diff --git a/dev-python/zope-exceptions/Manifest b/dev-python/zope-exceptions/Manifest
index ce86ab27c71c7..19dafdb320dfb 100644
--- a/dev-python/zope-exceptions/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/zope-exceptions/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST zope.exceptions-5.2.tar.gz 31520 BLAKE2B 6a3ed767e2fcba1f012963c22f9de25948ba7a14674490f0d315321261faa0aaf15ffa813df764d8d293ef43d6fd24fceb4def2b70280741858ec4ec02e595e2 SHA512 55174507bfc24a2eb78d32feeaf9775f78e085fedda74ef3b3a10a782daefa2539769a18bc6304d489fe77b3b22a4636a3233641cbd64f2007940ecedeabc8d6
+DIST zope_exceptions-6.0.tar.gz 32036 BLAKE2B f70c5dba1df9b606c07ab33796fe300f2d5eec87c8b7f6a8d444cfdc29667eb0e1099c811c41150d347756fe350ee14463f953b1e7be905080d9bad7b6d8fb3a SHA512 ea292bad4b07f267e5c1eea0d4e3ae773cb653f6117cc9d3db4acedacac3e51a836a71a1a85f5e7167606d0e8cbb66fd3ef6b613ed624eeaa6dc89f92cd60429
diff --git a/dev-python/zope-exceptions/zope-exceptions-6.0.ebuild b/dev-python/zope-exceptions/zope-exceptions-6.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..024bd650510a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/zope-exceptions/zope-exceptions-6.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYPI_PN=${PN/-/.}
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} pypy3_11 )
+
+inherit distutils-r1 pypi
+
+DESCRIPTION="General purpose exceptions for Zope packages"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://pypi.org/project/zope.exceptions/
+	https://github.com/zopefoundation/zope.exceptions/
+"
+
+LICENSE="ZPL"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc64 ~x86"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-python/zope-interface[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+
+distutils_enable_tests unittest
+
+src_prepare() {
+	distutils-r1_src_prepare
+
+	# strip rdep specific to namespaces
+	sed -i -e "/'setuptools'/d" setup.py || die
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	distutils_write_namespace zope
+	eunittest -s "${BUILD_DIR}/install$(python_get_sitedir)"
+}