diff --git a/dev-libs/libcpuid/Manifest b/dev-libs/libcpuid/Manifest
index 11d9d1744edf1..861c0d3096609 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libcpuid/Manifest
+++ b/dev-libs/libcpuid/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST libcpuid-0.8.0.tar.gz 629056 BLAKE2B d5976cec947f528ebdde1c6bec5fca0cf4ccca8509675fb614113a9e9917e976aafd1324279b5dff85066ef7d70b8314aa53a235d113e8186766f5357da07f83 SHA512 4bf37263639cdc078103f1c54e9b5cba779387d3636b4432e509f021a278634dc4fe6337ae261f903cb97d1239652f552fe6508db8b517da8ba79eb6ada715d5
+DIST libcpuid-0.8.1.tar.gz 511050 BLAKE2B d008f02e2a9a3d27e5491c0b6d4631f1e464e2a143b257ebe72b4789741c97cf6687c531ec4d3fc2e8469159957b652787cc677bad7a257029b9e16e1afde440 SHA512 6b642418bef40848fa0b61a6798c90121e1d31dceee815946bde621e01f50a8353d4cd22bce864af080e4342e036bab9bfe1f61f99083620885f9e252ce11895
diff --git a/dev-libs/libcpuid/libcpuid-0.8.1.ebuild b/dev-libs/libcpuid/libcpuid-0.8.1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a6d8757cdbb55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/libcpuid/libcpuid-0.8.1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=(python3_{9..13})
+
+inherit autotools python-any-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="A small C library for x86 (and x86_64) CPU detection and feature extraction"
+HOMEPAGE="http://libcpuid.sourceforge.net/"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/anrieff/${PN}/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+LICENSE="BSD-2"
+SLOT="0/17"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+IUSE="static-libs test"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+DEPEND="test? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )"
+
+pkg_setup() {
+	use test && python-any-r1_pkg_setup
+}
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+	eautoreconf
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	econf "$(use_enable static-libs static)"
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	default
+	find "${ED}" -name "*.la" -delete || die
+}