diff --git a/dev-python/py-ubjson/Manifest b/dev-python/py-ubjson/Manifest
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+DIST py-ubjson-0.8.5.tar.gz 318626 SHA256 e58e99753aaff3ed5d884989a6236bd98a4b0dfdb0e62f9753c20f485691fa9e SHA512 680a00b00913207ff7af6c03c08e3d7ef10c9765ae0290d6502fff64b1d2f597cd6bbe5411d553672a245198ac1abbf4b89e1e20ffa44cbc700b78eb67df29d8 WHIRLPOOL 24b745daa0a4f90cb07f22d574da63bfb0a1733d5a6c6f8b384693819ba6a14042a97b92dad104215892239a7beb3ec1bf3a72c687c2a06ea44c442d8291e7fe
diff --git a/dev-python/py-ubjson/metadata.xml b/dev-python/py-ubjson/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>dol-sen@gentoo.org</email>
+		<description>Primary maintainer</description>
+	</maintainer>
+	<maintainer type="project">
+		<email>python@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Python</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<upstream>
+		<maintainer>
+			<email>vilnis.termanis@iotic-labs.com</email>
+			<name>Iotic Labs Ltd</name>
+		</maintainer>
+		<remote-id type="pypi">py-ubjson</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+	<longdescription>
+		This is a Python v3.2+ (and 2.7+) Universal Binary JSON encoder/decoder
+		based on the draft-12 specification
+	</longdescription>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-python/py-ubjson/py-ubjson-0.8.5.ebuild b/dev-python/py-ubjson/py-ubjson-0.8.5.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Id$
+
+EAPI=6
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{4,5})
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Universal Binary JSON encoder/decoder"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/Iotic-Labs/py-ubjson https://pypi.python.org/pypi/py-ubjson"
+SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${P:0:1}/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+IUSE=""
+
+DEPEND=""
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"