diff --git a/dev-python/watchdog/Manifest b/dev-python/watchdog/Manifest
index 5f0af5e41a61d..720d31be731c9 100644
--- a/dev-python/watchdog/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/watchdog/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST watchdog-3.0.0.tar.gz 124593 BLAKE2B bc8135dcbe9b1000fb7befc85ebf62518222b0470676cf94aabbe8f871bb05064a46ae4d11ce34f8030d35268c073fe82757b911e3983a8b683ffbd09227395c SHA512 fa1421b01af99d7fa676c9077b2330ead17c004d9bb9e9edd78d4bbf87cf41624ecd669ca48613d99be2109373bbab4e004b69665d2ca42e082573e4740c13d0
+DIST watchdog-4.0.0.tar.gz 126415 BLAKE2B 59cba81d705031b89b6cd0a92959cd714ec701c4b986446fb7946898b9df1389734bc7eb7521d5af2df5a1a5e31b2f1dc436ca603b8f70313e99ad2abf0e9922 SHA512 ba1beafe292b52b4628eb570b05d816faffe09acd3b63bc50d986cf04f3c7b4fa9c1ebe5c99a10c0723b5604cfdcbd0c09a17507196a32b8fddeeb46faccf4dd
diff --git a/dev-python/watchdog/watchdog-4.0.0.ebuild b/dev-python/watchdog/watchdog-4.0.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..60d23f7d79c36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/watchdog/watchdog-4.0.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..12} pypy3 )
+
+inherit distutils-r1 optfeature pypi
+
+DESCRIPTION="Python API and shell utilities to monitor file system events"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/gorakhargosh/watchdog/
+	https://pypi.org/project/watchdog/
+"
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~loong ~m68k ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-python/pyyaml[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	test? (
+		>=dev-python/pytest-timeout-0.3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+"
+
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+src_prepare() {
+	sed -e '/--cov/d' -i setup.cfg || die
+	default
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	local EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
+		# known flaky
+		tests/test_emitter.py::test_close
+		# requires root powers via sudo (yes, seriously)
+		tests/test_inotify_buffer.py::test_unmount_watched_directory_filesystem
+	)
+
+	epytest -p no:django
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	optfeature "Bash completion" dev-python/argcomplete
+}