diff --git a/gui-apps/swaylock-plugin/Manifest b/gui-apps/swaylock-plugin/Manifest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5cbe1c2709
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui-apps/swaylock-plugin/Manifest
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DIST swaylock-plugin-1.8.0.tar.gz 59493 BLAKE2B 9fd42754d40e05db4b0aef803b6871eb7b33a5298325bb60d9c3d05f81eb3914b93c1348cc2100260a41d7482c089651ac2ba6bc22350402c6b2810b68e683bd SHA512 2d2302da92bbef76d4e599f5e8238bda05e90d473a8364f331a535998ead0e199ff769ac2eabf1508a5b0a3891ef9d412ae09bebe6697c81244ff3cdad1989b7
diff --git a/gui-apps/swaylock-plugin/swaylock-plugin-1.8.0.ebuild b/gui-apps/swaylock-plugin/swaylock-plugin-1.8.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f2b0bf190
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui-apps/swaylock-plugin/swaylock-plugin-1.8.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit fcaps meson
+
+if [[ "${PV}" == 9999 ]]
+then
+	  inherit git-r3
+	  EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/mstoeckl/${PN}.git"
+else
+	SRC_URI="https://github.com/mstoeckl/swaylock-plugin/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+fi
+
+DESCRIPTION="Fork of Swaylock that supports animated backgrounds"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/mstoeckl/swaylock-plugin"
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+IUSE="+gdk-pixbuf +man +pam"
+
+DEPEND="
+	dev-libs/wayland
+	x11-libs/cairo
+	x11-libs/libxkbcommon
+	virtual/libcrypt:=
+	gdk-pixbuf? ( x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf:2 )
+	pam? ( sys-libs/pam )
+
+"
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-libs/glib:2
+	${DEPEND}"
+BDEPEND="
+	>=dev-libs/wayland-protocols-1.25
+	>=dev-util/wayland-scanner-1.15
+	virtual/pkgconfig
+	man? ( app-text/scdoc )
+"
+
+src_configure() {
+	local emesonargs=(
+		-Dman-pages=$(usex man enabled disabled)
+		-Dpam=$(usex pam enabled disabled)
+		-Dgdk-pixbuf=$(usex gdk-pixbuf enabled disabled)
+		"-Dfish-completions=true"
+		"-Dzsh-completions=true"
+		"-Dbash-completions=true"
+	)
+
+	meson_src_configure
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	if ! use pam; then
+		fcaps cap_sys_admin usr/bin/swaylock
+	fi
+}
diff --git a/gui-apps/swaylock-plugin/swaylock-plugin-9999.ebuild b/gui-apps/swaylock-plugin/swaylock-plugin-9999.ebuild
index 17a896edbe..6ba39a6965 100644
--- a/gui-apps/swaylock-plugin/swaylock-plugin-9999.ebuild
+++ b/gui-apps/swaylock-plugin/swaylock-plugin-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,15 +1,21 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
 
-inherit fcaps git-r3 meson
+inherit fcaps meson
+
+if [[ "${PV}" == 9999 ]]
+then
+	  inherit git-r3
+	  EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/mstoeckl/${PN}.git"
+else
+	SRC_URI="https://github.com/mstoeckl/swaylock-plugin/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+fi
 
 DESCRIPTION="Fork of Swaylock that supports animated backgrounds"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/mstoeckl/swaylock-plugin"
-
-EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/mstoeckl/${PN}.git"
-
 LICENSE="MIT"
 SLOT="0"
 IUSE="+gdk-pixbuf +man +pam"
@@ -48,10 +54,6 @@ src_configure() {
 
 pkg_postinst() {
 	if ! use pam; then
-		fcaps cap_sys_admin usr/bin/swaylock
+		  fcaps cap_sys_admin usr/bin/swaylock
 	fi
-	# see https://github.com/mstoeckl/swaylock-plugin/issues/8
-	elog "If gui-apps/swaylock is not installed alongside, "
-	elog "symlink /etc/pam.d/swaylock to /etc/pam.d/swaylock-plugin."
-	elog "!!! Otherwise swaylock plugin will work but can not unlock !!!"
 }