diff --git a/dev-python/beartype/Manifest b/dev-python/beartype/Manifest
index bd3548b9db1fb..5686f89f47bf4 100644
--- a/dev-python/beartype/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/beartype/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
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+DIST beartype-0.21.0.tar.gz 1437066 BLAKE2B 10c08fc07a87257fc21a85c2ab8c1402044b383051e5ecc919812710f74d277cbe70653a02aeeafc1007da5716bcb78c2024b5debb66b84ab5cdf4c3901fabb4 SHA512 fd3026c15bc1e9fc3985f7c691ad9c4c55532e5148bd3f554f40b7b6a33189af07ce9174c197907b4cd57f41778a436644e6ad610eec942d94c01cabb295c19b
 DIST beartype-0.21.0rc0.tar.gz 1437966 BLAKE2B 569eac36552c82e24218385478a48a471757e38f157be926b0a524d2c4366a84d1fd615d41b1d29b8b2dcff534e1a5a48a7b20ed894eecc62b2e31413aae9692 SHA512 e3a3ec779eee910741c2e1ac7514d516a05bf800255141a0cbac70c81a87b0bc25028f41e9b0a65396717631e6707164e0ab1cb39cb7d997f1faa3e85743bc73
diff --git a/dev-python/beartype/beartype-0.21.0.ebuild b/dev-python/beartype/beartype-0.21.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f5f4db2b7fcb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/beartype/beartype-0.21.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Copyright 2022-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=hatchling
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..13} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1 pypi
+
+DESCRIPTION="Unbearably fast runtime type checking in pure Python"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://pypi.org/project/beartype/
+	https://github.com/beartype/beartype/
+"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~riscv"
+
+BDEPEND="
+	test? (
+		dev-python/click[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/mypy[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/numpy[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/sqlalchemy[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/xarray[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+"
+
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+python_test() {
+	local EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
+		# fragile performance test
+		beartype_test/a00_unit/a70_decor/test_decorwrapper.py::test_wrapper_fail_obj_large
+		# test for building docs, apparently broken too
+		beartype_test/a90_func/z90_lib/a00_sphinx
+	)
+
+	local -x PYTEST_DISABLE_PLUGIN_AUTOLOAD=1
+	epytest
+}