manifest
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ DIST Icone-Wicd-Lucid.tar.gz 9015 BLAKE2B 20c55968fe2be08a6dc5e2b3584f9c4294c69a
 DIST wicd-1.7.4.tar.gz 547393 BLAKE2B 045073781eb81a29754a238c0fded5d3225727497ea24c6cea58a1c72b83da76af6fc40a8e7345652c2dc9eb68ed24e0d97e421fd8c9e4d909a2c8f9460881ea SHA512 1e99a45daa858eba634e60e50c22aa2fab3fc4d643979a6741b6164bf500bd6db285d11c12ccd164ab6cf0792284e319e3c3447804088e74b4fc67bb6f431959
 DIST wicd-mac4lin-icons.tar.xz 53136 BLAKE2B 5064546c2aebda92ce168847f2821ff11653939c21667f7f48263d3be0a9100dffa1322b9b2842cb92a2ca50dec39114b1246b057663ede8708db17271f16af3 SHA512 98ed3f92ec361aa8651c64efdb5128b8f73068f1cf2423640dafc4b46889ae32c1d1f56f509ad609b2bf98f634f8ada4c501f2294e3a64affd1befd4400498a8
 EBUILD wicd-1.7.4-r3.ebuild 5063 BLAKE2B 64b0a6b00f68c554b240bfff6572e766d9ea88928896c68dccbcaac37d1bd56328ea032e6a6f4f554400bb301ed8362c735772540751edbbfedd2d2b4a51c2ca SHA512 defa56dc408a9175a0ca806c66056ed97d3972910284887a177e0dc312ec70b434b8b7ecbaf10cdac29b825796b2ca064892925b0f24f0dbd6a1e0e3485c9b7e
+EBUILD wicd-9999.ebuild 2898 BLAKE2B 08a3935e58a417319e15d36805c64a96bc04f8aa64cd0172fdb363dbb3f8d31664c49e82d1c317c67359aff95c182163cbb6cac0c2accf361dcadff73407f594 SHA512 c1fcf27b2ef13cb1dbdce27969a433f7052302f02036d94821d5c3f2f6bb09960eb530c64d610c215b37dd3c88d3f1db3318f551db350acd1f8a0d6d27fef387
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diff --git a/net-misc/wicd/wicd-9999.ebuild b/net-misc/wicd/wicd-9999.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55598a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-misc/wicd/wicd-9999.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=6
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{7,8} )
+PYTHON_REQ_USE="ncurses?,xml"
+
+inherit eutils distutils-r1 linux-info readme.gentoo-r1 systemd git-r3
+
+DESCRIPTION="A lightweight wired and wireless network manager for Linux"
+HOMEPAGE="https://launchpad.net/wicd"
+#EGIT_REPO_URI='https://git.launchpad.net/wicd'
+#EGIT_COMMIT='63812468bec3ee94c2dd6c8268f9e7b341273be5'
+EGIT_REPO_URI='https://github.com/gryf/wicd'
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~x86"
+IUSE="doc libnotify ncurses nls +pm-utils"
+
+DEPEND="nls? ( dev-python/Babel[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )"
+RDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
+	dev-python/dbus-python[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	|| (
+		net-misc/dhcpcd
+		net-misc/dhcp
+		net-misc/pump
+	)
+	net-wireless/wireless-tools
+	net-wireless/wpa_supplicant
+	|| (
+		sys-apps/net-tools
+		sys-apps/ethtool
+	)
+	libnotify? ( dev-python/notify-python[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )
+	ncurses? (
+		dev-python/urwid[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/pygobject:2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+	pm-utils? ( sys-power/pm-utils )
+	"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	CONFIG_CHECK="~CFG80211_WEXT"
+	local WARNING_CFG80211_WEXT="Wireless extensions have not been \
+	configured in your kernel.  Wicd will not work unless CFG80211_WEXT is set."
+	check_extra_config
+
+	default
+
+	if use nls; then
+	  # Asturian is faulty with PyBabel
+	  # (https://bugs.launchpad.net/wicd/+bug/928589)
+	  rm po/ast.po
+	  # zh_CN fails with newer PyBabel (Aug 2013)
+	  rm po/zh_CN.po
+	else
+	  # nuke translations
+	  rm po/*.po
+	fi
+
+	DOC_CONTENTS="To start wicd at boot with openRC, add
+		/etc/init.d/wicd to a runlevel and: (1) Remove all net.*
+		initscripts (except for net.lo) from all runlevels (2) Add these
+		scripts to the RC_PLUG_SERVICES line in /etc/rc.conf (For
+		example, rc_hotplug=\"!net.eth* !net.wlan*\")"
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	local myconf
+	use libnotify || myconf="${myconf} --no-use-notifications"
+	use ncurses || myconf="${myconf} --no-install-ncurses"
+	use pm-utils || myconf="${myconf} --no-install-pmutils"
+	python_setup
+	"${EPYTHON}" ./setup.py configure --no-install-docs \
+		--resume=/usr/share/wicd/scripts/ \
+		--suspend=/usr/share/wicd/scripts/ \
+		--verbose ${myconf}
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	distutils-r1_src_install
+	keepdir /var/lib/wicd/configurations
+	keepdir /etc/wicd/scripts/{postconnect,disconnect,preconnect}
+	keepdir /var/log/wicd
+	use nls || rm -rv "${D}"/usr/share/locale
+	systemd_dounit "${S}/other/wicd.service"
+
+	readme.gentoo_create_doc
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	# Maintainer's note: the consolekit use flag short circuits a dbus rule and
+	# allows the connection. Else, you need to be in the group.
+	if ! has_version sys-auth/consolekit; then
+		ewarn "Wicd-1.6 and newer requires your user to be in the 'users' group. If"
+		ewarn "you are not in that group, then modify /etc/dbus-1/system.d/wicd.conf"
+	fi
+
+	readme.gentoo_print_elog
+}