diff --git a/dev-R/xfun/Manifest b/dev-R/xfun/Manifest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fefead845b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-R/xfun/Manifest
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DIST xfun_0.23.tar.gz 111696 BLAKE2B 116f040192ff942fe80b2ed5c0ec49c3a3389276e9ca3e766440b1f68dc9f685e99311179458c0824dfa43e862e9cedfc32c809972a6000b61d1557f34a59d94 SHA512 3b5a1fc38af1ef35068d783a929a81bdbab0ec7ba773acafb61208bde78ea67175e1445f186d816bbfb6913d3ce323089d6b8d26712776ac9d2703bb6808a1fe
diff --git a/dev-R/xfun/metadata.xml b/dev-R/xfun/metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4e293c25ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-R/xfun/metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<longdescription>
+		Supporting Functions for Packages Maintained by 'Yihui Xie' //
+		Miscellaneous functions commonly used in other packages
+		maintained by 'Yihui Xie'.
+	</longdescription>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-R/xfun/xfun-0.23.ebuild b/dev-R/xfun/xfun-0.23.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e297eed68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-R/xfun/xfun-0.23.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+
+inherit R-packages
+
+DESCRIPTION='Supporting Functions for Package maintained by Yihui Xie'
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+LICENSE='MIT'