diff --git a/dev-python/pysimdjson/Manifest b/dev-python/pysimdjson/Manifest
index 225533075c797..a2b2e8c46e173 100644
--- a/dev-python/pysimdjson/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/pysimdjson/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST pysimdjson-6.0.2.gh.tar.gz 4493696 BLAKE2B 18f107fa5db762813e90dbf788d54ee24f823e177d2529f5311ef2b35320a45fd698ef6f8863c45ffad96c116ad5240eaf5a6724a3030578f89111cc40f24897 SHA512 ef8856dd137780a4345539b1604af34757b58a4b4d11854e420ad2e855f3e3f251b2ba6296c04d1bf2b71f095ca95fe95e9076e8740e98c7c4404a57df3617ba
+DIST pysimdjson-7.0.0.gh.tar.gz 4670589 BLAKE2B d7bab62a075228d462413e139f4760bfacbe2add4f2cdc26f84b072a7c792e62f3d494053bbb0529d80e3ddc9c67df25ece3f6ccf120d05644bda5b006afc839 SHA512 9d2491885694091b3a37f52c6dba44060c3dff05231056dd5af1720e3593a2047e6e4837f4129d347ff80c9bd65fc0d4cacc93fdd6e3e1088faa97eb90196fec
diff --git a/dev-python/pysimdjson/files/pysimdjson-7.0.0-system-lib.patch b/dev-python/pysimdjson/files/pysimdjson-7.0.0-system-lib.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..553ba25fc612e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/pysimdjson/files/pysimdjson-7.0.0-system-lib.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
+index 0e199d8..a885369 100644
+--- a/pyproject.toml
++++ b/pyproject.toml
+@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ pysimdjson = { workspace = true }
+ [tool.setuptools]
+ ext-modules = [
+-    { name = "csimdjson", sources = ["simdjson/simdjson.cpp", "simdjson/util.cpp", "simdjson/csimdjson.pyx"], py-limited-api = true },
++    { name = "csimdjson", sources = ["simdjson/util.cpp", "simdjson/csimdjson.pyx"], py-limited-api = true, libraries = ["simdjson"] },
+ ]
+ 
diff --git a/dev-python/pysimdjson/pysimdjson-7.0.0.ebuild b/dev-python/pysimdjson/pysimdjson-7.0.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..86b040db290c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/pysimdjson/pysimdjson-7.0.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# Copyright 2020-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_EXT=1
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Python bindings for simdjson"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/TkTech/pysimdjson/
+	https://pypi.org/project/pysimdjson/
+"
+SRC_URI="
+	https://github.com/TkTech/pysimdjson/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz
+		-> ${P}.gh.tar.gz
+"
+
+LICENSE="MIT Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+
+DEPEND="
+	>=dev-libs/simdjson-2.0.1:=
+	test? ( dev-libs/simdjson[all-impls(-)] )
+"
+RDEPEND="
+	${DEPEND}
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	dev-python/cython[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+src_prepare() {
+	# unbundle
+	local PATCHES=(
+		"${FILESDIR}/pysimdjson-7.0.0-system-lib.patch"
+	)
+
+	rm simdjson/simdjson.cpp || die
+	echo "#include_next <simdjson.h>" > simdjson/simdjson.h || die
+
+	# regressions (new simdjson version?)
+	#rm jsonexamples/test_parsing/i_number_very_big_negative_int.json || die
+	#rm jsonexamples/test_parsing/i_number_too_big_pos_int.json || die
+	#rm jsonexamples/test_parsing/i_number_too_big_neg_int.json || die
+
+	distutils-r1_src_prepare
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	local -x PYTEST_DISABLE_PLUGIN_AUTOLOAD=1
+	epytest -o required_plugins=
+}