diff --git a/dev-python/pybind11/Manifest b/dev-python/pybind11/Manifest
index 0e1154459ca6e..bad20830777fd 100644
--- a/dev-python/pybind11/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/pybind11/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST pybind11-2.8.1.tar.gz 693075 BLAKE2B 00f691121858bbe019b5398ab5418523b352f29716901ec6572817e3a35efeb953a9a1542ad37830aab6b9e5a6d6dd56c7aee390772f1d992ef570e03472ebd8 SHA512 6738b4551a1ca2fdf6676be78216b9056cecf8b4d125f0d1aaae9929614bcbf4a9b233fc3c52b8f9dfd19a9ca1496515e6748c1afd8968b9c52c9a1e8b28da10
+DIST pybind11-2.9.0.tar.gz 698784 BLAKE2B bfbe173d580131e445d759bd9b1a8929ceb9fc357a1ed8873aa8024fb9226a37bb97293dc0189a67ae61a232f3790ca6f635a30d0a0401c867cde98f1010438c SHA512 87184c9e09e1340f2d34786a66560fe77684a3629b517f78321073a1f0dfdb766365d3698dcf6f08e5141b1f4da50ec917e61b36538e5a1ec9fd1b68f29cd396
diff --git a/dev-python/pybind11/pybind11-2.9.0.ebuild b/dev-python/pybind11/pybind11-2.9.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..54e1aa92dba5f
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+++ b/dev-python/pybind11/pybind11-2.9.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..10} )
+inherit cmake distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="AST-based Python refactoring library"
+HOMEPAGE="https://pybind11.readthedocs.io/en/stable/"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="BSD"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~ppc-macos"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-cpp/eigen:3
+"
+
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+python_prepare_all() {
+	export PYBIND11_USE_CMAKE=1
+
+	cmake_src_prepare
+	distutils-r1_python_prepare_all
+}
+
+python_configure() {
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		# disable forced lto
+		-DPYBIND11_LTO_CXX_FLAGS=
+		-DPYBIND11_INSTALL=ON
+		-DPYBIND11_TEST=$(usex test)
+	)
+	cmake_src_configure
+}
+
+python_compile() {
+	distutils-r1_python_compile
+	# Compilation only does anything for tests
+	use test && cmake_src_compile
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	cmake_build check
+}
+
+python_install() {
+	distutils-r1_python_install
+	cmake_src_install
+}