diff --git a/dev-python/pytest-datadir/Manifest b/dev-python/pytest-datadir/Manifest
index f63e093cf346e..09bf9ca97236f 100644
--- a/dev-python/pytest-datadir/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/pytest-datadir/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST pytest_datadir-1.7.2.tar.gz 11265 BLAKE2B 34f28f8d3f28a3b55534526dd6ce022d50f76b3ee24321415177c95e68aeb223d630d7f9c8b84e9bba630557adb8bccb8ef15f2482320a61893fda6eb3825d25 SHA512 737c7825b4c587a3df43b363bb07f80c770c11fd48e6adaf93f32bf3101a75e77988752ef187607d6090bf60e605964788bd65b16379877ccc633e196c78b934
+DIST pytest_datadir-1.8.0.tar.gz 11848 BLAKE2B bf48a45fb67a51c9b8183767d38618580a9b972a5054cd68a402d695e168cc73672a23373002c1498965e0cde97e18df1765a2bb33b70aae80dae30c61a02f17 SHA512 10be9c77f4c0baea834b7758b8a30d82c7e80a406ef59a1ee0386e78fe74b4dbb1237c743ca6be8a8f0b777a2a74b42b07e89ddd7fdf18cdc53959a676c022fe
diff --git a/dev-python/pytest-datadir/pytest-datadir-1.8.0.ebuild b/dev-python/pytest-datadir/pytest-datadir-1.8.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8c99cc5e753b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/pytest-datadir/pytest-datadir-1.8.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# 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_{11..14} pypy3_11 )
+
+inherit distutils-r1 pypi
+
+DESCRIPTION="Pytest plugin for manipulating test data directories and files"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/gabrielcnr/pytest-datadir/
+	https://pypi.org/project/pytest-datadir/
+"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/pytest-7.0.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	dev-python/setuptools-scm[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=( "${PN}" )
+distutils_enable_tests pytest