diff --git a/dev-python/scandir/Manifest b/dev-python/scandir/Manifest
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index 0000000000000..778897f421343
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+++ b/dev-python/scandir/Manifest
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DIST scandir-1.5.tar.gz 29351 SHA256 c2612d1a487d80fb4701b4a91ca1b8f8a695b1ae820570815e85e8c8b23f1283 SHA512 e6535e92011cc2c5f888ddd083a9dc48921609fd59d9bf9a4bcd596c055dc0510d48f6d3571605bbade3bd0e232e8bae94b44b20ba935e7ffdeec268ba3d2ee4 WHIRLPOOL 87808f7c76be95956a609ff1246fcd74103129883bad7300fbd5db7f743e9fcc93031d2d95d58cd36eb4bb6f5bcceadd5b77a4d2c2f3ce1d902073b9e55c4140
diff --git a/dev-python/scandir/metadata.xml b/dev-python/scandir/metadata.xml
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index 0000000000000..708fb92089a52
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+++ b/dev-python/scandir/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>python@gentoo.org</email>
+    <name>Python</name>
+  </maintainer>
+  <upstream>
+    <remote-id type="pypi">scandir</remote-id>
+    <remote-id type="github">benhoyt/scandir</remote-id>
+  </upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-python/scandir/scandir-1.5.ebuild b/dev-python/scandir/scandir-1.5.ebuild
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index 0000000000000..9c409ca6ffb49
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+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=6
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_4} pypy )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="A better directory iterator and faster os.walk()"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/benhoyt/scandir"
+SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${PN:0:1}/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="BSD"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+IUSE="test"
+
+DEPEND="dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+
+python_test() {
+	${EPYTHON} test/run_tests.py -v || die "tests failed under ${EPYTHON}"
+}