diff --git a/dev-python/pysimdjson/Manifest b/dev-python/pysimdjson/Manifest
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+DIST pysimdjson-3.1.1.tar.gz 3286141 BLAKE2B f1fc63ffcaf524f23112438a8669caf4b4ffa0190bb20e2b851f61dfae386fe02bff1746dd4e68499bdaff3420d41401424fde1332222fe49211d32e09fdcab8 SHA512 9b1080d70f06e5a6d6467769a8146f642adee2c08391a87dd86eca9b0eb7666d9fed47a83d991843b07c2b96906dbf0ccacf2425bfc3ce4cb22731e03b12122e
diff --git a/dev-python/pysimdjson/metadata.xml b/dev-python/pysimdjson/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<maintainer type="person">
+		<email>chutzpah@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Patrick McLean</name>
+	</maintainer>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-python/pysimdjson/pysimdjson-3.1.1.ebuild b/dev-python/pysimdjson/pysimdjson-3.1.1.ebuild
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+# Copyright 2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6..8} )
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Python bindings for simdjson"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/TkTech/pysimdjson"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/TkTech/${PN}/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="MIT Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-libs/simdjson
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	dev-python/pybind11[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+distutils_enable_tests pytest