diff --git a/dev-python/configargparse/Manifest b/dev-python/configargparse/Manifest
index 1c05ec0ef69c2..686647d5715ed 100644
--- a/dev-python/configargparse/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/configargparse/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST ConfigArgParse-1.5.1.gh.tar.gz 32245 BLAKE2B 9df80b4f0b12b3777311193c454dd010ce60dd9ceb702c99c1d8ac56575c615e77039910f3b412a176c9c229b88fa8937b052076d0cde2307ecc07f3337d064a SHA512 2c3854a45d97f0352321d2442a30408248e990dd46e2515cd7e2576efe9a33e03495231f8397ba6e3d79bb04bf11edfe5930b4765d46f29ca66b7bb3d3c1e0c9
+DIST ConfigArgParse-1.5.2.gh.tar.gz 32598 BLAKE2B 2fcf2b93f9e80686f658217dbc5871f1b920565870bb8194855088dd6f81422325d505fbe5bfa014def8188cc792660d35450a0daf0229c0dc59da37adab9fff SHA512 823d7b256b803d3b60a373a124ea5d255b67a3b948d6543bd9a33f63f4b0dd1a416138a7105c64b064c222a90b4cada3b4aa6aecb70054ae2f1978fa5791330f
diff --git a/dev-python/configargparse/configargparse-1.5.2.ebuild b/dev-python/configargparse/configargparse-1.5.2.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c81699022b352
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/configargparse/configargparse-1.5.2.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..10} )
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+MY_PN="ConfigArgParse"
+MY_P="${MY_PN}-${PV}"
+DESCRIPTION="Drop-in replacement for argparse supporting config files and env variables"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/bw2/ConfigArgParse/
+	https://pypi.org/project/ConfigArgParse/"
+SRC_URI="
+	https://github.com/bw2/ConfigArgParse/archive/${PV}.tar.gz
+		-> ${MY_P}.gh.tar.gz"
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc64 ~x86"
+
+BDEPEND="
+	test? ( dev-python/pyyaml[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )"
+
+distutils_enable_tests unittest
+
+src_test() {
+	local -x COLUMNS=80
+	distutils-r1_src_test
+}