diff --git a/dev-python/pyicu/Manifest b/dev-python/pyicu/Manifest
index 8d8e07c68e0d2..e9e51931f8f40 100644
--- a/dev-python/pyicu/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/pyicu/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST pyicu-v2.15.3.tar.bz2 199667 BLAKE2B fc5f689be3383b6ce148a77e03ca6f25c884ea72cea5c6542d5cd8cb4f4e7ba69489257c85e9186a13ea0fbaafe81e9b4056c7bf84a57766b8544c0dbd0f3475 SHA512 a566badd7c0b0031e60b2d595db26bce1d874473d570facabfa76b5a099afb9bfa88c5ecced10a399c9032d75deb819a302cb4addbce61c1d33a7d58fdaffcb4
+DIST pyicu-v2.16.tar.bz2 200082 BLAKE2B 084b872357b8211da6499a020091f8bde8b4480eab25d3dd4d0db6f888c53e5c3a8e60e20703babd1c29196b7f6dd434fe8ada261ce6d1a2eaf033d260fe577b SHA512 ade25fa86c16c94a2c4d7553d591a6bc3ceb1ea33c2801b77fb9d93bb043e31de45fc4451068e177feefd2e9b11609973b29c486ec6e2c114915b39166fdcbc1
diff --git a/dev-python/pyicu/pyicu-2.16.ebuild b/dev-python/pyicu/pyicu-2.16.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..94e7a953dfc16
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@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_EXT=1
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+MY_P=${P/-/-v}
+DESCRIPTION="Python bindings for dev-libs/icu"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://gitlab.pyicu.org/main/pyicu/
+	https://pypi.org/project/pyicu/
+"
+SRC_URI="
+	https://gitlab.pyicu.org/main/pyicu/-/archive/v${PV}/${MY_P}.tar.bz2
+"
+S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86 ~arm64-macos ~x64-macos"
+
+DEPEND="
+	dev-libs/icu:=
+"
+RDEPEND="
+	${DEPEND}
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	test? (
+		dev-python/six[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+"
+
+DOCS=( CHANGES CREDITS README.md )
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+python_test() {
+	epytest test
+}