diff --git a/dev-python/http-ece/Manifest b/dev-python/http-ece/Manifest
index eb6b778bee..45c47263a3 100644
--- a/dev-python/http-ece/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/http-ece/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST http-ece-1.1.0.gh.tar.gz 19406 BLAKE2B 3347d318ac30c14d6d0b6149746c6dd8ad1681664c165a1dd89858cc50b04452db1576841280f44fe701ca0cb662dad6cbf4c44188b24dad9863185f76e0839d SHA512 22e5d23258c8a4216d63ee0c0e2765dfc742a1887baddca337cce090213e78c8849de01e3bd83c92628eb85ecdbcd6ad4e0462a47fde741028b83cb972865908
+DIST http-ece-1.2.1.gh.tar.gz 19876 BLAKE2B 71955d47e68dca11b1b4b5bd73f5808369a2e3a95c71b250561ce0ab109ecf4b57dce6a80f750ab23c580ee855e95bf6798f612975c6b4fb8632ae392e34255b SHA512 362ffc15a5cd320c01b49ca6ffbe3e23abb12996b689750052d2fa77f6d17bcb0a736c9dccd08983d39daef487879e13ec874d4fa6b266aa57edccadfeb2565a
 DIST http_ece-1.2.0.tar.gz 8771 BLAKE2B 378c82356b4cc754485a830b44e4dd67e7bc3ccab0b1d6ab786b35c7c9529cf621c3a285cdcee9750803367567cb0387a9c7318296e1b401fee317b0ccf057a5 SHA512 84173c190798c1706eda826b49efbe5db394d4216a236df9265c7995cf7baf151d653c6ff34d4fd981513303808062bdebf7cc1d98bc7543bc352a11631f3180
diff --git a/dev-python/http-ece/http-ece-1.2.1.ebuild b/dev-python/http-ece/http-ece-1.2.1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e121e8bc5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/http-ece/http-ece-1.2.1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Copyright 2022-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..12} )
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+# TODO re-enable pypi when it is available on there
+# <https://github.com/web-push-libs/encrypted-content-encoding/issues/79>
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+MY_PN="encrypted-content-encoding"
+DESCRIPTION="Encrypted Content Encoding for HTTP"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://pypi.org/project/http-ece/
+	https://github.com/web-push-libs/encrypted-content-encoding
+"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/web-push-libs/encrypted-content-encoding/archive/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.gh.tar.gz"
+S="${WORKDIR}/encrypted-content-encoding-${PV}/python"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+
+RDEPEND="dev-python/cryptography[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+
+RESTRICT="test" # tests seem to be broken, further investigation advised
+
+distutils_enable_tests pytest