diff --git a/dev-python/octave_kernel/Manifest b/dev-python/octave_kernel/Manifest
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+DIST octave_kernel-0.26.2.tar.gz 11152 SHA256 cd65d9a888991634ed43f01201ab068bec2b9cea4ae8642d353f6264f5ed6dd3 SHA512 95072ea3e0f74c57e71ef51c3c2050be9c739693bbee22fc5fa63e24fd639daf1bcf4f3a8b5be499de2e4e723bedc8d1f59237ffc1a17ad634a519c96cdde34f WHIRLPOOL b561e422a11a097a48e9a665cf789e97f75471952a15ccf8c57704ed031c21b856b6914629f70be111fb2add8968ee84dcc103bc4857da14455b73b0aea5b397
diff --git a/dev-python/octave_kernel/metadata.xml b/dev-python/octave_kernel/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+  <maintainer type="project">
+    <email>sci-mathematics@gentoo.org</email>
+    <name>Gentoo Mathematics Project</name>
+  </maintainer>
+  <longdescription lang="en">
+    A Jupyter kernel for Octave.    
+  </longdescription>
+  <upstream>
+    <remote-id type="pypi">octave_kernel</remote-id>
+    <remote-id type="github">Calysto/octave_kernel</remote-id>
+  </upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-python/octave_kernel/octave_kernel-0.26.2.ebuild b/dev-python/octave_kernel/octave_kernel-0.26.2.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=6
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{4,5,6} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Jupyter kernel for octave"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/Calysto/octave_kernel"
+SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${PN:0:1}/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="BSD"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
+IUSE=""
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-python/ipykernel[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/jupyter_client[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/metakernel[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	sci-mathematics/octave
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"