diff --git a/dev-python/zstandard/Manifest b/dev-python/zstandard/Manifest
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+++ b/dev-python/zstandard/Manifest
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+DIST zstandard-0.7.0.tar.gz 427288 SHA256 29f2babe5828b257a793e077543150e64ab944b9f3cc071fb5cbb6892243645a SHA512 016a8142a504757beb99b681386e7d8ea81b91a3a10b44894fa16443c21b567fce1101283e1967a2895e504045d84173b512fe7144a6a962ef64a509fcd83a4a WHIRLPOOL 7a4f27201cc5a274e7e0e5f2b5c1836fdcf24474b78af8deba503b7e27add5f262762ac5f6a8eb8653a8123318eaceb2f94339a162dc2df5b62f2e9cf83b48a2
diff --git a/dev-python/zstandard/metadata.xml b/dev-python/zstandard/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="project">
+		<email>python@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Python</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="pypi">zstandard</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-python/zstandard/zstandard-0.7.0.ebuild b/dev-python/zstandard/zstandard-0.7.0.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=6
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_4,3_5} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Zstandard Bindings for Python"
+HOMEPAGE="https://pypi.python.org/pypi/zstandard https://github.com/indygreg/python-zstandard"
+SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${PN:0:1}/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"
+
+SLOT="0"
+LICENSE="BSD"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+
+RDEPEND="dev-python/cffi:=[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+DEPEND="dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	${RDEPEND}"