diff --git a/dev-libs/iniparser/Manifest b/dev-libs/iniparser/Manifest
index c05abfff66d58..3760c78ee1b02 100644
--- a/dev-libs/iniparser/Manifest
+++ b/dev-libs/iniparser/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST iniparser-v4.2.6.tar.bz2 34731 BLAKE2B ce63256b8a6640e188184f7d1d7de40690ca612938d6d06cb97d012fe40e05e647510d97221bc61fa25db47a96565b21e7fd346f370afde7d3c461f93c3e2fc0 SHA512 6a37c0bad24093c5852d232e13e1c2182ab97508be3b03a44ea5510a70884cb7ac1fa8a9e8415ece2d2a13c9b38efabc1d37d920d894a198b89cd04731f32392
+DIST iniparser-v4.3.0.tar.bz2 306990 BLAKE2B 32c35ced168511f2a72366dd5a47339d430830602d8aed6b3ca1b408ddcb7f2396ae418ada61d19eade7938e5002d9a70ac077428e7ca4f184aa29451a770f87 SHA512 351f0bbdecb147058cc234f1ab6b49579f93d5754b9c636336eb5fc069c8a141e6c6bb1d6f6a7640d60fc68c2617f4ed193cf534685c6706efa68dac0fb2357c
diff --git a/dev-libs/iniparser/iniparser-4.3.0.ebuild b/dev-libs/iniparser/iniparser-4.3.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c55f13e2f22fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/iniparser/iniparser-4.3.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit cmake
+
+DESCRIPTION="Free stand-alone ini file parsing library"
+HOMEPAGE="https://gitlab.com/iniparser/iniparser/"
+SRC_URI="https://gitlab.com/iniparser/iniparser/-/archive/v${PV}/${PN}-v${PV}.tar.bz2"
+S=${WORKDIR}/${PN}-v${PV}
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0/4"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris"
+IUSE="doc examples"
+# tests need work, uses ruby + fetchcontent
+RESTRICT="test"
+
+BDEPEND="doc? ( app-text/doxygen )"
+
+src_configure() {
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		-DBUILD_DOCS=$(usex doc)
+		-DBUILD_STATIC_LIBS=no
+	)
+
+	cmake_src_configure
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	local DOCS=( AUTHORS README.md FAQ* )
+	cmake_src_install
+
+	if use examples; then
+		docinto examples
+		dodoc -r example/.
+	fi
+}