diff --git a/dev-python/python-rethinkdb/Manifest b/dev-python/python-rethinkdb/Manifest
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+DIST rethinkdb-2.3.0.tar.gz 116289 SHA256 36330fc409bb14d09a903d830be725cd2b42223048d6214cd423ae83c7c750f7 SHA512 1e710bde31ce45b5cda7463ae0a328c073bbf68544ad790d331163de188855b78257461a5b7367eba7becdaae329f19df545d7dd9834a095c6d01cd2710f481b WHIRLPOOL 89157e76288f0dab4107fd6a5f3089f47c3fe10ffc7bf978eebe850e1aa1cbf6b77f461951ef195fa9fa2382551b2d1a16c969ceeb563b1483c12733013a6836
diff --git a/dev-python/python-rethinkdb/metadata.xml b/dev-python/python-rethinkdb/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>
+	<maintainer type="person">
+		<email>ultrabug@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Ultrabug</name>
+		</maintainer>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="pypi">rethinkdb</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-python/python-rethinkdb/python-rethinkdb-2.3.0.ebuild b/dev-python/python-rethinkdb/python-rethinkdb-2.3.0.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Id$
+
+EAPI=6
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{4,5} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+MY_PN="rethinkdb"
+DESCRIPTION="Python driver library for the RethinkDB database server."
+HOMEPAGE="http://rethinkdb.com/api/python/"
+SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/r/${MY_PN}/${MY_PN}-${PV}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+IUSE=""
+
+RDEPEND=""
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+
+# no tests provided on pypi distribution
+RESTRICT="test"
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"