diff --git a/dev-python/coverage/Manifest b/dev-python/coverage/Manifest
index 72176d05f9209..e60726c14a913 100644
--- a/dev-python/coverage/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/coverage/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST coverage-6.0.2.tar.gz 722511 BLAKE2B 43a860610921fd0df106cbe26ba094e5a11bf1137a795a15bc22d82d0f813e8dc67bfe660757d325f15f719429b480ca625ebe66569489ed8c4c477bac23c393 SHA512 a43a312d4668846b6f72eebac1a289d0a603303cd32624c3308cce8934f693c7d3786b36da5cea3ff1cce60f93110a2ded168304e1ca9a79053f0886b7f1bf17
 DIST coverage-6.1.1.tar.gz 715305 BLAKE2B fbd7c8e7e1737bc8be8acf0f10c66fa333a027520b5f54869080ea9e31951230442d0d7f5a5ec11201b7ca3ba65ee92c906a373c18123920abe0d3dee5a8e040 SHA512 c029ab4e0d16e4b0a395e63e96d7a8f24bdb3a46a97fbc223d59dafaa52b8522e924a13d88777f862d69e1f30d015b00e0740530e719b6a94065d285cd3dd03a
+DIST coverage-6.1.2.tar.gz 677391 BLAKE2B eb9b129282446ed536765fcbd8b31f863be315c8eb27087473608b1412014e5807a26b8bcbdeea98f7a89481198bb7475dc775e68fee53ca297d16332edb7ea8 SHA512 41b5bc881eba97308ff702024dd1873fe527c941fe1b45c36a6210819e0b6b9e6dcdf0ad31659e88ea25a3ebd84e90858694f54d2d7585c61b319edb9afbf07e
diff --git a/dev-python/coverage/coverage-6.1.2.ebuild b/dev-python/coverage/coverage-6.1.2.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4581809c8ea8c
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@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..10} pypy3 )
+PYTHON_REQ_USE="threads(+),sqlite(+)"
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Code coverage measurement for Python"
+HOMEPAGE="https://coverage.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ https://pypi.org/project/coverage/"
+SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${PN:0:1}/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="BSD"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~x64-macos"
+#IUSE="test"
+# The tests are impossible to appease.  Please run them externally
+# via tox.  Or fix the ebuild if you have hours of time to spend
+# on something utterly useless.
+RESTRICT="test"
+
+#BDEPEND="
+#	test? (
+#		dev-python/PyContracts[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+#		dev-python/flaky[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+#		dev-python/hypothesis[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+#		dev-python/mock[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+#		dev-python/pytest[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+#		>=dev-python/unittest-mixins-1.4[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+#	)
+#"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	# avoid the dep on xdist, run tests verbosely
+	sed -i -e '/^addopts/s:-n3:-v:' setup.cfg || die
+	distutils-r1_src_prepare
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	distutils_install_for_testing
+
+	"${EPYTHON}" igor.py zip_mods || die
+	"${EPYTHON}" igor.py test_with_tracer py || die
+
+	# No C extensions under pypy
+	if [[ ${EPYTHON} != pypy* ]]; then
+		cp -l -- "${TEST_DIR}"/lib/*/coverage/*.so coverage/ || die
+		"${EPYTHON}" igor.py test_with_tracer c || die
+	fi
+
+	# clean up leftover "egg1" directory
+	rm -rf build/lib/egg1 || die
+}