diff --git a/dev-python/llvmlite/Manifest b/dev-python/llvmlite/Manifest
index 0ab640394b0ea..f06c761a5fbd4 100644
--- a/dev-python/llvmlite/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/llvmlite/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST llvmlite-0.34.0.gh.tar.gz 210438 BLAKE2B 832ec28047a51b2874a0de5885445b9d77942a70f86620dfb0b25ff0b17395b6009d31d5e9f27ddf02c19ae97bd5b325fc49227fdc0499a9f5fa3bde44e6b564 SHA512 5540df4ebad835e294c00cc09ab1230a530566f563f751f890752f6e22f7b2a04aedcbb53dbbb8e323198d05c80bc9699b593d919eaf1af60fa6f94ff6f50bb1
+DIST llvmlite-0.35.0.gh.tar.gz 228089 BLAKE2B 5cee01244552cfc1c2ba979709170484ed253f52c5c47a4a254bf7d26c935ff0d2a858b7a7f4ec7719644495383128adab11a1287849cd426b7997da4a59efeb SHA512 345b6321277749a169cd87e152261ef499edbf18d18ef7085017c111f2892eac0241529cfae9c6eaaeb68cdb4d726965ed03b4d5a836501dcbdaa73d3c0796fd
diff --git a/dev-python/llvmlite/llvmlite-0.35.0.ebuild b/dev-python/llvmlite/llvmlite-0.35.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3fa3c11d9cb7c
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@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6..9} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1 llvm
+
+DESCRIPTION="Python wrapper around the llvm C++ library"
+HOMEPAGE="https://llvmlite.pydata.org/"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/numba/llvmlite/archive/v${PV/_/}.tar.gz -> ${P/_/}.gh.tar.gz"
+S=${WORKDIR}/${P/_/}
+
+LICENSE="BSD"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
+IUSE="examples"
+
+LLVM_MAX_SLOT=10
+
+RDEPEND="
+	sys-devel/llvm:${LLVM_MAX_SLOT}
+	sys-libs/zlib:0=
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+
+python_configure_all() {
+	# upstream's build system is just horrible, and they ignored the PR
+	# fixing it, so let's build the shared lib properly using implicit
+	# make rules
+
+	export LDLIBS=$(llvm-config --libs all)
+	export CXXFLAGS="$(llvm-config --cxxflags) -fPIC ${CXXFLAGS}"
+	export LDFLAGS="$(llvm-config --ldflags) ${LDFLAGS}"
+
+	local files=( ffi/*.cpp )
+	emake -f - <<EOF
+ffi/libllvmlite.so: ${files[*]/.cpp/.o}
+	\$(CXX) -shared \$(CXXFLAGS) \$(LDFLAGS) -o \$@ \$^ \$(LDLIBS)
+EOF
+
+	export LLVMLITE_SKIP_LLVM_VERSION_CHECK=1
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	"${EPYTHON}" runtests.py -v || die "Tests failed under ${EPYTHON}"
+}
+
+python_install_all() {
+	distutils-r1_python_install_all
+	if use examples; then
+		dodoc -r examples
+		docompress -x /usr/share/doc/${PF}/examples
+	fi
+}