diff --git a/dev-python/setuptools-gettext/Manifest b/dev-python/setuptools-gettext/Manifest
index 05b7d57b737d5..6fc928430498a 100644
--- a/dev-python/setuptools-gettext/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/setuptools-gettext/Manifest
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ DIST setuptools_gettext-0.1.16.tar.gz 16842 BLAKE2B 1af9cac3b9f982fb39b17e9d8e2e
 DIST setuptools_gettext-0.1.16.tar.gz.provenance 10155 BLAKE2B 7239719ea7a6ee9309f637bc340f2be489044d1e558f2845a56f5dd9cab3d28a6414c0335827a61ad4c22ad48c96666030f457fcf13cf4d7e34253a90a69f0b6 SHA512 7c6f679f17d40a9e40e480a8aad3516d89aa787195b6b89764af3fcad845d5ba93f3ecf9169890bb43e600f9e2d0d92909a8d25c728c90930198cf8ddbd2a73f
 DIST setuptools_gettext-0.1.17.tar.gz 17229 BLAKE2B 0a1d9814ecede8695a9e0dbb85ec291641c1a59afc0d24e78ff05e270fdfb218e490521a5f74670ad61128dd85bcbe86d404086a4ee6e196548fcc06e473d835 SHA512 715ebb35e0b588bda38f23d23533ecbb95182b10be594451d80c48ab9fc74a3034d9fc76f353df6eb78ccc6c45b3111ea17618a8f324a99cf399b61a8285a67d
 DIST setuptools_gettext-0.1.17.tar.gz.provenance 10016 BLAKE2B cbf7c9b762b25ef0767415ecfd98a83c0ec7c2419e12d020f41b9462301b507e6baf1c2defafa92ea6e3410624244de3da0ad4b975b9cd2f8b9161326fd43a49 SHA512 8a73a93cc8782d59fe3d13dc123c2974fef51976402453c41679fc9e82f3c9acff34c696c7e5eb0748c73c2016b05287041941625d74dbf7914c4daa077d91ed
+DIST setuptools_gettext-0.1.18.tar.gz 20769 BLAKE2B 39b7c7304431f4b0bbafc5cfdee674d7e9f86a148df4adbb28af9dad22fcb5fdff3580975c766f910dfb76349bed1a52c40565410f2eebc5f86d250156a8b9a3 SHA512 e2d08f1fd2897fc8d844be4be53702ba234a77cf50115cb89d5242d79c156f91db0ee8018f19e0f93746d30be7c5ee9d6fd7b30b5cbfc3797eb0e4caad7300c1
diff --git a/dev-python/setuptools-gettext/setuptools-gettext-0.1.18.ebuild b/dev-python/setuptools-gettext/setuptools-gettext-0.1.18.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1cc4a0c7d4946
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/setuptools-gettext/setuptools-gettext-0.1.18.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Copyright 2023-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..15} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1 pypi
+
+DESCRIPTION="Setuptools plugin for building mo files"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://pypi.org/project/setuptools-gettext/
+	https://github.com/breezy-team/setuptools-gettext/
+"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2+"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~x86"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/setuptools-61.0.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	sys-devel/gettext
+"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
+distutils_enable_tests pytest