diff --git a/dev-python/rtimulib/Manifest b/dev-python/rtimulib/Manifest
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+DIST RTIMULib-7.2.1.tar.gz 915114 BLAKE2B 5d8a54d4b1083105c1bb3b854e8474cb81cfd5eff843422e2f66f363ae04dd9e87d4cffc8f26c2a68c4f535d77ca229bc7bb7840c59ba3c6d2d45d5ee7f31987 SHA512 2a9d40f5c4db7c875fe82bd79408d97f9b00a3cd0d1be9b19baa3808b4cd260200b8ce5f5d9a6298df760aaca10555eb317d4a2431cd1c07a1b7953448852b23
diff --git a/dev-python/rtimulib/metadata.xml b/dev-python/rtimulib/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<maintainer type="person">
+		<email>ck+gentoo@bl4ckb0x.de</email>
+		<name>Conrad Kostecki</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<maintainer type="project">
+		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
+	</maintainer>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-python/rtimulib/rtimulib-7.2.1.ebuild b/dev-python/rtimulib/rtimulib-7.2.1.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=6
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{4,5,6} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+MY_P="RTIMULib-${PV}"
+
+DESCRIPTION="Python Binding for RTIMULib, a versatile IMU library"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/RPi-Distro/RTIMULib"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/RPi-Distro/RTIMULib/archive/V${PV}.tar.gz -> ${MY_P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~x86"
+
+DEPEND="dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}/Linux/python"