diff --git a/dev-python/reportlab/Manifest b/dev-python/reportlab/Manifest
index 89734b85747db..af0b297829d8b 100644
--- a/dev-python/reportlab/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/reportlab/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST pfbfer-20070710.zip 677333 BLAKE2B 100214476a361a5e5d1f3da0999591345f6e3a3f8c6bc3f6a3e9eca734190c6259758a43302c6e41254d33491fe535eb7d5dd07aa9727c912424bebc31fc18df SHA512 6fd4a5d955464b10d13a7b748703450c1fe120d5ed09e8cfa1b4dfa9c183c59fe001df29433af551796b0df62544b7ddc364f9bb1bdcc2cd300434340ffcc4f2
 DIST reportlab-3.5.48.tar.gz 2890211 BLAKE2B bf0cde9b9e80459caee37949dc90a777a56da5d2c8e6dde09bddbdac2f2c55031d92b3c7c6346b6f563904525020c0e4f666b5e2effdd761c81412df21ec60eb SHA512 ce31cb7e9e2226cb6d59d446f90c1df94f0f84077d298f7ba862f5c75995afa20fa077b1ee1ab9a145c9276cee0d75fe61237e001ad0e5b96dfb0027adff3db7
+DIST reportlab-3.5.56.tar.gz 2899527 BLAKE2B 83f14c472a8675449e2f50f806fc5136fceb2c2f307ebd2d34ecad98ce6a67f62971869e05b7d4fe7017b5e728d21d16037ef6f04c3639b0cec8069851e46b64 SHA512 49bafe1b1f0067df1d76a8e61b35ec7062dfffa608f6086241dfa589244bef5784180de7c3d86dc62334282a40a012f7579f5c3cec3c4b0387ba2c482a04c010
diff --git a/dev-python/reportlab/reportlab-3.5.56.ebuild b/dev-python/reportlab/reportlab-3.5.56.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..207f725f1e944
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/reportlab/reportlab-3.5.56.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+# 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
+
+DESCRIPTION="Tools for generating printable PDF documents from any data source"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://www.reportlab.com/
+	https://pypi.org/project/reportlab/"
+SRC_URI="
+	mirror://pypi/${P:0:1}/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz
+	https://www.reportlab.com/ftp/fonts/pfbfer-20070710.zip"
+
+LICENSE="BSD"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+IUSE="test"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+DEPEND="
+	media-libs/freetype
+	media-libs/libart_lgpl:=
+	sys-libs/zlib:="
+RDEPEND="
+	${DEPEND}
+	dev-python/pillow[tiff,truetype,jpeg(+),${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+BDEPEND="
+	test? ( ${RDEPEND} )
+	app-arch/unzip"
+
+distutils_enable_sphinx docs/source
+
+PATCHES=(
+	# bug 738312, remove -L/usr/lib from link line
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-3.5.48-usr-lib-LLD.patch
+)
+
+src_unpack() {
+	unpack ${P}.tar.gz
+	cd ${P}/src/reportlab/fonts || die
+	unpack pfbfer-20070710.zip
+}
+
+python_prepare_all() {
+	# tests requiring Internet access
+	sed -i -e 's:test0:_&:' \
+		tests/test_platypus_general.py \
+		tests/test_platypus_images.py || die
+	sed -i -e 's:test9:_&:' tests/test_lib_utils.py || die
+
+	distutils-r1_python_prepare_all
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	pushd tests >/dev/null || die
+	"${EPYTHON}" runAll.py || die "Testing failed with ${EPYTHON}"
+	popd >/dev/null || die
+}