diff --git a/dev-python/ijson/Manifest b/dev-python/ijson/Manifest
index 775c6b53ea4ba..e4bd81e3fd273 100644
--- a/dev-python/ijson/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/ijson/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST ijson-3.5.0.tar.gz 68658 BLAKE2B 5ab77cdc9f45b1e87a0ee5d56d19505b927da71fae0c7017fb44f2a5be47a4ccb1f8ba74590bd4adec89eef3ec4cb8e02ae137891f23088ab0df36fff9dc5454 SHA512 2a50ce4837ced0dc026c477c1efccb021795839b26b1d2bebfafafba8109d424a1aac3b374f6c122f116b3f419cab77c22c5a5fa5ffeacf4281ae9677cd46a41
+DIST ijson-3.5.1.tar.gz 69913 BLAKE2B 94d0f7d791b7b4f13da43bfffa39052a2c9297efeaea1721d91b2fb94c188a52df6cccf9dbec1dd1a471a4b9a3f74c959e1b3189242b5120c3df9524e8f1cb36 SHA512 5eaa1699a29ebc3659be7ddc36779b0994d59fa0c02b4581ac213b2d85cae36b0c868ae9137e5004ccd6f5018696dbbb7c34d6a6910dc49b9423975ca2af7921
diff --git a/dev-python/ijson/ijson-3.5.1.ebuild b/dev-python/ijson/ijson-3.5.1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7b876c04e3152
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/ijson/ijson-3.5.1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_EXT=1
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{12..15} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1 pypi
+
+DESCRIPTION="Iterative JSON parser with a Pythonic interface"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/ICRAR/ijson/
+	https://pypi.org/project/ijson/
+"
+
+LICENSE="BSD"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~ppc64 ~x86"
+
+DEPEND="
+	dev-libs/yajl:=
+"
+RDEPEND="
+	${DEPEND}
+"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+export IJSON_BUILD_YAJL2C=1
+
+python_test() {
+	rm -rf ijson || die
+	epytest
+}