diff --git a/dev-python/sortedcollections/Manifest b/dev-python/sortedcollections/Manifest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..dd970ae26e435
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/sortedcollections/Manifest
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DIST sortedcollections-0.4.2.tar.gz 111533 SHA256 8aefd6cf0bb0a89888f192859c3dbf997b906b33cd4ce175d568fb972cfdb489 SHA512 53a3c9228c13bf25faedd11058413269d26e51209a5f454851aae067679e64ca3897ab78632a620f1f88c8c6407c5b723974d3a6aa4185e7e12b166d55f6559a WHIRLPOOL 16196d2bf09baab0ff68ac7c7f74ce27f409d229cc414b9f62fb1319f5edcebd5e8244453956308c07d3d950fd23195f7606d6bef71e38152b745b0fec6cfd0d
diff --git a/dev-python/sortedcollections/metadata.xml b/dev-python/sortedcollections/metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4c79be8841699
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/sortedcollections/metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?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>
+  <longdescription lang="en">
+    Pure python sorted collection library.
+  </longdescription>
+  <upstream>
+    <remote-id type="pypi">sortedcollections</remote-id>
+    <remote-id type="github">grantjenks/sortedcollections</remote-id>    
+  </upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-python/sortedcollections/sortedcollections-0.4.2.ebuild b/dev-python/sortedcollections/sortedcollections-0.4.2.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..aafd52f890a6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/sortedcollections/sortedcollections-0.4.2.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=6
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{4,5} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Python library to sort collections and containers"
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.grantjenks.com/docs/sortedcontainers/"
+SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/$(echo ${PN} | cut -c 1)/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
+IUSE="test"
+
+RDEPEND="dev-python/sortedcontainers[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	test? ( dev-python/pytest[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )"
+
+python_test() {
+	py.test -v || die
+}