diff --git a/dev-python/ruamel-yaml/Manifest b/dev-python/ruamel-yaml/Manifest
index 4ed053a52cf3..a71299439395 100644
--- a/dev-python/ruamel-yaml/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/ruamel-yaml/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST ruamel.yaml-0.18.16.tar.xz 201472 BLAKE2B 935a439fb28cd166a7ea30c4f50fea4dede1e8dab7c1cb8a38627df30640a7988e7471ca4fe8b4b248410b258d81943f307d5bdbee1e1a92e2a0372abb22ceea SHA512 1d4c28c6769167d044cfc506035a0d7e13b533ecbfa2287b00035e9036c400c9cbd86fa96921a7e6a9c9b286f9bf4970637a09d4747c5bf7315b37db353720f6
+DIST ruamel.yaml-0.18.17.tar.xz 202272 BLAKE2B e3df2e53164ab8a5cbc974a5b76de7431935fd753cb7d6d19256ea1e92e1577d2d705410d23d5ab0e637a6c0abeef4f95b6bab74e1c5db523fdff57ca16c3726 SHA512 f39585da4463bb28957549b08debb2cb01ee15f926b20412b50e3dce24643a7de9790f7bd0aeb4191ade449738ff5642e1b1f71dbb199ad70c35c6392279c22c
diff --git a/dev-python/ruamel-yaml/ruamel-yaml-0.18.17.ebuild b/dev-python/ruamel-yaml/ruamel-yaml-0.18.17.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..55cd75fa13cd
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@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( pypy3_11 python3_{11..14} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+MY_P="${P/-/.}"
+DESCRIPTION="YAML parser/emitter that supports roundtrip comment preservation"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://pypi.org/project/ruamel.yaml/
+	https://sourceforge.net/projects/ruamel-yaml/
+"
+# PyPI tarballs do not include tests
+SRC_URI="https://downloads.sourceforge.net/ruamel-dl-tagged-releases/${MY_P}.tar.xz"
+S="${WORKDIR}"/${MY_P}
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-python/ruamel-yaml-clib[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	!dev-python/namespace-ruamel
+"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+python_compile() {
+	distutils-r1_python_compile
+	find "${BUILD_DIR}" -name '*.pth' -delete || die
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	local EPYTEST_IGNORE=(
+		# Old PyYAML tests from lib/ require special set-up and are
+		# invoked indirectly via test_z_olddata, tell pytest itself
+		# to leave the subdir alone.
+		_test/lib/
+	)
+
+	# this is needed to keep the tests working while
+	# dev-python/namespace-ruamel is still installed
+	distutils_write_namespace ruamel
+	epytest
+}