diff --git a/dev-python/libarchive-c/Manifest b/dev-python/libarchive-c/Manifest
index 06a41746f69f8..c504550e87d69 100644
--- a/dev-python/libarchive-c/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/libarchive-c/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST python-libarchive-c-5.2.gh.tar.gz 48933 BLAKE2B b0654a2bed59f123714c93f84e7903fa13c4cb72a99066846766a998eb96c9dce19f2ffcb0e703ad833cbfc99ca3e3140f84156f3f1952999f6605639b222ba9 SHA512 c0e7f169e088f5ecd8de22109e8bef83e5669ca4d7fdbd069a9d23a62a0aee38d3d861199e593883f83ac0a9d00b656ba1b5cd2fe20311cddb75a6032b3cead7
+DIST python-libarchive-c-5.3.gh.tar.gz 50485 BLAKE2B 771a9f4373c1ac94a283e20f50ee0437934ab3e6adf961802e20841176cc36e8a4151fcc6951559db78ad90ea8f0a005b03596b8fc55df4db522b05bdc1dfe14 SHA512 0cd1f95bf0045ce882012e4b217d3deacb921fb34fd3395afddacba6b1a291cc5a5383cadd1c2c0edae86b52beff535b801cb4ade714f510762835fc314c3d72
diff --git a/dev-python/libarchive-c/libarchive-c-5.3.ebuild b/dev-python/libarchive-c/libarchive-c-5.3.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..930c9a5785e92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/libarchive-c/libarchive-c-5.3.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{12..14} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+MY_P=python-libarchive-c-${PV}
+DESCRIPTION="A Python interface to libarchive"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/Changaco/python-libarchive-c/
+	https://pypi.org/project/libarchive-c/
+"
+SRC_URI="
+	https://github.com/Changaco/python-libarchive-c/archive/${PV}.tar.gz
+		-> ${MY_P}.gh.tar.gz
+"
+S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}
+
+LICENSE="CC0-1.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc64 ~x86"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	app-arch/libarchive
+"
+
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+python_test() {
+	local -x PYTEST_DISABLE_PLUGIN_AUTOLOAD=1
+	epytest -o tmp_path_retention_policy=all
+}