diff --git a/math/py-ecos/Makefile b/math/py-ecos/Makefile
index a12fead4f9ff..231b43ed8f41 100644
--- a/math/py-ecos/Makefile
+++ b/math/py-ecos/Makefile
@@ -1,22 +1,31 @@
 PORTNAME=	ecos
-DISTVERSION=	2.0.7
-PORTREVISION=	2
-DISTVERSIONSUFFIX=	.post1
+DISTVERSION=	2.0.8
 CATEGORIES=	math python
-MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
+#MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP # outdated on PyPI, use GitHub instead
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Python package for ECOS: Embedded Cone Solver
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scipy>=0.9:science/py-scipy@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python:3.6+
 USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist
 
+USE_GITHUB=	yes
+GH_ACCOUNT=	embotech
+GH_PROJECT=	ecos-python
+GH_TUPLE=	embotech:ecos:v${DISTVERSION}:ecos/ecos
+
+pre-configure:
+	@${ECHO} "__version__=\"$(DISTVERSION)\"" > ${WRKSRC}/src/ecos/version.py
+
+post-install:
+	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/_ecos.so
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/math/py-ecos/distinfo b/math/py-ecos/distinfo
index bc20f5faf647..65106958da3b 100644
--- a/math/py-ecos/distinfo
+++ b/math/py-ecos/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1542569562
-SHA256 (ecos-2.0.7.post1.tar.gz) = 83e90f42b3f32e2a93f255c3cfad2da78dbd859119e93844c45d2fca20bdc758
-SIZE (ecos-2.0.7.post1.tar.gz) = 126583
+TIMESTAMP = 1619208483
+SHA256 (embotech-ecos-python-2.0.8_GH0.tar.gz) = 4715d97fa728c1446e2a68a3009f73325c79c509b25ad745d3756a397193d884
+SIZE (embotech-ecos-python-2.0.8_GH0.tar.gz) = 30898
+SHA256 (embotech-ecos-v2.0.8_GH0.tar.gz) = d905d16599efd927a75b29852c3476ff1ffd0b97ab27d5b8ad63bb4ff2ad8130
+SIZE (embotech-ecos-v2.0.8_GH0.tar.gz) = 1283274