diff --git a/dev-python/setuptools/Manifest b/dev-python/setuptools/Manifest
index aa6f44aa782a9..3f2a220d785b1 100644
--- a/dev-python/setuptools/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/setuptools/Manifest
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ DIST setuptools-40.7.3.zip 842920 BLAKE2B 53b5845f157d088fa0848384770f185b2daf8f
 DIST setuptools-40.8.0.zip 845071 BLAKE2B a76b92a7e3a5cd87d74f3ff5f49fe4c6b2a1f0c5cc3b04219f6f773585be479ec5d092185129ada1fe5c5ef62714687beb3a316a6d50b559e9224aed468aef24 SHA512 f14976a76bff74b7494d44fcfffa511de0d142b4d308fcbf87b34c31c51491102e152acc11a383c5f6b693d1b18eb119c5186ca23deb12b2bbf186794b062868
 DIST setuptools-40.9.0.zip 847572 BLAKE2B 1ef3f05d747a67395f705ad46bf066f400c9a5ad97efe73175e72eb9091c929cb61a526da1206f431a4e054939e0fd2b2a841a892c6cc76a6116cf781112b472 SHA512 2d278ef162139dfb1dd3640154ae3db755ff5c2285810c85b0452d12e3f3cb199e3f1a1ec7cc43a377d42cd4f86e97e2c773d9f0a3bef8dc1acbf31e6f61033f
 DIST setuptools-41.0.0.zip 848208 BLAKE2B 8d92cfb25f4ac1d0fd209b524693d66eca8fbc43b0ae4bf81343dd97820fd3b0572c8994c6ed1ee8c18e86a7eb4a6154dba53d81da081c950fa1ae1b61e023cf SHA512 e0f310368c50d954c8b0499ca2ea0e969e82515d0526b854c47d74cf6bb5af505cc522d926a346ab636163af6a85d1b40658c1701e759fbdf36f817af79ba7b1
+DIST setuptools-41.0.1.zip 849016 BLAKE2B e07d3eb864c96fc797f1ef2f93b2adcdc310a817339b51af1fc1b3b262fe86ad1bf35741fa3485f94d267bcaa55fded92f62754b3bb4544a27e21b507465c269 SHA512 022ac63b27da157ddab5eef34d4452f30b3798c3555779255686ecedcb98d6d60a9ac0b1a077b28426e3306d4ed5e89f1eea2894f9da6def57376596c01595b9
diff --git a/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-41.0.1.ebuild b/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-41.0.1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2a96b81ef9b45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-41.0.1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{5,6,7} pypy{,3} )
+PYTHON_REQ_USE="xml(+)"
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+if [[ ${PV} == "9999" ]]; then
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/pypa/setuptools.git"
+	inherit git-r3
+else
+	SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${PN:0:1}/${PN}/${P}.zip"
+	KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~s390 ~sh ~sparc ~x86 ~x64-cygwin ~amd64-fbsd ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~ppc-macos ~x64-macos ~x86-macos ~sparc-solaris ~sparc64-solaris ~x64-solaris ~x86-solaris"
+fi
+
+DESCRIPTION="Collection of extensions to Distutils"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/pypa/setuptools https://pypi.org/project/setuptools/"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+IUSE="test"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+RDEPEND="
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	app-arch/unzip
+	test? (
+		dev-python/mock[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/pip[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=dev-python/pytest-3.7.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		<dev-python/pytest-4
+		dev-python/pytest-fixture-config[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/pytest-virtualenv[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/wheel[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		virtual/python-futures[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+"
+PDEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/certifi-2016.9.26[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+
+# Force in-source build because build system modifies sources.
+DISTUTILS_IN_SOURCE_BUILD=1
+
+DOCS=( {CHANGES,README}.rst docs/{easy_install.txt,pkg_resources.txt,setuptools.txt} )
+
+python_prepare_all() {
+	if [[ ${PV} == "9999" ]]; then
+		python_setup
+		${EPYTHON} bootstrap.py || die
+	fi
+
+	# disable tests requiring a network connection
+	rm setuptools/tests/test_packageindex.py || die
+
+	# don't run integration tests
+	rm setuptools/tests/test_integration.py || die
+
+	distutils-r1_python_prepare_all
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	# test_easy_install raises a SandboxViolation due to ${HOME}/.pydistutils.cfg
+	# It tries to sandbox the test in a tempdir
+	HOME="${PWD}" pytest -vv ${PN} || die "Tests failed under ${EPYTHON}"
+}
+
+python_install() {
+	export DISTRIBUTE_DISABLE_VERSIONED_EASY_INSTALL_SCRIPT=1
+	distutils-r1_python_install
+}