diff --git a/dev-python/rapidfuzz_capi/Manifest b/dev-python/rapidfuzz_capi/Manifest
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+DIST rapidfuzz_capi-1.0.5.gh.tar.gz 5908 BLAKE2B a5f3c27c2292800527f0e0558e0f25525c2865a6348fbbe36da8d5a96e5524c68154bfba8dbfc3c174f759dde14a95c64e47dd6669166beb035bd1126741569b SHA512 b62c6fdd0e5d0804f7c1ef6f6b5e007afd8439720071fbdf1440232c62925e794a6ae33774a33ef745ebbd4ef956a85d2bf60934a7d568d39d1e590467f26bcf
diff --git a/dev-python/rapidfuzz_capi/metadata.xml b/dev-python/rapidfuzz_capi/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<maintainer type="project">
+		<email>python@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Python</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<stabilize-allarches/>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="github">maxbachmann/rapidfuzz_capi</remote-id>
+		<remote-id type="pypi">rapidfuzz-capi</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-python/rapidfuzz_capi/rapidfuzz_capi-1.0.5.ebuild b/dev-python/rapidfuzz_capi/rapidfuzz_capi-1.0.5.ebuild
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+# Copyright 2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..11} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="C-API of RapidFuzz, which can be used to extend RapidFuzz"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/maxbachmann/rapidfuzz_capi/
+	https://pypi.org/project/rapidfuzz-capi/
+"
+SRC_URI="
+	https://github.com/maxbachmann/rapidfuzz_capi/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz
+		-> ${P}.gh.tar.gz
+"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"