diff --git a/dev-python/setuptools-gettext/Manifest b/dev-python/setuptools-gettext/Manifest
index 0e11bd41e0d3..93a5c96fdff6 100644
--- a/dev-python/setuptools-gettext/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/setuptools-gettext/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 DIST setuptools_gettext-0.1.14.tar.gz 16177 BLAKE2B ad34ca37db52bdb2d317592e76e765636402ea2e656af22e31e7e2dfd59edce88003b14d4180b9b77b402ae2b53dcb9cebb0e065753272387bdaeee3af6baefd SHA512 40a76eb94173f704158dc676d332c436b81d11f2045276622cee2ab08636b988f3e95fa60bc4fdeeb72334d2daa51e56cd394f441479221b266e187bda2b928c
+DIST setuptools_gettext-0.1.16.tar.gz 16842 BLAKE2B 1af9cac3b9f982fb39b17e9d8e2e0dd1dca6fa31e0ee280869f9c0c71960e85eeda6586126cf7301b8fc79779dd4dc33a3e53232ccd22ad202ca8a5a9279deb2 SHA512 5a9c54b3c7186a37896b7ff7cc07b20566161bf169b1226d0cb9d9ea677e24a3dff01b180f41a900943090eb4d0c8bff5fcc042dc403f6a028af13cb4f628a15
+DIST setuptools_gettext-0.1.16.tar.gz.provenance 10155 BLAKE2B 7239719ea7a6ee9309f637bc340f2be489044d1e558f2845a56f5dd9cab3d28a6414c0335827a61ad4c22ad48c96666030f457fcf13cf4d7e34253a90a69f0b6 SHA512 7c6f679f17d40a9e40e480a8aad3516d89aa787195b6b89764af3fcad845d5ba93f3ecf9169890bb43e600f9e2d0d92909a8d25c728c90930198cf8ddbd2a73f
diff --git a/dev-python/setuptools-gettext/setuptools-gettext-0.1.16.ebuild b/dev-python/setuptools-gettext/setuptools-gettext-0.1.16.ebuild
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index 000000000000..8f29495e9438
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@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# Copyright 2023-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYPI_VERIFY_REPO=https://github.com/breezy-team/setuptools-gettext
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1 pypi
+
+DESCRIPTION="Setuptools plugin for building mo files"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://pypi.org/project/setuptools-gettext/
+	https://github.com/breezy-team/setuptools-gettext/
+"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2+"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~x86"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/setuptools-61.0.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	sys-devel/gettext
+"
+
+python_test() {
+	cd example || die
+	distutils_pep517_install "${T}/${EPYTHON}"
+	if [[ ! -f ${T}/${EPYTHON}/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/hallowereld.mo ]]
+	then
+		die ".mo file not installed"
+	fi
+}