diff --git a/dev-python/lit/Manifest b/dev-python/lit/Manifest
index 54ce25c1212d2..2fc5f4eff6534 100644
--- a/dev-python/lit/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/lit/Manifest
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+DIST llvm-project-7dc7c155251c0008d5d59b84f0c9056365740f11.tar.gz 235921149 BLAKE2B 2867e313cd25fee6975da9bf65365fa51ed8780f3f8fc95983fb6e8f5b2c38c6d7f75a386b0ec2d74bafad74472973f4e4e603a5a0754465ac2b75942b8e90c6 SHA512 f8bc383ff2a1af836357150efa5728c7df3cd862f56ffaf12b5fc56ef631f1048276ff00b89fcf4d224576fa1eda9811d971886aae0855a4d29178060eb89a49
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diff --git a/dev-python/lit/lit-21.0.0_pre20250523.ebuild b/dev-python/lit/lit-21.0.0_pre20250523.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3dfabbc0d46e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/lit/lit-21.0.0_pre20250523.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..13} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1 llvm.org
+
+DESCRIPTION="A stand-alone install of the LLVM suite testing tool"
+HOMEPAGE="https://llvm.org/"
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0-with-LLVM-exceptions UoI-NCSA"
+SLOT="0"
+IUSE="test"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+# Tests require 'FileCheck' and 'not' utilities (from llvm)
+BDEPEND="
+	test? (
+		dev-python/psutil[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		llvm-core/llvm
+	)
+"
+
+LLVM_COMPONENTS=( llvm/utils/lit )
+llvm.org_set_globals
+
+# TODO: move the manpage generation here (from llvm-core/llvm)
+
+src_prepare() {
+	# flaky test
+	# https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/72022
+	rm tests/progress-bar.py || die
+
+	cd "${WORKDIR}" || die
+	distutils-r1_src_prepare
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	local -x LIT_PRESERVES_TMP=1
+	local litflags=$(get_lit_flags)
+	./lit.py ${litflags//;/ } tests || die
+}