diff --git a/dev-python/python3-lxc/Manifest b/dev-python/python3-lxc/Manifest
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+DIST python3-lxc-3.0.1.tar.gz 27424 BLAKE2B ffdf128e06d7b256652588af7c464045479ce907d2119dfe9780737c7bd5f3008c01d834a79f63932bfa51e3094a9d40af46c4cb6c3be72108205d65a8ee3d11 SHA512 7e6b6cb9a02e5af8b3fc8aeefff2954c68d2d1154751fa97a70bce86131021571e15db86bb0d6900a93dda78247e37b75cdfe250bf4d1b7548dc8383ed3d45f6
diff --git a/dev-python/python3-lxc/metadata.xml b/dev-python/python3-lxc/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+  <maintainer type="person">
+    <email>vdupras@gentoo.org</email>
+    <name>Virgil Dupras</name>
+  </maintainer>
+  <maintainer type="project">
+    <email>virtualization@gentoo.org</email>
+    <name>Gentoo Virtualization Project</name>
+  </maintainer>
+  <upstream>
+    <remote-id type="github">lxc/python3-lxc</remote-id>
+  </upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-python/python3-lxc/python3-lxc-3.0.1.ebuild b/dev-python/python3-lxc/python3-lxc-3.0.1.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{5,6} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Python bindings for LXC"
+HOMEPAGE="https://linuxcontainers.org/lxc/"
+SRC_URI="https://linuxcontainers.org/downloads/lxc/${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="LGPL-3"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc64 ~x86"
+IUSE=""
+
+RDEPEND=">=app-emulation/lxc-3.0"
+
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"