diff --git a/sci-electronics/xnec2c/Manifest b/sci-electronics/xnec2c/Manifest
index eb5069f605ab..3656205642d2 100644
--- a/sci-electronics/xnec2c/Manifest
+++ b/sci-electronics/xnec2c/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST xnec2c-v4.4.11.tar.gz 1061014 BLAKE2B f7af594a1f97b0ad9d93b57235afaf04a8500768396c49608c96849b761828206f2c48afbdb067c9a4138732d4d4e6ad7f6f90a5a547487928efdfe77d3bad88 SHA512 9b5bf71ae45b4d70030eb78793d54d2aa8691afcfcb398b8b23be6508d77a510e5e8a26b6c978b9ea6031fbf5903fd765263d4b19691011187daf58feac612e2
+DIST xnec2c-v4.4.12.tar.gz 1496988 BLAKE2B dbcea1e24382b9f2bb6e881007b44dcf99b9caa7f970ecbb1363e1a0e232d9d1bda6fe68f90622d81cdc69b3b9ff6019dd4b123d6a79f8c6bd088dbd804354b8 SHA512 0d1711260d7f69633d9e6bb559f3b56c2a25414f75ed913c643c0aaad5e4062834ce6c7c7816741f65436173b331e6f8f957c4a624a77214414865bac94ab7e8
diff --git a/sci-electronics/xnec2c/xnec2c-4.4.12.ebuild b/sci-electronics/xnec2c/xnec2c-4.4.12.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3d142cf6f7a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sci-electronics/xnec2c/xnec2c-4.4.12.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit autotools xdg-utils
+
+MY_P=${PN}-v${PV}
+
+DESCRIPTION="A GTK+ graphical interactive version of nec2c"
+HOMEPAGE="https://www.xnec2c.org"
+SRC_URI="https://www.xnec2c.org/releases/${MY_P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+IUSE="doc examples"
+
+RDEPEND="dev-libs/glib:2
+	x11-libs/gtk+:3"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	sys-devel/gettext"
+
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	eapply_user
+	eautoreconf
+}
+src_install() {
+	default
+	docompress -x /usr/share/man
+
+	rm -R "${D}/usr/share/doc/${P}" || die
+	dodoc AUTHORS README.md doc/*.txt
+	use doc && dodoc -r doc/*.html doc/images
+
+	if ! use examples ; then
+		rm -R "${D}/usr/share/${PN}/examples" || die
+	fi
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	xdg_mimeinfo_database_update
+	xdg_icon_cache_update
+	xdg_desktop_database_update
+}
+
+pkg_postrm() {
+	xdg_mimeinfo_database_update
+	xdg_icon_cache_update
+	xdg_desktop_database_update
+}