diff --git a/dev-python/et-xmlfile/et-xmlfile-2.0.0.ebuild b/dev-python/et-xmlfile/et-xmlfile-2.0.0.ebuild
index 1e4778f2d833f..8abeef5663e20 100644
--- a/dev-python/et-xmlfile/et-xmlfile-2.0.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/et-xmlfile/et-xmlfile-2.0.0.ebuild
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
 
 DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..13} pypy3 )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..13} pypy3 pypy3_11 )
 
 inherit distutils-r1
 
@@ -33,3 +33,19 @@ RDEPEND="
 distutils_enable_tests pytest
 distutils_enable_sphinx doc \
 	dev-python/sphinx-rtd-theme
+
+python_test() {
+	local EPYTEST_DESELECT=()
+
+	case ${EPYTHON} in
+		pypy3*)
+			EPYTEST_DESELECT+=(
+				# minor exception message difference
+				et_xmlfile/tests/test_incremental_tree_with_stdlib_tests.py::ElementTreeTest::test_simpleops
+			)
+			;;
+	esac
+
+	local -x PYTEST_DISABLE_PLUGIN_AUTOLOAD=1
+	epytest
+}