diff --git a/dev-python/ansible-compat/Manifest b/dev-python/ansible-compat/Manifest
index 97c2fadf8ed36..b47d8f5299d81 100644
--- a/dev-python/ansible-compat/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/ansible-compat/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 DIST ansible_compat-26.6.0.tar.gz 233940 BLAKE2B f3fe1f5652afd74c742fbdab02a39a16fea8322bd4cf633bd1e4d3007ecd95ac280675e8c1f3cca6e2cc7b2fc546bf517102ea742a7e8893b7af2dea3d5d9fdc SHA512 f6c7b17a5832ca6f91fcd0e97d48324f3e7af7f2a50ac5d888824ae5d75ca5e20aa2aac4bb63347e284c3ec1cb2508401db31a3bb097a52322a0f259c830e4d0
 DIST ansible_compat-26.6.0.tar.gz.provenance 9711 BLAKE2B 4a8753db64c293d3e2f61f7f947caaa765f7069edb133669293492d407fde977d6f50bb1e6e95b63b029e22d08724e57d280bebe8634279045a7381cc4cc1750 SHA512 8c874671e04f51015d567cd967105b62af629d0d7685b0f0049f5eb7d6fc18a1412df4898f638ad8ede289cc1ea05b21e6c8ae06a2e5fe6809cea509eba110e4
+DIST ansible_compat-26.8.0.tar.gz 235350 BLAKE2B 46baa7e4e61086410d0b981afc976b20564b3d9af4aa306fce12b1ea6e60a5492b53159bf75bfeb67b1cbc7276131141816ba09f9f9a9aab01b7ac7a39ef0660 SHA512 69d480228dedb8ff13ae7cdf3e3ae7ab51b573bc0e15fed9665938de21e77f27f47777ff3fc1d08258183c7bbe7ab95ba5df4c378249da6cb0b914e0f5d6bc4f
+DIST ansible_compat-26.8.0.tar.gz.provenance 9948 BLAKE2B 67c87276c9a8e0c6091f4da62d51853b3c4caaeb0142ee40e671e9c4aed3b592df35da35b74f8393b33824cb7d7a50432b4767636fb947beb2ffd0c5de181dd2 SHA512 ecb9ab99400cc0f15b9648b4d00b37c075c3bfbea621304c72e39032c068b34591a135b97e197a7f3b102bffc09616db5485ffccbc3916fe5919f2e973dc61e6
diff --git a/dev-python/ansible-compat/ansible-compat-26.8.0.ebuild b/dev-python/ansible-compat/ansible-compat-26.8.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..051605ff2bcc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/ansible-compat/ansible-compat-26.8.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517="setuptools"
+PYPI_VERIFY_REPO=https://github.com/ansible/ansible-compat
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{12..14} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1 pypi
+
+DESCRIPTION="Contains functions that facilitate working with various versions of Ansible"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://pypi.org/project/ansible-compat/
+	https://github.com/ansible/ansible-compat/
+"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~riscv"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=app-admin/ansible-core-2.18.6[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/jsonschema-4.23.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/packaging-22.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/pyyaml-6.0.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/subprocess-tee-0.4.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/setuptools-scm-7.0.5[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=( pytest-mock )
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+src_prepare() {
+	distutils-r1_src_prepare
+
+	# remove stupid upstream version block
+	sed -i -e 's:2.20.0dev0:0:' src/ansible_compat/prerun.py || die
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	local EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
+		# All these tests attempt to connect to galaxy.ansible.com
+		test/test_runtime.py::test_install_collection
+		test/test_runtime.py::test_install_collection_dest
+		test/test_runtime.py::test_prepare_environment_with_collections
+		test/test_runtime.py::test_prerun_reqs_v1
+		test/test_runtime.py::test_prerun_reqs_v2
+		test/test_runtime.py::test_require_collection_no_cache_dir
+		test/test_runtime.py::test_require_collection_wrong_version
+		test/test_runtime.py::test_require_collection
+		test/test_runtime.py::test_upgrade_collection
+		test/test_runtime_example.py::test_runtime
+		'test/test_runtime.py::test_load_plugins[modules]'
+		# pip, failing due to internets
+		test/test_runtime_scan_path.py::test_scan_sys_path
+		test/test_runtime_scan_path.py::test_ro_venv
+		# internets?
+		test/test_runtime.py::test_runtime_has_playbook
+		# TODO
+		test/test_prerun.py::test_get_cache_dir_relative
+	)
+
+	epytest -o addopts=
+}