diff --git a/dev-python/pytest-timeout/Manifest b/dev-python/pytest-timeout/Manifest
index 46854c84991e3..9476b110bdf29 100644
--- a/dev-python/pytest-timeout/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/pytest-timeout/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST pytest-timeout-2.3.1.tar.gz 17697 BLAKE2B 5f0ffa2fdda59ef28a92bfd5742891f63c1fa400db4ef89077fa13d917932d83e76d543c4c326a27df582a025122d8a75f1f7adf0daebbecc42273d4323ff93a SHA512 f200d625d11f76173521f4e2e4e09d57f6613d9b1420c57893b454ec496d5f11b32390b95eb995b403d15f8563b742a58fa0e0cbad42246b4049787a389ad83e
+DIST pytest_timeout-2.4.0.tar.gz 17973 BLAKE2B 97408cf5c9b49d809ef7a5d057afd22dfd856b64043879fa8e7d9f3996f76f5554bfed62bc8f40f4e5f28f058067b29b582953bf977fd1f6de95dfc7184ce41c SHA512 ca37754c20517024cb88e88e9c4d8497ff5c235d1bae4bc082d21b5807b43aac8294757900f9bc29e3e34a4b8c671136468793f47baadebf086f924b59b0bd0c
diff --git a/dev-python/pytest-timeout/pytest-timeout-2.4.0.ebuild b/dev-python/pytest-timeout/pytest-timeout-2.4.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f3649cb4aafc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/pytest-timeout/pytest-timeout-2.4.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..13} python3_13t pypy3_11 )
+
+inherit distutils-r1 pypi
+
+DESCRIPTION="pytest plugin to abort hanging tests"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-timeout/
+	https://pypi.org/project/pytest-timeout/
+"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
+
+# do not rdepend on pytest, it won't be used without it anyway
+# pytest-cov used to test compatibility
+BDEPEND="
+	test? (
+		dev-python/pexpect[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		!hppa? (
+			$(python_gen_cond_dep '
+				dev-python/pytest-cov[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+			' python3_{11..13} 'pypy3*')
+		)
+	)
+"
+
+EPYTEST_XDIST=1
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+python_test() {
+	local -x PYTEST_DISABLE_PLUGIN_AUTOLOAD=1
+	local -x PYTEST_PLUGINS=pytest_timeout
+
+	if has_version "dev-python/pytest-cov[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"; then
+		PYTEST_PLUGINS+=,pytest_cov.plugin
+	else
+		EPYTEST_DESELECT+=(
+			test_pytest_timeout.py::test_cov
+		)
+	fi
+
+	epytest
+}