diff --git a/dev-util/lv2lint/Manifest b/dev-util/lv2lint/Manifest
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bcef3e9e3ddc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/lv2lint/Manifest
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DIST lv2lint-0.16.2.tar.gz 69506 BLAKE2B db221cb2e5e7a25c1a962ae7b1376adce24d593ca871b444fe3bd1a333aedfddcb02bafd5a3dbf4cf1da015b54dc7ca59e3e37208c1902390c524c6b005a83bc SHA512 8abd393832179f526d15b141a88239af355cdcccd9284e44c3deea2e4d189959242311993d6ef04aea5634d02e01f659cd4141092668cf9b7e13c1d136923ce8
diff --git a/dev-util/lv2lint/files/lv2lint-0.16.2-tests-optional.patch b/dev-util/lv2lint/files/lv2lint-0.16.2-tests-optional.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a38d87bff94b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/lv2lint/files/lv2lint-0.16.2-tests-optional.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+https://git.open-music-kontrollers.ch/~hp/lv2lint/commit/b9ee588bff38bcdc52859d2b2167e47feadf6a0d.patch
+
+From b9ee588bff38bcdc52859d2b2167e47feadf6a0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Hanspeter Portner <dev@open-music-kontrollers.ch>
+Date: Fri, 5 May 2023 12:04:53 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Add build-tests configure option
+
+--- a/meson.build
++++ b/meson.build
+@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ x11_tests = get_option('x11-tests')
+ reuse = find_program('reuse', required : false)
+ 
+ version = get_option('version')
++build_tests = get_option('build-tests')
+ 
+ prefix= get_option('prefix')
+ libdir= get_option('libdir')
+@@ -133,9 +134,11 @@ configure_file(
+   install : true,
+   install_dir : 'bin')
+ 
+-if reuse.found()
+-  test('REUSE', reuse, args : [
+-    '--root', meson.current_source_dir(),
+-    'lint'
+-  ])
++if build_tests
++  if reuse.found()
++    test('REUSE', reuse, args : [
++      '--root', meson.current_source_dir(),
++      'lint'
++    ])
++  endif
+ endif
+--- a/meson_options.txt
++++ b/meson_options.txt
+@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
+ # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Hanspeter Portner <dev@open-music-kontrollers.ch>
+ # SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+ 
++option('build-tests', type : 'boolean', value : true)
+ option('online-tests', type : 'feature', value : 'disabled')
+ option('elf-tests', type : 'feature', value : 'disabled')
+ option('x11-tests', type : 'feature', value : 'disabled')
+-option('version', type : 'string', value : '0.17.81')
++option('version', type : 'string', value : '0.17.83')
+-- 
+2.38.4
diff --git a/dev-util/lv2lint/lv2lint-0.16.2.ebuild b/dev-util/lv2lint/lv2lint-0.16.2.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..feeeadef363b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/lv2lint/lv2lint-0.16.2.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit meson
+
+DESCRIPTION="Check whether a given LV2 plugin is up to the specification"
+HOMEPAGE="https://git.open-music-kontrollers.ch/~hp/lv2lint"
+SRC_URI="https://git.open-music-kontrollers.ch/~hp/lv2lint/archive/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="Artistic-2 CC0-1.0 ISC"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+
+DEPEND="
+	media-libs/lilv
+	media-libs/lv2
+	virtual/libelf
+"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+
+src_configure() {
+	# TODO: on next release (>0.16.2), wire up -Dbuild-tests
+	local emesonargs=(
+		-Db_lto=false
+
+		# See README, these are for runtime tests of *other* things (plugins)
+		-Donline-tests=disabled
+		-Delf-tests=enabled
+		-Dx11-tests=disabled
+	)
+
+	meson_src_configure
+}
diff --git a/dev-util/lv2lint/metadata.xml b/dev-util/lv2lint/metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e780015e9754
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/lv2lint/metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+  <maintainer type="project">
+    <email>proaudio@gentoo.org</email>
+    <name>Gentoo ProAudio Project</name>
+  </maintainer>
+</pkgmetadata>