diff --git a/packages/net-misc/seafile-client/files/select-qt5.patch b/packages/net-misc/seafile-client/files/select-qt5.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b92d9a1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/net-misc/seafile-client/files/select-qt5.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Source: gentoo
+Reason: make sure qt5 is picked
+
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 4261fba..24fbbda 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -158,11 +158,8 @@ SET(QT_VERSION_MAJOR 5)
+ # have to keep using QtWebKit on windows because QtWebEngine can't be
+ # compiled in msys2/mingw (QtWebEnigne is based on chrome, which has to be
+ # compiled with MSVC.)
+-FIND_PROGRAM(qmake_executable NAMES qmake qmake.exe)
+-EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND
+-    bash -c "${qmake_executable} --version | grep -iE '^using qt version [0-9.]+' | awk '{print $4}'"
+-    OUTPUT_VARIABLE DETECTED_QT_VERSION
+-    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
++FIND_PACKAGE(Qt5Core)
++SET(DETECTED_QT_VERSION ${Qt5Core_VERSION})
+ MESSAGE("qt5 version: ${DETECTED_QT_VERSION}")
+ IF(WIN32 OR DETECTED_QT_VERSION VERSION_LESS 5.6.0)
+     ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DSEAFILE_USE_WEBKIT)
diff --git a/packages/net-misc/seafile-client/seafile-client-6.1.8.exheres-0 b/packages/net-misc/seafile-client/seafile-client-6.1.8.exheres-0
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1ee64d4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/net-misc/seafile-client/seafile-client-6.1.8.exheres-0
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# Copyright 2018 Julian Ospald <hasufell@posteo.de>
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+require github [ user=haiwen tag="v${PV}" ]
+require cmake [ api=2 ]
+require gtk-icon-cache
+
+SUMMARY="Seafile desktop client"
+DESCRIPTION="
+Seafile is an enterprise file hosting platform with high reliability and
+performance. Put files on your own server. Sync and share files across different
+devices, or access all the files as a virtual disk.
+"
+HOMEPAGE="https://www.seafile.com ${HOMEPAGE}"
+
+LICENCES="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+PLATFORMS="~amd64 ~x86"
+MYOPTIONS="
+    ( providers: libressl openssl ) [[ number-selected = exactly-one ]]
+"
+
+DEPENDENCIES="
+    build:
+        virtual/pkg-config
+    build+run:
+        dev-db/sqlite:3
+        dev-libs/jansson
+        dev-libs/libevent
+        net-libs/ccnet[~${PV}]
+        net-libs/libsearpc
+        net-misc/seafile[~${PV}]
+        x11-libs/qtbase:5
+        providers:libressl? ( dev-libs/libressl:= )
+        providers:openssl?  ( dev-libs/openssl )
+"
+
+BUGS_TO="hasufell@posteo.de"
+
+DEFAULT_SRC_PREPARE_PATCHES=(
+    "${FILES}"/select-qt5.patch
+)