diff --git a/metadata/md5-cache/net-misc/bird-3.0_alpha1 b/metadata/md5-cache/net-misc/bird-3.0.0
similarity index 90%
rename from metadata/md5-cache/net-misc/bird-3.0_alpha1
rename to metadata/md5-cache/net-misc/bird-3.0.0
index b7a7032..8478e41 100644
--- a/metadata/md5-cache/net-misc/bird-3.0_alpha1
+++ b/metadata/md5-cache/net-misc/bird-3.0.0
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ IUSE=+client custom-cflags debug libssh +filecaps
 LICENSE=GPL-2
 RDEPEND=client? ( sys-libs/ncurses:= sys-libs/readline:= ) filecaps? ( acct-group/bird acct-user/bird ) libssh? ( net-libs/libssh:= )
 SLOT=0
-SRC_URI=https://bird.network.cz/download/3.0pre/bird-3.0alpha1.tar.gz
+SRC_URI=ftp://bird.network.cz/pub/bird/bird-3.0.0.tar.gz
 _eclasses_=gnuconfig	ddeb9f8caff1b5f71a09c75b7534df79	toolchain-funcs	fa554cc3cff825d21dfe3f24841e29cf	multilib	b2a329026f2e404e9e371097dda47f96	libtool	6b28392a775f807c8be5fc7ec9a605b9	autotools	7d91cc798a8afd8f4e0c6e9587296ebe	fcaps	27152c9e4da035accb14a2d7879744ef
-_md5_=9af2b3c59484a7af9d05075883b51b98
+_md5_=e1a04cdd0866f5c69e00487c3de1005b
diff --git a/net-misc/bird/Manifest b/net-misc/bird/Manifest
index 2e12c2f..2a88216 100644
--- a/net-misc/bird/Manifest
+++ b/net-misc/bird/Manifest
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ DIST bird-1.6.8.tar.gz 1042222 BLAKE2B 65974c936a711dfa14d43817a4d23420ebbed317d
 DIST bird-2.14.tar.gz 1396217 BLAKE2B fe16b89c7f0ff35c5126366920960e0c55f57fe343380b2c32230122cf24f9abc3eb4d6ed9f37d2176f9e9340a83dffd1e68fed276b59b86cf1bdf5b8bd3c169 SHA512 f6b0672df048cfb78d289030675799e6d19db49d8cc458778d36a4e7c10a15be161dd101d7b03cf017f0fa948206d6504b59139515cbb80acc5bb1fdaa4358b9
 DIST bird-2.15.1.tar.gz 1409653 BLAKE2B c3fe95ae2b8a3dca036278c8014f3ce2d1fd224c65c10abcc77b2cc1dbdfaa1b5766e8643b873a12ac33f00cd5e866aa7ce853ead78150ec4314b53457ad554a SHA512 75828ae7c3e574097ba6d7e38dd275ada3b078e215454478f2ed9898f7f8447b149e9ba4f47de05a2b8f4e4959b5ee8d46bee0ef58c79b9cb908a44e12df2842
 DIST bird-2.16.tar.gz 1434760 BLAKE2B a76dec4b3babd9739083c29530741e28e61b0cd0eeba726df06070c78f5e61f683aa0039b0952c0384fb7133c09e1788b6daf905a7f3d25e3441df49ba0a6ead SHA512 c230d36bcfad9731e6951a07ef81fdd53dbe65ab3b4883b0ef51cf691f5b67df5b2038af9781e443c436b932b78494e779cab6bddaeb136b8befe84833d184ff
+DIST bird-3.0.0.tar.gz 2641569 BLAKE2B d537fc1188c174af2c2126a9c7e0220108489145258762ef3d7f8ed69cffd30d70bc233a78d23e7cc8b6eedbb98d1c3dfa1a320a6fe54be4e7c7484bf52b9370 SHA512 b96238dd9b1c74a9d480b7907ffe1ffbbebc7fc4c1cbc6ded61ddc31b54ab82015213d842b00f483e820bb1b8d1bc2a872892f0252f8797fe32a483edd8a1d1b
diff --git a/net-misc/bird/bird-3.0.0.ebuild b/net-misc/bird/bird-3.0.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..519d4e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-misc/bird/bird-3.0.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+# Copyright 2020-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit autotools fcaps
+
+DESCRIPTION="A routing daemon implementing OSPF, RIPv2 & BGP for IPv4 & IPv6"
+HOMEPAGE="https://bird.network.cz"
+SRC_URI="ftp://bird.network.cz/pub/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"
+LICENSE="GPL-2"
+
+SLOT="0"
+#KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~ppc64 ~x86 ~x64-macos"
+IUSE="+client custom-cflags debug libssh"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	client? (
+		sys-libs/ncurses:=
+		sys-libs/readline:=
+	)
+	filecaps? (
+		acct-group/bird
+		acct-user/bird
+	)
+	libssh? ( net-libs/libssh:= )"
+BDEPEND="
+	sys-devel/bison
+	sys-devel/flex
+	sys-devel/m4
+"
+
+FILECAPS=(
+	CAP_NET_ADMIN			usr/sbin/bird
+	CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE	usr/sbin/bird
+	CAP_NET_RAW				usr/sbin/bird
+)
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+	eautoreconf
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	# This export makes compilation and test phases verbose
+	export VERBOSE=1
+
+	local myargs=(
+		--localstatedir="${EPREFIX}/var"
+		--with-protocols="${protocols}"
+		$(use_enable client)
+		$(use_enable debug)
+		$(use_enable libssh)
+	)
+
+	# lto must be enabled by default as bird is mono-threaded and use several
+	# optimisations to be fast, as it may very likely be exposed to several
+	# thounsand BGP updates per seconds
+	# Although, we make it possible to deactivate it if wanted
+	use custom-cflags && myargs+=( bird_cv_c_lto=no )
+
+	econf "${myargs[@]}"
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	if use client; then
+		dobin birdc
+	fi
+
+	dobin birdcl
+	dosbin bird
+
+	newinitd "${FILESDIR}/initd-${PN}-2" ${PN}
+	newconfd "${FILESDIR}/confd-${PN}-2" ${PN}
+
+	dodoc doc/bird.conf.example
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	use filecaps && \
+		einfo "If you want to run bird as non-root, edit"
+		einfo "'${EROOT}/etc/conf.d/bird' and set BIRD_GROUP and BIRD_USER with"
+		einfo "the wanted username."
+}