diff --git a/dev-python/urwid_readline/Manifest b/dev-python/urwid_readline/Manifest
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+DIST urwid_readline-0.13.gh.tar.gz 8356 BLAKE2B 3de62c98fb2a17ce91c023c32d1bcbfaa8a6280bbb20b654bac65d37c02eec2d87f0bceace600cbe934352efb984073b1fa29b626cb3bb4a114660d646f41eb0 SHA512 49087b2b0e47d6adba317941b6be99d7d61fd66ae28fa2ed89730c24cc04b8fa4ce20cb8eb35ebab56f838491432684bb8892463439dcd5d06d087b509182d3d
diff --git a/dev-python/urwid_readline/metadata.xml b/dev-python/urwid_readline/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="project">
+		<email>python@gentoo.org</email>
+	</maintainer>
+	<stabilize-allarches/>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="pypi">urwid-readline</remote-id>
+		<remote-id type="github">rr-/urwid_readline</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-python/urwid_readline/urwid_readline-0.13.ebuild b/dev-python/urwid_readline/urwid_readline-0.13.ebuild
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+# Copyright 2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..10} )
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Text input widget for urwid that supports readline shortcuts"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/rr-/urwid_readline/
+	https://pypi.org/project/urwid-readline/"
+SRC_URI="
+	https://github.com/rr-/urwid_readline/archive/${PV}.tar.gz
+		-> ${P}.gh.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+
+RDEPEND="dev-python/urwid[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+
+distutils_enable_tests pytest