diff --git a/dev-util/lua-language-server/files/wrapper-r1.sh.in b/dev-util/lua-language-server/files/wrapper-r1.sh.in
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+#!/bin/sh
+# some paths must be writable, so we put them into user-owned directories
+
+DATAPATH="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-${HOME}/.local/share}/lua-language-server"
+STATEPATH="${XDG_STATE_HOME:-${HOME}/.local/state}/lua-language-server"
+mkdir --parents ${DATAPATH} ${STATEPATH}
+
+exec EPREFIX/opt/lua-language-server/bin/lua-language-server \
+    -E EPREFIX/opt/lua-language-server/main.lua \
+    --logpath="${STATEPATH}/log" \
+    --metapath="${DATAPATH}/meta" \
+    "$@"
diff --git a/dev-util/lua-language-server/lua-language-server-3.5.3-r1.ebuild b/dev-util/lua-language-server/lua-language-server-3.5.3-r1.ebuild
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+# Copyright 2020-2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+# TODO: unbundle deps, set flags correctly, verbose luamake, less sed hacks
+
+EAPI=8
+
+LUA_COMPAT=( lua{5-{1,3,4},jit} )
+
+inherit lua-single ninja-utils toolchain-funcs
+
+DESCRIPTION="A language server that offers Lua language support"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/sumneko/lua-language-server"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/sumneko/${PN}/releases/download/${PV}/${P}-submodules.zip -> ${P}.zip"
+S="${WORKDIR}"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+IUSE="test"
+REQUIRED_USE="${LUA_REQUIRED_USE}"
+
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+DEPEND="${LUA_DEPS}"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+BDEPEND="
+	app-arch/unzip
+	dev-util/ninja
+"
+
+QA_PREBUILT="/opt/lua-language-server/bin/lua-language-server"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	sed -i "s/^cc = gcc$/cc = $(tc-getCC)/" \
+		3rd/luamake/compile/ninja/linux.ninja || die
+	sed -i "/require \"make.detect_platform\"/a lm.cc = '$(tc-getCC)'" \
+		make.lua || die
+	sed -i "s/flags = \"-Wall -Werror\"/flags = \"-Wall ${CXXFLAGS}\"/" \
+		make/code_format.lua || die
+
+	sed "s/EPREFIX/${EPREFIX}/g" "${FILESDIR}"/wrapper-r1.sh.in > wrapper.sh || die
+
+	default
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	eninja -C 3rd/luamake -f compile/ninja/linux.ninja $(usex test '' 'luamake')
+	./3rd/luamake/luamake $(usex test '' 'all') || die
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	newbin wrapper.sh ${PN}
+
+	into /opt/${PN}
+	dobin bin/${PN}
+
+	insinto /opt/${PN}/bin
+	doins bin/main.lua
+
+	insinto /opt/${PN}
+	doins -r debugger.lua main.lua locale meta script
+
+	einstalldocs
+}