diff --git a/dev-python/cffsubr/Manifest b/dev-python/cffsubr/Manifest
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index 0000000000..d42a93d366
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/cffsubr/Manifest
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DIST cffsubr-0.2.8.tar.gz 124245 BLAKE2B fa78acf9158faf3917f194a2c30a13c2a598a7476a89dc79f95440eb04fe91663e7620729e6be1635ce1df24fff34068c42ea155abb17f016f50e961d13f52af SHA512 5f5a655168c6157799d17e20762893f23a7f7d90e739fb5bbe0a4fd895dc2b1c5359b5bdb92f4cb8333f841cd5b471359825d709f2477afd2bd7322760359d24
diff --git a/dev-python/cffsubr/cffsubr-0.2.8.ebuild b/dev-python/cffsubr/cffsubr-0.2.8.ebuild
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index 0000000000..d98815a40a
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+++ b/dev-python/cffsubr/cffsubr-0.2.8.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_8 )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/cffsubr/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+DESCRIPTION="Standalone CFF subroutinizer based on AFDKO tx tool"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/adobe-type-tools/cffsubr"
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-util/afdko-3.6.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	dev-python/setuptools_scm[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-system_tx.diff"
+	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-fix-setup-py.patch"
+)
+
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+pkg_setup() {
+	export SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION="${PV%_*}"
+}
+
+src_prepare() {
+	#no bundled afdko
+	rm -rf external || die
+	default
+}
diff --git a/dev-python/cffsubr/files/cffsubr-0.2.8-fix-setup-py.patch b/dev-python/cffsubr/files/cffsubr-0.2.8-fix-setup-py.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d429c2b84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/cffsubr/files/cffsubr-0.2.8-fix-setup-py.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b//setup.py
+@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@
+     platforms=["posix", "nt"],
+     package_dir={"": "src"},
+     packages=find_packages("src"),
+-    ext_modules=[tx],
+     zip_safe=False,
+     cmdclass=cmdclass,
+     install_requires=[
+@@ -145,7 +144,6 @@
+     setup_requires=[
+         "setuptools_scm",
+         # finds all git tracked files including submodules when making sdist MANIFEST
+-        "setuptools-git-ls-files",
+     ],
+     extras_require={"testing": ["pytest"]},
+     python_requires=">=3.6",
diff --git a/dev-python/cffsubr/files/cffsubr-system_tx.diff b/dev-python/cffsubr/files/cffsubr-system_tx.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..16c41c74c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/cffsubr/files/cffsubr-system_tx.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- a/src/cffsubr/__init__.py
++++ b/src/cffsubr/__init__.py
+@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ def _run_embedded_tx(*args, **kwargs):
+         subprocess.CompletedProcess object with the following attributes:
+         args, returncode, stdout, stderr.
+     """
+-    with path(__name__, TX_EXE) as tx_cli:
+-        return subprocess.run([str(tx_cli)] + list(args), **kwargs)
++    return subprocess.run(['tx'] + list(args), **kwargs)
+ 
+ 
+ def _tx_subroutinize(data: bytes, output_format: str = CFFTableTag.CFF) -> bytes:
diff --git a/dev-python/cffsubr/metadata.xml b/dev-python/cffsubr/metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6f49eba8f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/cffsubr/metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+<!-- maintainer-needed -->
+</pkgmetadata>