diff --git a/media-gfx/synfig/Manifest b/media-gfx/synfig/Manifest
index f309f75..f9ffe04 100644
--- a/media-gfx/synfig/Manifest
+++ b/media-gfx/synfig/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST synfig-1.4.2.tar.gz 5132756 BLAKE2B 6027c4a39e72af5d85f7409cb46f5dc04084b4a845d592d1cebb2207ee9a2241f47a79e65b2cb6fe3bcecfac1984be4e12105f6a7e18b1aeb1767788f286e210 SHA512 0d94027505d5ea3780f54bd8f606e1e4cc6cb1e18debdff66d4871642a0a321fe687042a0d2d1dbe1037007ac44d02e74edd7fa9dcda62ea3e5486ec47de948c
+DIST synfig-1.5.1.tar.gz 4988207 BLAKE2B a2683fdaca0a3840ea5b07f173c899e7224e4c4de01303ec99294c36755aa54e44974058ccccac0401e6e1e63637b1a80e0ed8f7539d2dd7b52829414f1b1ece SHA512 ef972792f110906affd51483a6314d642fc9f629c56214979cb3c971497b0383adb6aab3d791deb3d52a49b9eaa7d469cc56dd20a5db7d1841df8af3e684aa03
 DIST synfigstudio-1.5.0.tar.gz 11633997 BLAKE2B fbdba1f310cabe105267a3aa90b94e0be76e36a238246f18e1e6e396e9eaefd79b7ac3dbe2075caddbb4c319e8a5e66850f1139925a61962431c230ab25e9e99 SHA512 a3beecdfae5508c6ccf0aa9ec44d817264266a5bb4b7dd580ade53c613658d34e5edc860c17ba5a2d7aa5c3c91a30bb8550b87623ccaad53a4b584cc93852c40
diff --git a/media-gfx/synfig/metadata.xml b/media-gfx/synfig/metadata.xml
index 350b02e..0a07d45 100644
--- a/media-gfx/synfig/metadata.xml
+++ b/media-gfx/synfig/metadata.xml
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@
 </maintainer>
 <use>
 	<flag name="opencl">Enable OpenCL</flag>
+	<flag name="harfbuzz">Enable support for OpenType Layout (media-libs/harfbuzz)</flag>
 </use>
 </pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/media-gfx/synfig/synfig-1.5.1.ebuild b/media-gfx/synfig/synfig-1.5.1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd9bbaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-gfx/synfig/synfig-1.5.1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+#Ebuild based on the booboo overlay version
+
+EAPI=7
+
+inherit autotools
+
+# Original TODO from bgo-overlay
+# Todo: enable OpenGL (currently not compiling)
+#       enable OpenCl, needs check whether OpenCL is actually usable
+
+DESCRIPTION="Film-Quality Vector Animation (core engine)"
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.synfig.org/"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/synfig/synfig/releases/download/v${PV}/${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+IUSE="dv fontconfig harfbuzz jpeg opencl openexr truetype"
+
+REQUIRED_USE="
+	fontconfig? ( truetype )
+	harfbuzz? ( truetype )
+	"
+
+DEPEND="
+	~dev-cpp/ETL-${PV}
+	>=dev-cpp/glibmm-2.4:2
+	dev-cpp/libxmlpp:2.6
+	dev-libs/glib:2
+	dev-libs/libltdl
+	dev-libs/libsigc++:2
+	media-gfx/imagemagick:=[cxx]
+	media-libs/libmng:=
+	media-libs/libpng:=
+	<media-libs/mlt-7.0.0
+	media-video/ffmpeg:=
+	sci-libs/fftw:3.0=
+	sys-libs/zlib:=
+	fontconfig? ( media-libs/fontconfig )
+	jpeg? ( virtual/jpeg )
+	openexr? (
+		media-libs/ilmbase:=
+		media-libs/openexr:0=
+	)
+	truetype? (
+		media-libs/freetype
+	)
+	harfbuzz? (
+		dev-libs/fribidi
+		media-libs/harfbuzz:=
+	)
+	"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+BDEPEND="
+	>=dev-util/intltool-0.35.0
+	sys-devel/libtool
+	opencl? ( virtual/opencl )
+	"
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.4.0-fix-cflags.patch
+)
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+
+	eautoreconf
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	econf \
+		--with-imagemagick \
+		--with-ffmpeg \
+		$(use_with fontconfig) \
+		$(use_with dv libdv) \
+		$(use_with openexr ) \
+		$(use_with truetype freetype) \
+		$(use_with harfbuzz) \
+		$(use_with jpeg) \
+		$(use_with opencl)
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	emake DESTDIR="${D}" install
+	dodoc AUTHORS NEWS README TODO
+
+	find "${ED}" -name '*.la' -delete || die
+
+	echo "LDPATH=\"${EPREFIX}/usr/$(get_libdir)/synfig/modules\"" > "${T}/99synfig"
+	doenvd "${T}/99synfig"
+}