diff --git a/dev-python/testtools/Manifest b/dev-python/testtools/Manifest
index 5d9a0c99d24db..f0d715b627361 100644
--- a/dev-python/testtools/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/testtools/Manifest
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ DIST testtools-2.7.2.tar.gz 201430 BLAKE2B d827d8e66c85908f4d16aa0762c3b0a454d37
 DIST testtools-2.8.2.tar.gz 206889 BLAKE2B 4c25e88d5602c00ab9079d5ef504648cf7f59ae63d8844d5bdbac2b215db64234925ee9ce89532ca71d681031fa4d656e1c60413f731aa135791b43edbbd6015 SHA512 2880b5e8c92e59e3d9cad7b6b64781763a549abf74672a46f0b3a33300793d91ea8453fc364d497ae7492095385309e6b150a712fea4529324cf4673b6e60aa7
 DIST testtools-2.8.7.tar.gz 219464 BLAKE2B 2fc7a96ed6cfacef508b6f095ff69b10a1bbb7dd7c7e38a84eb4ef301f1c08dc20a6a0a754978e5ca7b311ee5060aa74837b2376e531699107af9b974db6dfc0 SHA512 673f85058cf1c6d30b9283e67905c9e156304b682bcee7240a42cf2946d0aa0743cf2ae67968582ae58f21feba6a9769c54afd3e1544c966f72ccb2ceb948fac
 DIST testtools-2.8.7.tar.gz.provenance 9519 BLAKE2B 928791506982c283ae39bd2327bdf7d816cf6f57482bed9edf8c90becedb77afe3a2f8dc5f2e9371c66cc3b51e447172ef9079d5dfcae7c6402fda30c565c73f SHA512 523fe8e7132a69703cd939a5e55db337d0269241d376c876068672a5a3e736a1fb8d1caa8053e69bbf3c9ab2acec973997ec2244b37c5e2396e91d8c321f2ab2
+DIST testtools-2.9.0.tar.gz 220801 BLAKE2B d269b7a2a5dd8b79ee8bbedd74df76e5e08eb019f99c5ef079e3b5998a94e9d20abec3accc56f2c10ec84ae3090d86c3d2742c54e1523db2099e0ce895167b0f SHA512 ab0f8b94d67e432d2ea2edff3e351368607e4e55e8ea8f5c1fa66a186317bb81bd5948745b4d523472f0a60acc7d216d704b1888098e4dff0f28150dce1a7395
+DIST testtools-2.9.0.tar.gz.provenance 9506 BLAKE2B 5fe31bb8456892b14738aa77b9b8bd0ee6f2673c0399a6e51ff333e77e9450a9bc3a98f1be0d75d645686234eb525c66c5ff9f672b392b07539d10ed471e2234 SHA512 1692e02fdfe17bdfa7fb046547254cdee74e990ce3d56bbd60bad349986292517355b5a8fd9fc3f1a7cac7b592fc93831c62b32a067f0adb7aa84d1222ea1cd2
diff --git a/dev-python/testtools/testtools-2.9.0.ebuild b/dev-python/testtools/testtools-2.9.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6a0177e8c4551
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/testtools/testtools-2.9.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=hatchling
+PYPI_VERIFY_REPO=https://github.com/testing-cabal/testtools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} pypy3_11 )
+PYTHON_REQ_USE="threads(+)"
+
+inherit distutils-r1 pypi
+
+DESCRIPTION="Extensions to the Python standard library unit testing framework"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/testing-cabal/testtools/
+	https://pypi.org/project/testtools/
+"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~x64-macos"
+IUSE="test"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+BDEPEND="
+	dev-python/hatch-vcs[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	test? (
+		>=dev-python/fixtures-2.0.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/testscenarios[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/testresources[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/twisted[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+"
+
+distutils_enable_sphinx doc
+
+python_test() {
+	if ! has_version "dev-python/twisted[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"; then
+		sed -i -e '/twistedsupport/d' tests/test_suite.py || die
+	fi
+
+	"${EPYTHON}" -m testtools.run tests.test_suite ||
+		die "tests failed under ${EPYTHON}"
+}