diff --git a/virtual/python-typing/metadata.xml b/virtual/python-typing/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="project">
+		<email>python@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Python</name>
+	</maintainer>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/virtual/python-typing/python-typing-0.ebuild b/virtual/python-typing/python-typing-0.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=6
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_4,3_5,3_6} pypy{,3} )
+
+inherit python-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="A virtual for the Python typing module"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~x86"
+REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
+
+RDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
+	$(python_gen_cond_dep 'dev-python/typing[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]' \
+	'python2*' python3_4 'pypy*')"