diff --git a/dev-python/ipykernel/Manifest b/dev-python/ipykernel/Manifest
index bf700c29430e2..f453441dd32f1 100644
--- a/dev-python/ipykernel/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/ipykernel/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST ipykernel-5.5.3.tar.gz 112656 BLAKE2B 4cad13f24baafc591558136405c8c643e12033ffd01b5608ffdef5442080c3e2003c0f2c4b1562c1f326b4c10e124afc358f5258a6c59b7c9db90b8bb23278e3 SHA512 7b7f0a0aed71f7713934ac071e7283be2028a221fa2b87cad8c2d26821909f81d21dec23a5f72c91e7c9de639b0d7430957c8cc58bbc026d95bd81bb0a005800
 DIST ipykernel-5.5.4.tar.gz 112728 BLAKE2B 489e12d0cbde2f80f2c921f026c7b84554b1fef481164e07f89b063127b01d106fc6b19f830ac321d79285fb9df065352dbc0c2a997b3629a64e766d2e50f347 SHA512 96728321fe71d528435415eda917c623269af734598a78168144d983aa64db4f9ced981fa67c83263da1ed878831669d821b84a769a08a271adafacfcbb75bf9
+DIST ipykernel-5.5.5.tar.gz 112909 BLAKE2B ff898dc10f767838353de13571de4c42ea59aae9b367046265808d9f1f7abfbd3934b7b4370fe024b647b5268316c573f7d52b2e62284a6c430005a901dfd6bf SHA512 580c3a3d5d10c325524287c091a885955981bedb8c7bd8eac569ee19393b258dbfbc7ea8700137071c2c55bfa94b5a7bfae1c687bc5e2d532525c6fc3e043835
diff --git a/dev-python/ipykernel/ipykernel-5.5.5.ebuild b/dev-python/ipykernel/ipykernel-5.5.5.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c392b74130f67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/ipykernel/ipykernel-5.5.5.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{7..9} )
+PYTHON_REQ_USE="threads(+)"
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="IPython Kernel for Jupyter"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/ipython/ipykernel"
+SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${PN:0:1}/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="BSD"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS=""
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-python/ipython[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	<dev-python/jupyter_client-6.2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/jupyter_core[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/traitlets[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	www-servers/tornado[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+BDEPEND="
+	test? (
+		dev-python/flaky[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/nose[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/nose_warnings_filters[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)"
+
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+python_test() {
+	local deselect=(
+		# TODO
+		ipykernel/tests/test_serialize.py::test_numpy_in_seq
+		ipykernel/tests/test_serialize.py::test_numpy_in_dict
+		ipykernel/tests/test_serialize.py::test_class
+		ipykernel/tests/test_serialize.py::test_class_oldstyle
+		ipykernel/tests/test_serialize.py::test_class_inheritance
+	)
+
+	epytest ${deselect[@]/#/--deselect }
+}