diff --git a/dev-python/ttfautohint-py/Manifest b/dev-python/ttfautohint-py/Manifest
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/dev-python/ttfautohint-py/Manifest
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DIST ttfautohint-py-0.4.3.tar.gz 186488 BLAKE2B cc5de63faf4a5d213a14eda9b092c48e2e67c59b04ad1580d680e22bf691d915a74f7a465cc37cd0ce907874f3fdb0312224e647bb8e18e5741f886e69e7d075 SHA512 2f21af2a4ffffb59c9e83e4c5aa77ce15d97d4391894537e87727fd05f47b8f007e3ddf1fcf98d195a880b2a4e22586ce9faab4d8dc33f6c6eaa1623dcfd3aab
diff --git a/dev-python/ttfautohint-py/files/ttfautohint-py-0.4.3-no-ext_modules.patch b/dev-python/ttfautohint-py/files/ttfautohint-py-0.4.3-no-ext_modules.patch
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index 0000000000..84dee04cc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/ttfautohint-py/files/ttfautohint-py-0.4.3-no-ext_modules.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@
+     platforms=["posix", "nt"],
+     package_dir={"": "src/python"},
+     packages=find_packages("src/python"),
+-    ext_modules=[libttfautohint],
+     zip_safe=False,
+     cmdclass=cmdclass,
+     setup_requires=['setuptools_scm'],
diff --git a/dev-python/ttfautohint-py/metadata.xml b/dev-python/ttfautohint-py/metadata.xml
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index 0000000000..a35f50345c
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+++ b/dev-python/ttfautohint-py/metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+    <!-- maintainer-needed -->
+    <upstream>
+        <bugs-to>https://github.com/fonttools/ttfautohint-py/issues</bugs-to>
+        <remote-id type="github">fonttools/ttfautohint-py</remote-id>
+        <remote-id type="pypi">ttfautohint-py</remote-id>
+    </upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-python/ttfautohint-py/ttfautohint-py-0.4.3.ebuild b/dev-python/ttfautohint-py/ttfautohint-py-0.4.3.ebuild
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index 0000000000..31466327d1
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+++ b/dev-python/ttfautohint-py/ttfautohint-py-0.4.3.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..9} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/fonttools/ttfautohint-py/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+DESCRIPTION="A Python wrapper for ttfautohint"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/fonttools/ttfautohint-py"
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+
+RDEPEND="media-gfx/ttfautohint"
+DEPEND="
+	test? (
+		dev-python/fonttools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+"
+
+PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${P}-no-ext_modules.patch" )
+
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+src_prepare() {
+	rm -r src/c || die
+	export SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION="${PV%_*}"
+	default
+}