diff --git a/dev-python/pybind11/Manifest b/dev-python/pybind11/Manifest
index 1a010103d1c61..557e30befa840 100644
--- a/dev-python/pybind11/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/pybind11/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST pybind11-2.13.6.gh.tar.gz 800804 BLAKE2B 1f2efa05727ebbcd8e439b83bacfebb21d26a6f8f719e0a627633abdcae59837936e37e6441196e097e0075c9f922048d4e88146bb627d97ada28c48165bddb7 SHA512 497c25b33b09a9c42f67131ab82e35d689e8ce089dd7639be997305ff9a6d502447b79c824508c455d559e61f0186335b54dd2771d903a7c1621833930622d1a
 DIST pybind11-3.0.0.gh.tar.gz 915234 BLAKE2B dfacb629b8d1cf5adeb30b305ca68f5db465fbec7a7da9b42485032279ac49721adbb248ce14c7acfdafecbd192e2542cccb08a61d8b3ee3884bbff9fc977a49 SHA512 a68a5eb3253db771308ed0922852207e6dc9a3089ad055ba3ccd36690f68b93cad98cc1a3ab822eb653153af2eeef10e6f6272b93314b2da1119e17f6c63337b
+DIST pybind11-3.0.1.gh.tar.gz 918227 BLAKE2B 90700c919872cd697a59951ef86da0bd0487fe01cd3f3e1b54f2b0b6380a356271635796ea2289340377ecb6ec571ac921ad5dae0e4c82f579f7d8acefba72e5 SHA512 c17e6d6a78c38e760864b390ac2aa7df6a94ca53acb2e8be71f0d63d611b738fa20a16946c98a93fbfcad56cb0346ebf247bbe41c6f5171c6ce68397b1e5c4db
diff --git a/dev-python/pybind11/pybind11-3.0.1.ebuild b/dev-python/pybind11/pybind11-3.0.1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ae94d49adb5af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/pybind11/pybind11-3.0.1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=scikit-build-core
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} pypy3_11 )
+
+inherit cmake distutils-r1
+
+MY_P=${P/_}
+DESCRIPTION="AST-based Python refactoring library"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://pybind11.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
+	https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/
+	https://pypi.org/project/pybind11/
+"
+SRC_URI="
+	https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/archive/v${PV/_}.tar.gz
+		-> ${MY_P}.gh.tar.gz
+"
+S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}
+
+LICENSE="BSD"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~arm64-macos ~x64-macos"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-cpp/eigen:3
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	test? (
+		<dev-cpp/catch-3:0
+		>=dev-cpp/catch-2.13.9:0
+		dev-libs/boost
+		dev-python/tomlkit[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
+EPYTEST_RERUNS=5
+EPYTEST_XDIST=1
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+src_prepare() {
+	cmake_src_prepare
+	distutils-r1_src_prepare
+}
+
+python_configure() {
+	DISTUTILS_ARGS=(
+		# disable forced lto
+		-DHAS_FLTO=OFF
+		# https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/issues/5087
+		-DPYBIND11_FINDPYTHON=OFF
+		-DPYBIND11_INSTALL=ON
+		-DPYBIND11_TEST=OFF
+	)
+
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		"${DISTUTILS_ARGS[@]}"
+		-DPYBIND11_TEST=$(usex test)
+
+		# fix missing prefix, https://bugs.gentoo.org/961861
+		-Dprefix_for_pc_file="${EPREFIX}"/usr
+	)
+	cmake_src_configure
+}
+
+python_compile() {
+	distutils-r1_python_compile
+	# Compilation only does anything for tests
+	use test && cmake_src_compile
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	cmake_build cpptest test_cmake_build
+
+	cd "${BUILD_DIR}/tests" || die
+	epytest "${S}/tests"
+}
+
+python_install() {
+	distutils-r1_python_install
+	cmake_src_install
+}