diff --git a/dev-python/cmd2/Manifest b/dev-python/cmd2/Manifest
index b3979e9619a70..57c013a96dc86 100644
--- a/dev-python/cmd2/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/cmd2/Manifest
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ DIST cmd2-4.1.2.tar.gz 848904 BLAKE2B 515fb26b4df87be2d646ca2fbaf8b26acddb2f79b5
 DIST cmd2-4.2.1.tar.gz 854163 BLAKE2B f1dea29bf9aae55b27d87e0ce01d4668bda416e4fd66508b399d498a692fa2f6574115b12770347d1b43d9d77ae58dc919f9d44aacc881db6484a4f228b82611 SHA512 6f9543b354c448582247d004e7f0c876219827a28b88118b0f359d87e0750a2fd6cea1eadab5aaaa40bd1b0c4c0c406e48a38cd50b810071d2dfcc2098d74338
 DIST cmd2-4.2.2.tar.gz 856874 BLAKE2B f4ae9262dfe765693c33e9503c1835adbbada66de5ae8f82d0ae2920915b1bb4fea2d69b2f553b21671895f37c096a77e34db1f026a502808b03bbe8a1163bf8 SHA512 2b337ad2e9f18cf39ed76388a1733f76458509ecbc812f1aa828d6acc781a0bf82b7659ebe4c3ed79a1fdbb5332af9fd831312293214e4780d8698e59b4a64c5
 DIST cmd2-4.2.3.tar.gz 733039 BLAKE2B a1d1891838f289da18f0760e69db663cb4a67c348e114312a6fdd15894aeaf1859c759cf45f1b995b479c64a2a8cd74c3f5226b5511f5e5cb327ef537edff0ff SHA512 7569f148ea001cf805a71639b0b0930d5d3958fc4dbc115adc80d8caeb0aa0f36743d48e7bda63f17118efafcce5cbef1b1713c7c616f8b060f5f9400222f0c6
+DIST cmd2-4.2.4.tar.gz 737716 BLAKE2B 2c6903498ac2ff2c14edc3a708e84cf7cefffcc8df88487cb6542f49a016ed61d2c1edc6f49aee5e01dc5bcf3ca801ddc06804b9970453e263e3152b4d941bea SHA512 1364e213c1badaaffa5cedafad13eecb76707c9ab5ea2e8dee47ec16b83e1eacb5464e52bcd311f00d1783d982caacb9f97d096404175b6293a7b6dbd2f879ca
diff --git a/dev-python/cmd2/cmd2-4.2.4.ebuild b/dev-python/cmd2/cmd2-4.2.4.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d376ffa2a2ddd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/cmd2/cmd2-4.2.4.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{12..15} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1 optfeature virtualx pypi
+
+DESCRIPTION="Extra features for standard library's cmd module"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/python-cmd2/cmd2/
+	https://pypi.org/project/cmd2/
+"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~mips ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~x86"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/prompt-toolkit-3.0.53[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/pyperclip-1.8.2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/rich-15.0.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/rich-argparse-1.7.2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+# pyperclip uses clipboard backends in the following preference order:
+# pygtk, xclip, xsel, klipper, qtpy, pyqt5, pyqt4.
+# klipper is known to be broken in Xvfb, and therefore causes test
+# failures.  to avoid them, we must ensure that one of the backends
+# preferred to it is available (i.e. xclip or xsel).
+BDEPEND="
+	dev-python/setuptools-scm[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	test? (
+		|| (
+			x11-misc/xclip
+			x11-misc/xsel
+		)
+	)
+"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=( pytest-mock )
+EPYTEST_RERUNS=5
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+src_test() {
+	# tests rely on very specific text wrapping...
+	local -x COLUMNS=80
+	virtx distutils-r1_src_test
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	# TODO: tests_isolated?
+	nonfatal epytest -o addopts= tests || die
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	optfeature "IPython shell integration" dev-python/ipython
+}