diff --git a/dev-python/wrapt/Manifest b/dev-python/wrapt/Manifest
index 67aa20b827b49..2772fab62a76f 100644
--- a/dev-python/wrapt/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/wrapt/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST wrapt-1.17.3.gh.tar.gz 140900 BLAKE2B 88c4cd718cd98a97c866c4f0b9f7e095347fe6fa5fed60c54e389329c89f9f07099c8fb79561cf5e12c19c44a4067d81e805c55b54a74429e6b75913dedd6b3f SHA512 1a1f7419f20faa461a9e23ad09cc98d381ef2c48b3b24ed1dfe98d42d16857a958252301e78dd41b7fa8ef37eea379f9244cace2b396b49718c44cbc701308a3
 DIST wrapt-2.0.0rc4.gh.tar.gz 177839 BLAKE2B cf93d4ef525aa8e323f7fc2b939a63944ae06af0a18c4d01e64b82519bafc6c0b88262ebf239a64c9037627f145ae870b3bad088074aa337edd8179970068568 SHA512 7e2a7376293eefeda1c15a3dd4f2daa2744d6fecef5b1430b1f52c1f04ccc65aaa79e620190aeafb0d24c72fed3393e67d32d55a173a21f8c3e276a5ece7799e
+DIST wrapt-2.0.0rc5.gh.tar.gz 183363 BLAKE2B 0f3151f3c8784728cc28711f9a8b7f4be2065638c6508f19249a6f7d223205bfbe4fabe0681676969da292712c4388fbb9617200db77443a707ee96dfd945123 SHA512 b46590ab7bf11647d5447d21235fce52b30c1b433662bcbea0f8477ebe6e930517c0b32c3a8756823f864d136e3c50a2e6fcc09c1d40655b5f85d33eec361662
diff --git a/dev-python/wrapt/wrapt-2.0.0_rc5.ebuild b/dev-python/wrapt/wrapt-2.0.0_rc5.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2ee011ca76a75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/wrapt/wrapt-2.0.0_rc5.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# 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} pypy3_11 )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+MY_P=${P/_}
+DESCRIPTION="Module for decorators, wrappers and monkey patching"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/GrahamDumpleton/wrapt/
+	https://pypi.org/project/wrapt/
+"
+SRC_URI="
+	https://github.com/GrahamDumpleton/wrapt/archive/${PV/_}.tar.gz
+		-> ${MY_P}.gh.tar.gz
+"
+S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}
+
+LICENSE="BSD"
+SLOT="0"
+IUSE="+native-extensions"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+distutils_enable_sphinx docs dev-python/sphinx-rtd-theme
+
+python_compile() {
+	local -x WRAPT_INSTALL_EXTENSIONS=$(usex native-extensions true false)
+	distutils-r1_python_compile
+}