diff --git a/dev-python/pyxdameraulevenshtein/Manifest b/dev-python/pyxdameraulevenshtein/Manifest
index 6ca44038713dd..1705fba4935b8 100644
--- a/dev-python/pyxdameraulevenshtein/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/pyxdameraulevenshtein/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+DIST pyxDamerauLevenshtein-1.10.0.gh.tar.gz 12872 BLAKE2B e4777d444e4cea16ba1bcc92f246f8e50b0135c8ab226c9b03da029aedad5c403bfbc9802b7676b929a684afdc261a069348f0adc06117f117db4fc9ce3261f0 SHA512 2d2951f5afa969e60a56d4368e47854ed3938e8c52664e449cdc7fb97c069115afb253e99dff73f3eae384380a4fcf30f1175031349a497a0f108b04b3ab8c91
 DIST pyxDamerauLevenshtein-1.9.0.gh.tar.gz 10812 BLAKE2B 59b82c5c57e4c94a70e74c3017fac14bda6c665a29eddd713b78574e63257d7561d8a1948d4af0ca8b54c44c3ed028ab27ddd172ab8c6c3bfd19428a4208ab75 SHA512 a9340f24e59822a2a38d36338d4689ae3859f6f41de8536464cbbb561f3c197aead3411290d9014aea9db7695e799a01dfac605a4420f813c5f23c0ae4ca030f
diff --git a/dev-python/pyxdameraulevenshtein/pyxdameraulevenshtein-1.10.0.ebuild b/dev-python/pyxdameraulevenshtein/pyxdameraulevenshtein-1.10.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4035f1855f269
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@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_EXT=1
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+MY_P=pyxDamerauLevenshtein-${PV}
+DESCRIPTION="Implements the Damerau-Levenshtein edit distance algorithm for Python in Cython"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/lanl/pyxDamerauLevenshtein/
+	https://pypi.org/project/pyxDamerauLevenshtein/
+"
+SRC_URI="
+	https://github.com/lanl/pyxDamerauLevenshtein/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz
+		-> ${MY_P}.gh.tar.gz
+"
+S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}
+
+LICENSE="BSD"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
+
+BDEPEND="
+	dev-python/cython[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+src_configure() {
+	# recythonize
+	cd pyxdameraulevenshtein || die
+	cython -3 -f *.pyx || die
+}
+
+src_test() {
+	rm -r pyxdameraulevenshtein || die
+	distutils-r1_src_test
+}