diff --git a/dev-python/ansible-compat/Manifest b/dev-python/ansible-compat/Manifest
index 9fc8891762cc8..00677444ecd8a 100644
--- a/dev-python/ansible-compat/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/ansible-compat/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST ansible_compat-25.6.0.tar.gz 88447 BLAKE2B 6431b22bc50d09f865d39046df55fd2a3fe03576cb640f0febc8f108b0ff7b190ef3014904e56f8cd50f37fd6db61da4cd71ab8d52619f8f4c42bac6344b95ed SHA512 3f60f0f6035c17eafa976d77cf811553ce018c3857ded05921a7f3378856cc1e8e5945a57080755cfa86deac52de67bd085834b334d597afc257b78c249f4ad8
 DIST ansible_compat-25.8.0.tar.gz 89228 BLAKE2B 752ecdbd3974f8317e5621a936883654f99a0e030d954f978a9b98ce7259f97575c18e4e65d376ad8b4f4430c5a721bf12d03bd95216849d04e8cbf56b8ca4e7 SHA512 ab36870d57f50d57bb8c4026fd3629907447f1afd4bd044fe7f1efac0bbeda6c07bc678d0ac55dd44cd6cf23fe4b174d3e5f8400463c3e9d1a643b59f841b1e7
+DIST ansible_compat-25.8.1.tar.gz 90142 BLAKE2B 39c98e2e4f7fe9da00543b1ba2fce24e303c25aa269c1a4f86ed96a7e29ebb9f31fa40516fba78017e940ddcea5f6fba95bf0b4eccebc77fd0c13d282bf6df97 SHA512 b0bc8ef6f614e7c41becba6090ebd4a5c09bb9ac957a56652eb59d18eb2d03398e149af21071883a7b236e0ee724b354322a043f8d45c23b4db6d1864f871130
diff --git a/dev-python/ansible-compat/ansible-compat-25.8.1.ebuild b/dev-python/ansible-compat/ansible-compat-25.8.1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..fbc9b34c11830
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/ansible-compat/ansible-compat-25.8.1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# 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} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1 pypi
+
+DESCRIPTION="Contains functions that facilitate working with various versions of Ansible"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://pypi.org/project/ansible-compat/
+	https://github.com/ansible/ansible-compat/
+"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~riscv"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=app-admin/ansible-core-2.18.6[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/jsonschema-4.23.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/packaging[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/pyyaml[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/subprocess-tee-0.4.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/setuptools-scm-7.0.5[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=( pytest-{mock,plus} )
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+python_test() {
+	local EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
+		# All these tests attempt to connect to galaxy.ansible.com
+		test/test_runtime.py::test_install_collection
+		test/test_runtime.py::test_install_collection_dest
+		test/test_runtime.py::test_prepare_environment_with_collections
+		test/test_runtime.py::test_prerun_reqs_v1
+		test/test_runtime.py::test_prerun_reqs_v2
+		test/test_runtime.py::test_require_collection_no_cache_dir
+		test/test_runtime.py::test_require_collection_wrong_version
+		test/test_runtime.py::test_require_collection
+		test/test_runtime.py::test_upgrade_collection
+		test/test_runtime_example.py::test_runtime
+		'test/test_runtime.py::test_load_plugins[modules]'
+		# pip, failing due to internets
+		test/test_runtime_scan_path.py::test_scan_sys_path
+		test/test_runtime_scan_path.py::test_ro_venv
+		# internets?
+		test/test_runtime.py::test_runtime_has_playbook
+		# TODO
+		test/test_prerun.py::test_get_cache_dir_relative
+	)
+
+	epytest -o addopts=
+}