diff --git a/dev-python/uv-build/Manifest b/dev-python/uv-build/Manifest
index cd1523b8f0b70..60150c0a18d86 100644
--- a/dev-python/uv-build/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/uv-build/Manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 DIST uv_build-0.6.17.tar.gz 300696 BLAKE2B 3f15068232e20b4b70ef319f90a258efc0d38be668bc438c91354b5ede4cb03235abc912292e2747249eab5c54c1fbc3cfa91ab1335881b975fce9677340c54e SHA512 2827629a11a9775661554f3eae4f3c6018637203c18f739ce728973ee0e7f905bef7c9fcc200f95393e2e13c167e31fdf0ab8dced59c028c3c600d47ba373752
 DIST uv_build-0.7.10.tar.gz 308530 BLAKE2B 01ec0cc519966665129c29e7cfe5522cf070d3377b4172265f7a8dbea441979022875eb091371e868ca6c9ab80c497c85b789b5c81b93c8e004fd8b6e0e05240 SHA512 744e4ac1e5be3579a7a89cdd2b6f0e40a1d681fd51c7dc44bcfbce8c51a61cffa8cdb8006c02526a7bb27ad7cf2b02cf33be7107b36487a89835e81e079ffa54
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+DIST uv_build-0.7.13.tar.gz 310547 BLAKE2B 37a07d3aae9e5c1a1d8c187157473ab4c0bc65779751d2848c2d46228cef9ccb1b7e040f3330f3660b163a5fbf84acbd2433371d7d05014e53716297762bfe24 SHA512 44026e1139c95d082871a93d7d456684b07aa0b8f34609aabf1b7a74a81431a6811973e141cdc98c377b65e06b8ed56c6ca2393688132b6813363a00e622a911
 DIST uv_build-0.7.8.tar.gz 305609 BLAKE2B 89d2e7ff95f4375d4fff758463c1cf918c3ec475a1e0de04fcc51b4bd0fefe1aca50ea223b3cc456c5944f0673702ab971374829fb568e4521129acb0a770506 SHA512 bde37f82ae781531e50425ff247219e4e2908c7e46200a65a74e8e2b8b48a0d5cd60476138c160bd1d07aa8c9a581f5da01e79fd7883d018f10617ddba8b8349
 DIST uv_build-0.7.9.tar.gz 308177 BLAKE2B 38bd8d4640a239dac740503929c7b31ba591e101e0778cbd5e3c9db6513082f0382bc982affc7cf3a5af3998647ae58ebf870388dc0d67e2ed7fda5764cc9176 SHA512 f316aae21cbf15dc281d79eaa10af1b56efd70d484ae37b831d7216c268e03c6a46c50a212e617e932a6cf0805f2cb114e91caf92afe1c1d994ba06209255e90
diff --git a/dev-python/uv-build/uv-build-0.7.13.ebuild b/dev-python/uv-build/uv-build-0.7.13.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7b6a5ee54e1b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/uv-build/uv-build-0.7.13.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+# Copyright 2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+# Maturin compiles uv-build executable for every impl, we do not want
+# that, so we use another backend.  And since we use another backend,
+# why not dogfood it in the first place?
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=standalone
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( pypy3_11 python3_{11..14} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1 pypi
+
+DESCRIPTION="PEP517 uv build backend"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/
+	https://pypi.org/project/uv-build/
+"
+
+LICENSE="|| ( Apache-2.0 MIT )"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+IUSE="test"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/uv-${PV}
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	test? (
+		app-arch/unzip
+		dev-python/build[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	distutils-r1_src_prepare
+
+	# use the executable from dev-python/uv instead of building
+	# a largely overlapping uv-build executable (at least for now)
+	sed -i -e '/USE_UV_EXECUTABLE/s:False:True:' python/uv_build/__init__.py || die
+
+	# replace the build-system section
+	sed -i -e '/\[build-system\]/,$d' pyproject.toml || die
+	cat >> pyproject.toml <<-EOF || die
+		[build-system]
+		requires = ["uv_build<9999"]
+		build-backend = "uv_build"
+		backend-path = ["src"]
+	EOF
+
+	# rename to make uv-build find it
+	mv python src || die
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	"${EPYTHON}" -m build -n || die "Self-build failed with ${EPYTHON}"
+
+	local zip_result=$(
+		unzip -t "dist/uv_build-${PV}-py3-none-any.whl" || die
+	)
+	local zip_expected="\
+Archive:  dist/uv_build-${PV}-py3-none-any.whl
+    testing: uv_build/                OK
+    testing: uv_build/__init__.py     OK
+    testing: uv_build/__main__.py     OK
+    testing: uv_build/py.typed        OK
+    testing: uv_build-${PV}.dist-info/   OK
+    testing: uv_build-${PV}.dist-info/WHEEL   OK
+    testing: uv_build-${PV}.dist-info/METADATA   OK
+    testing: uv_build-${PV}.dist-info/RECORD   OK
+No errors detected in compressed data of dist/uv_build-${PV}-py3-none-any.whl.\
+"
+	if [[ ${zip_result} != ${zip_expected} ]]; then
+		eerror ".zip result:\n${zip_result}"
+		eerror ".zip expected:\n${zip_expected}"
+		die ".whl result mismatch"
+	fi
+
+	local tar_result=$(
+		tar -tf "dist/uv_build-${PV}.tar.gz" || die
+	)
+	local tar_expected="\
+uv_build-${PV}/PKG-INFO
+uv_build-${PV}/
+uv_build-${PV}/README.md
+uv_build-${PV}/pyproject.toml
+uv_build-${PV}/src
+uv_build-${PV}/src/uv_build
+uv_build-${PV}/src/uv_build/__init__.py
+uv_build-${PV}/src/uv_build/__main__.py
+uv_build-${PV}/src/uv_build/py.typed\
+"
+	if [[ ${tar_result} != ${tar_expected} ]]; then
+		eerror ".tar.gz result:\n${tar_result}"
+		eerror ".tar.gz expected:\n${tar_expected}"
+		die ".tar.gz result mismatch"
+	fi
+}