diff --git a/dev-python/uv-build/Manifest b/dev-python/uv-build/Manifest
index 80458311405dc..ec9eb76bfcc94 100644
--- a/dev-python/uv-build/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/uv-build/Manifest
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ DIST uv_build-0.9.20.tar.gz 357132 BLAKE2B eb64c2e9e0029cf8eb8f295e16897911c602f
 DIST uv_build-0.9.21.tar.gz 357539 BLAKE2B 721e12e0260301d3234f3fbc76d5944c9b15e14b345876d3f231314f64f15c5e6c37c8c7155e24605c928dbe52b12b3b02cd2f0a1373b8d93b017f2c122ddf19 SHA512 1e2885f978fa45e1481a72a35d5734ef80d3ab7da0213fc41cad8c4e49756bf0b172cea570d25a6b0461c6dd13fead8a8fae356b11ec758f8bd7b915faa322c4
 DIST uv_build-0.9.22.tar.gz 357175 BLAKE2B 684bfc438483ebcb7b818456fa88994c4f677cc550de06dfee0b05c5a55f058e5079b7851b0e5aa88153e50a78aa28efa6216388a0a6cb1c620b12f80400523d SHA512 dbb19e42fae9ba49eae7a5e55395b4c04542142a22a421ced43195eb616eeec53126452b1f716e9d4cb8a528adf54ab72ab1f36236e5ea1a7a0e7da8d28cf36a
 DIST uv_build-0.9.24.tar.gz 359788 BLAKE2B 79cd6452e95d99a01e8212d80c7c0b30aeb5796a75f18c6fa031b1b9800032d3643625db1d9780c649dfa7b14876adac507fb98cac1c62b08aad93ac86be094a SHA512 9b28f7037a2f30e7ebfed6e54af10c1c3c540311723099afcac8ddce1e7c34b34e50e344da8a20e22d8840991342f8fea6ab17e8899a513a70c958f250d8a1d8
+DIST uv_build-0.9.25.tar.gz 359005 BLAKE2B b0c8307919092aa0abbca7da379efd315f54c4d70c066633a3524fb1a78fcff0831e071086050b240536a123d965706337f09c716814e5655c9051cd4d879a19 SHA512 601eea260c615b6102c0e6a766d7c5fd0585c72005fb813a22cdc3f568c2f57042f72d3d16822f1c1773e1f9e8580d1f77b1e73b940a026c0a8e8783ef817f7b
diff --git a/dev-python/uv-build/uv-build-0.9.25.ebuild b/dev-python/uv-build/uv-build-0.9.25.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1a0d93770833a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/uv-build/uv-build-0.9.25.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+# Copyright 2025-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+# Maturin compiles uv-build executable for every impl, we do not want
+# that, so we use another backend.  And since we use another backend,
+# why not dogfood it in the first place?
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=standalone
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( pypy3_11 python3_{11..14} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1 pypi
+
+DESCRIPTION="PEP517 uv build backend"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/
+	https://pypi.org/project/uv-build/
+"
+
+LICENSE="|| ( Apache-2.0 MIT )"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
+IUSE="test"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/uv-${PV}
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	test? (
+		app-arch/unzip
+		dev-python/build[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	distutils-r1_src_prepare
+
+	# use the executable from dev-python/uv instead of building
+	# a largely overlapping uv-build executable (at least for now)
+	sed -i -e '/USE_UV_EXECUTABLE/s:False:True:' python/uv_build/__init__.py || die
+
+	# replace the build-system section
+	sed -i -e '/\[build-system\]/,$d' pyproject.toml || die
+	cat >> pyproject.toml <<-EOF || die
+		[build-system]
+		requires = ["uv_build<9999"]
+		build-backend = "uv_build"
+		backend-path = ["src"]
+	EOF
+
+	# rename to make uv-build find it
+	mv python src || die
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	"${EPYTHON}" -m build -n || die "Self-build failed with ${EPYTHON}"
+
+	local zip_result=$(
+		unzip -t "dist/uv_build-${PV}-py3-none-any.whl" || die
+	)
+	local zip_expected="\
+Archive:  dist/uv_build-${PV}-py3-none-any.whl
+    testing: uv_build/                OK
+    testing: uv_build/__init__.py     OK
+    testing: uv_build/__main__.py     OK
+    testing: uv_build/py.typed        OK
+    testing: uv_build-${PV}.dist-info/   OK
+    testing: uv_build-${PV}.dist-info/WHEEL   OK
+    testing: uv_build-${PV}.dist-info/METADATA   OK
+    testing: uv_build-${PV}.dist-info/RECORD   OK
+No errors detected in compressed data of dist/uv_build-${PV}-py3-none-any.whl.\
+"
+	if [[ ${zip_result} != ${zip_expected} ]]; then
+		eerror ".zip result:\n${zip_result}"
+		eerror ".zip expected:\n${zip_expected}"
+		die ".whl result mismatch"
+	fi
+
+	local tar_result=$(
+		tar -tf "dist/uv_build-${PV}.tar.gz" || die
+	)
+	local tar_expected="\
+uv_build-${PV}/PKG-INFO
+uv_build-${PV}/
+uv_build-${PV}/README.md
+uv_build-${PV}/pyproject.toml
+uv_build-${PV}/src
+uv_build-${PV}/src/uv_build
+uv_build-${PV}/src/uv_build/__init__.py
+uv_build-${PV}/src/uv_build/__main__.py
+uv_build-${PV}/src/uv_build/py.typed\
+"
+	if [[ ${tar_result} != ${tar_expected} ]]; then
+		eerror ".tar.gz result:\n${tar_result}"
+		eerror ".tar.gz expected:\n${tar_expected}"
+		die ".tar.gz result mismatch"
+	fi
+}