diff --git a/acct-group/dhcp/dhcp-0.0.1.ebuild b/acct-group/dhcp/dhcp-0.0.1.ebuild
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+++ b/acct-group/dhcp/dhcp-0.0.1.ebuild
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+# Copyright 2022 The Chromium OS Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="*"
+
+inherit user
+
+# TODO(crbug.com/1026816): this ebuild is just a placeholder (to satisfy Gentoo
+# dependencies) while we wait to implement acct-{group,user} properly.
+pkg_setup() {
+	enewgroup dhcp
+}
diff --git a/acct-user/dhcp/dhcp-0.0.1.ebuild b/acct-user/dhcp/dhcp-0.0.1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
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+# Copyright 2022 The Chromium OS Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="*"
+
+inherit user
+
+# TODO(crbug/1026816): this is a placeholder (to satisfy Gentoo
+#  openssh dependencies) while acct-{group,user} are implemented.
+pkg_setup() {
+	enewuser dhcp
+}