diff --git a/dev-python/isal/Manifest b/dev-python/isal/Manifest
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@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+DIST isal-1.8.0.tar.gz 4133365 BLAKE2B cd098d34932729ca734b06580e75a8d5001e69deee9f2ad0b5fffaca05e23c34d44d4c2e8cd543afda6b200b2dba304b25c3a177ebe32706d0eeabbfdef3c954 SHA512 9508b3ac9d7ef61935da7333655a6e83517cbf1018438d4aec4afdd187a37b8e9725a5a97b611181df60bf19733f1ed0b1ac7310bc01ca37edf1cdeaaa932ce8
 DIST python-isal-1.7.2.gh.tar.gz 3396847 BLAKE2B a92f2fb3bbf3786d0fdb15cf838d71dc9ae3f4870a50a6280ee31cd9f8277d603e144dd9af18d24eb98070f8368897ab2d3b7853b9a48dafbb5733c8851652be SHA512 0c97a2ec72428d522d3afd3fc109183600c33f42328c71cc78c7c4e376d4c9a8fef5287830653b280712f8a5d67f46f4088f8deb1edfb57b6f4385dcc8744d52
diff --git a/dev-python/isal/isal-1.8.0.ebuild b/dev-python/isal/isal-1.8.0.ebuild
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+# Copyright 2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_EXT=1
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( pypy3_11 python3_{11..14} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1 pypi
+
+DESCRIPTION="Faster zlib and gzip via the ISA-L library"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/pycompression/python-isal/
+	https://pypi.org/project/isal/
+"
+
+LICENSE="PSF-2"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86"
+
+DEPEND="
+	dev-libs/isa-l:=
+"
+RDEPEND="
+	${DEPEND}
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	dev-python/setuptools-scm[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	test? (
+		dev-python/test[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
+# incompatible with xdist
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+export PYTHON_ISAL_LINK_DYNAMIC=1
+
+python_test() {
+	epytest tests
+}