diff --git a/dev-python/zope-deprecation/Manifest b/dev-python/zope-deprecation/Manifest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..98b6bb89ca509
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/zope-deprecation/Manifest
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DIST zope.deprecation-4.2.0.tar.gz 223338 SHA256 ff32c5bb5388b77b22c83ed1f1aa01cdbb076d9f2cfa2b825450ce9e2ecfd738 SHA512 8ae5428d8e76014aaf17bfc05c88e7423be892f35bc9ec61f2f2919bb043fe0937cb592eec81763d9b6841ba3afa938e047cbecfacb9e4d29350e99f6ed417e6 WHIRLPOOL 967564825174b50c591a4d6f309b3384fce7dfa0c1201d38b332f2b2354c071fe1b63493b57ed6d35ecfe6534bb3be810ad7b30b2d3b1365b263757c066d1848
diff --git a/dev-python/zope-deprecation/metadata.xml b/dev-python/zope-deprecation/metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ae35638ded39a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/zope-deprecation/metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<maintainer type="project">
+		<email>python@gentoo.org</email>
+	</maintainer>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="pypi">zope.deprecation</remote-id>
+		<remote-id type="github">zopefoundation/zope.deprecation</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-python/zope-deprecation/zope-deprecation-4.2.0.ebuild b/dev-python/zope-deprecation/zope-deprecation-4.2.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a03bcc2ab0056
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/zope-deprecation/zope-deprecation-4.2.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=6
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_{4,5,6}} pypy{,3} )
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+MY_PN=${PN/-/.}
+MY_P=${MY_PN}-${PV}
+
+DESCRIPTION="Zope Deprecation Infrastructure"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/zopefoundation/zope.deprecation"
+SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${MY_PN::1}/${MY_PN}/${MY_P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="ZPL"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+IUSE="test"
+
+RDEPEND="dev-python/namespace-zope[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+# note: nosetests are not actually used or enforced via test_requires
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+
+S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}
+
+python_test() {
+	esetup.py test
+}
+
+python_install_all() {
+	distutils-r1_python_install_all
+
+	find "${ED}" -name '*.pth' -delete || die
+}