diff --git a/dev-python/svgelements/Manifest b/dev-python/svgelements/Manifest
index 00eb6f4e0e..d6f172c7eb 100644
--- a/dev-python/svgelements/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/svgelements/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST svgelements-1.9.3.gh.tar.gz 132345 BLAKE2B 63e433f99fd0adc3f9512fd1457ace8c12d7f922960ae4cbc1b84ffda27ba1bf00e3dd12e88dabb70235227969298e4e6bedad450f29dda20afcaf9a342f0441 SHA512 9a3bc3c665566662859996ba06ac4c5bb5ee425b008b9312a44d07aaca64fb7bd6e3f7d614cdfd709944efdf74fb7da3cc0ab8ecd0c812dff3dcf16305ae8f22
+DIST svgelements-1.9.6.gh.tar.gz 134884 BLAKE2B c6b5c3e3b7a27b0972c78e8ad290c2880b7418d11cded3769d3c591ddcefa85d5e4ddcd5df186e181178cc6ca2054d1a48ea4a715f3506fcd16d53d5baed206f SHA512 c92004a103cb0073f91e0d4f2710a841855ba5079924d106db33df8994c482656a7c3358336c3fcae3127f2b6e668595b2339913e7c8f8364277fedbe0b854c3
diff --git a/dev-python/svgelements/svgelements-1.9.6.ebuild b/dev-python/svgelements/svgelements-1.9.6.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..458b00fb4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/svgelements/svgelements-1.9.6.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Copyright 2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..12} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1 optfeature
+
+DESCRIPTION="SVG Parsing for Elements, Paths, and other SVG Objects."
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/meerk40t/svgelements https://pypi.org/project/svgelements"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/meerk40t/svgelements/archive/refs/tags/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.gh.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+
+BDEPEND="
+	test? (
+		dev-python/numpy[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/scipy[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+"
+DEPEND="${BDEPEND}"
+
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+	mv "${S}/test" "${S}_tests"
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	cd "${T}" || die
+	epytest "${S}_tests"
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	optfeature "getting exact value for arc lenght computation" dev-python/scipy
+	optfeature "loading images" dev-python/pillow
+	optfeature "speeding up linearization for Shapes" dev-python/numpy
+}