diff --git a/dev-ruby/maxitest/Manifest b/dev-ruby/maxitest/Manifest
index c7a70cb451683..2c68fb25ed7b2 100644
--- a/dev-ruby/maxitest/Manifest
+++ b/dev-ruby/maxitest/Manifest
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ DIST maxitest-4.4.1.tar.gz 62757 BLAKE2B 0023472200643dcc17aa7fc3720ebdaccb98862
 DIST maxitest-5.2.0.tar.gz 63610 BLAKE2B 98efc803f43d02cfdec0431279446e555650928442593be436e0ebfcb0d21e505e69b9e26fd8560b12c4feb2ce307d9d46954ff8a82a80b328c2d0442c451f5a SHA512 10251961613a6a014c868c3fd2a8c4c51253b2dee058561450e88ef628de25b6042b17d04d7338afd400ca30e8c3c12923f0976ec28578b726630699d2a0d5b5
 DIST maxitest-5.3.1.tar.gz 64755 BLAKE2B 8de322902638a284dadcf269fc16d82ee70a4b5fe4211c1859ce832a8b424c98347b005f103e9a2342df8384591ff98b23171bf2f61285177aa3bf1a0520bac9 SHA512 a287f880a1eb8695e716654c3921ffcf27430657285ec29002834145f87db620ae481f9dd5c023edec0473ce947c366eaeb78ddbbf556d26e08605f0b9341f69
 DIST maxitest-5.4.0.tar.gz 64727 BLAKE2B 99751c419386ab1b2a10233371c151f8d7a55315dca223e65a72ccab5b6aabb655c2e853190dc94c09dacb77542a0cdadc4121f45207d1d756f5d8b0d727f457 SHA512 7bdff3081b294fa43fc9a03352eb8c3be4b1a0010de5ea6a3027a9207ffcee09aeb69cec5faf430cba8ed094e76e75e6b46c6ab60f749cde1f4fcfe763ab1242
+DIST maxitest-5.5.0.tar.gz 65102 BLAKE2B 46c7d0c9bcc794066316cc244f4628771a14224903416c4547b9c6d3f58aabae3597db93034a35f40140ee0bc443419d7e856d7a99f91565e8d6c3bbaa71a86c SHA512 331fd82a069494fbf2d1e2874de1c4bc5fe9b1ee430505e43aab4d1049f2e9dcf9c50bfcee8f8b897b881c2e859dbd7fe66d9d98c13b0cbc637cd8f87715abf7
diff --git a/dev-ruby/maxitest/maxitest-5.5.0.ebuild b/dev-ruby/maxitest/maxitest-5.5.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2d4e9c6b4e441
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-ruby/maxitest/maxitest-5.5.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+USE_RUBY="ruby31 ruby32 ruby33"
+
+RUBY_FAKEGEM_EXTRADOC="CHANGELOG.md README.md"
+
+RUBY_FAKEGEM_RECIPE_TEST="rspec3"
+
+RUBY_FAKEGEM_GEMSPEC="${PN}.gemspec"
+
+inherit ruby-fakegem
+
+DESCRIPTION="Minitest + all the features you always wanted"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/grosser/maxitest"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/grosser/maxitest/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="1"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~ppc-macos ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris"
+IUSE="test"
+
+ruby_add_rdepend ">=dev-ruby/minitest-5.14.0:* <dev-ruby/minitest-5.24.0:*"
+
+ruby_add_bdepend "test? ( dev-ruby/bundler )"
+
+all_ruby_prepare() {
+	rm -f Gemfile.lock || die
+	# Remove developer-only gems from the gemspec and avoid git issues
+	sed -e 's:_relative ": "./:' \
+		-i ${RUBY_FAKEGEM_GEMSPEC} || die
+	sed -e '/\(debug\|bump\)/ s:^:#:' \
+		-e 'agem "mutex_m"' \
+		-i Gemfile || die
+
+	sed -e '/shows backtrace for/askip' \
+		-e '/describe.*line/ s/describe/xdescribe/' \
+		-e '/describe.*color/ s/describe/xdescribe/' \
+		-i spec/maxitest_spec.rb || die
+}
+
+each_ruby_prepare() {
+	# Use the correct target
+	sed -e '/\(run_cmd\|sh\)/ s:ruby:'${RUBY}':' \
+		-e '/\(run_cmd\|sh\)/ s:mtest:'${RUBY}' -S bin/mtest:' \
+		-i spec/maxitest_spec.rb || die
+}
+
+each_ruby_test() {
+	PATH="${S}/bin:${PATH}" RUBYLIB="${S}/lib" RSPEC_VERSION=3 ruby-ng_rspec spec
+}