diff --git a/sys-apps/man-db/files/man-db.cron b/sys-apps/man-db/files/man-db.cron
index ced63900fca68..d94e594d1acfb 100644
--- a/sys-apps/man-db/files/man-db.cron
+++ b/sys-apps/man-db/files/man-db.cron
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 # Use same perms/settings as the ebuild.
-if [ ! -d /var/cache/man ]; then
-	mkdir -p /var/cache/man
-	chown man:root /var/cache/man
-	chmod 2755 /var/cache/man
+cachedir="/var/cache/man"
+if [ ! -d ${cachedir} ]; then
+	mkdir -p "${cachedir}"
+	chown man:man "${cachedir}"
+	chmod 0755 "${cachedir}"
 fi
 
 exec nice mandb --quiet
diff --git a/sys-apps/man-db/man-db-2.7.6.1-r2.ebuild b/sys-apps/man-db/man-db-2.7.6.1-r2.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..176e09719ea2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-apps/man-db/man-db-2.7.6.1-r2.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Id$
+
+EAPI=5
+
+inherit eutils user versionator
+
+DESCRIPTION="a man replacement that utilizes berkdb instead of flat files"
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.nongnu.org/man-db/"
+SRC_URI="mirror://nongnu/${PN}/${P}.tar.xz"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-3"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~s390 ~sh ~sparc ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~arm-linux ~x86-linux"
+IUSE="berkdb +gdbm +manpager nls selinux static-libs zlib"
+
+CDEPEND=">=dev-libs/libpipeline-1.4.0
+	berkdb? ( sys-libs/db:= )
+	gdbm? ( sys-libs/gdbm )
+	!berkdb? ( !gdbm? ( sys-libs/gdbm ) )
+	sys-apps/groff
+	zlib? ( sys-libs/zlib )
+	!sys-apps/man"
+DEPEND="${CDEPEND}
+	app-arch/xz-utils
+	virtual/pkgconfig
+	nls? (
+		>=app-text/po4a-0.45
+		sys-devel/gettext
+	)"
+RDEPEND="${CDEPEND}
+	selinux? ( sec-policy/selinux-mandb )
+"
+PDEPEND="manpager? ( app-text/manpager )"
+
+pkg_setup() {
+	# Create user now as Makefile in src_install does setuid/chown
+	enewgroup man 15
+	enewuser man 13 -1 /usr/share/man man
+
+	if (use gdbm && use berkdb) || (use !gdbm && use !berkdb) ; then #496150
+		ewarn "Defaulting to USE=gdbm due to ambiguous berkdb/gdbm USE flag settings"
+	fi
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	export ac_cv_lib_z_gzopen=$(usex zlib)
+	econf \
+		--docdir='$(datarootdir)'/doc/${PF} \
+		--with-systemdtmpfilesdir="${EPREFIX}"/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d \
+		--enable-setuid \
+		--enable-cache-owner=man \
+		--with-sections="1 1p 8 2 3 3p 4 5 6 7 9 0p tcl n l p o 1x 2x 3x 4x 5x 6x 7x 8x" \
+		$(use_enable nls) \
+		$(use_enable static-libs static) \
+		--with-db=$(usex gdbm gdbm $(usex berkdb db gdbm))
+
+	# Disable color output from groff so that the manpager can add it. #184604
+	sed -i \
+		-e '/^#DEFINE.*\<[nt]roff\>/{s:^#::;s:$: -c:}' \
+		src/man_db.conf || die
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	default
+	dodoc docs/{HACKING,TODO}
+	prune_libtool_files
+
+	exeinto /etc/cron.daily
+	newexe "${FILESDIR}"/man-db.cron man-db #289884
+}
+
+pkg_preinst() {
+	local cachedir="${EROOT}var/cache/man"
+	# If the system was already exploited, and the attacker is hiding in the
+	# cachedir of the old man-db, let's wipe them out.
+	# see bug  #602588 comment 18
+	local _replacing_version=
+	local _setgid_vuln=0
+	for _replacing_version in ${REPLACING_VERSIONS}; do
+		if version_is_at_least '2.7.6.1-r2' "${_replacing_version}"; then
+			debug-print "Skipping security bug #602588 ... existing installation (${_replacing_version}) should not be affected!"
+		else
+			_setgid_vuln=1
+			debug-print "Applying cleanup for security bug #602588"
+		fi
+	done
+	[[ ${_setgid_vuln} -eq 1 ]] && rm -rf "${cachedir}"
+
+	# Fall back to recreating the cachedir
+	if [[ ! -d ${cachedir} ]] ; then
+		mkdir -p "${cachedir}" || die
+		chown man:man "${cachedir}" || die
+	fi
+
+	# Update the whatis cache
+	if [[ -f ${cachedir}/whatis ]] ; then
+		einfo "Cleaning ${cachedir} from sys-apps/man"
+		find "${cachedir}" -type f '!' '(' -name index.bt -o -name index.db ')' -delete
+	fi
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	if [[ $(get_version_component_range 2 ${REPLACING_VERSIONS}) -lt 7 ]] ; then
+		einfo "Rebuilding man-db from scratch with new database format!"
+		mandb --quiet --create
+	fi
+}