diff --git a/dev-python/sabctools/Manifest b/dev-python/sabctools/Manifest
index 74bfc92d9ba54..c71542cac9560 100644
--- a/dev-python/sabctools/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/sabctools/Manifest
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ DIST sabctools-9.4.0.gh.tar.gz 9732762 BLAKE2B 1c54ffd605ed5f3839d697a6c8a372f28
 DIST sabctools-9.4.1.gh.tar.gz 9732977 BLAKE2B bafe308baa5057c10237015f84630d9e628699aef1e9632d29b610e1be4fe65e4ce4050a251c5e4738bbb3c5e6aff034d550586dbbb47b29c203ffcbed057087 SHA512 336bb80c48421cb18589ad12447e8a2a9c8cf1d0fa0854a503019bcdf34b18d4631d0745da6b8f9ea03aa3b5bf8deb92348d3eb41ac8496ce8a71d4a227cae11
 DIST sabctools-9.5.0.gh.tar.gz 9734930 BLAKE2B a559bf35f73bf5811754e2280d6d5fa8f2914d1b22bc726b3adfb73c5c2cd29df2b777ee3a3295f86f5d7e828b491ab49136a62d191553fcb43cdf7b213661de SHA512 15d164dd8f4883e2d6132398b5cf5f01570a5271c1437b335bdf5beb664a928068b18c0345698b7a4eb6addec902dbc4a2d1bffaac4b431d449ffe9d415bc3c6
 DIST sabctools-9.5.1.gh.tar.gz 9734907 BLAKE2B c0067d436f4ae3b815a751e01e7e4c3e624a687cc64d36d99682d086ea8eafc188e20a5ccba0f731f5142a9a783c71368c0545a09355c92c7148401064f72a9b SHA512 aba629a4b939a3fac791dbb1b34352832656e56b976dc41f48c9ef548e3a659a1bc4ed5e4f9a8353e1ed19e7f23adaeb1e28d0778f83e9fe02762b04e6f0768a
+DIST sabctools-9.6.0.gh.tar.gz 9734920 BLAKE2B dc0fc31d68ceede63359690cc22ac85e8c6a105d43d3749287ca21d27cd35fa584c5d5d7ae39f7fa8320b151a2ece82f2600abd3e1fbc519937eaacffa7172d8 SHA512 9c289c5a07c20baf0ae784bd1824985aa8a17a7f305b1e989577e2e8a079b06084323155e17ae838e9c13834c451ef6c5cd65c3d0b04674a8a949c9d1bf7c289
diff --git a/dev-python/sabctools/sabctools-9.6.0.ebuild b/dev-python/sabctools/sabctools-9.6.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ece944988ee9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/sabctools/sabctools-9.6.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_EXT=1
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+# 9.6.0: fails to compile with py3.15
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{12..14} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+MY_PN="sabctools"
+MY_P="${MY_PN}-${PV}"
+
+DESCRIPTION="Module providing raw yEnc encoding/decoding for SABnzbd"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/sabnzbd/sabctools/
+	https://pypi.org/project/sabctools/
+"
+SRC_URI="
+	https://github.com/sabnzbd/${MY_PN}/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz
+		-> ${MY_P}.gh.tar.gz
+"
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2+"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~x86"
+
+BDEPEND="
+	test? (
+		dev-python/chardet[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/portend[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+"
+
+DOCS=( README.md doc/yenc-draft.1.3.txt )
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
+distutils_enable_tests pytest