diff --git a/dev-util/fortls/Manifest b/dev-util/fortls/Manifest
index 5419f2aae8..a5ef1d2599 100644
--- a/dev-util/fortls/Manifest
+++ b/dev-util/fortls/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST fortls-2.13.0.tar.gz 6897238 BLAKE2B 000bf8d68394c1ce2d4bca044ba3c395b22da9a8e026d9f8e74890ec2fbb894c4097f634f83352fcb21ff6e7e6f4af78bf9f8abdf00ab068d270fb93b9a6574d SHA512 dc5d51fea92d1b00722ee4a33901939fe38fd379260e1edc7a97939cd5c9204e5c27a7f4c57122a0bdf7a36f2f59d0d8f71a50448b6cdc98b1bb2d349511580e
+DIST fortls-3.0.0rc2.tar.gz 7061084 BLAKE2B 1f4b818368e7de4d1de2d9c397f37723b26f9f23f18fd971147e35fcbcd95e26dc4a03f7481300a8b7af82da9305371340ee51fc1ac7374786878c7e6dfae526 SHA512 e54596bc079ec3e278621011b15d8d3c74b1e32e152071d11dd34c9cea4c6bf57881f91c018dd41239a7bec263df8d6e91cc4ae6ba1a24e601985c735f3e713d
diff --git a/dev-util/fortls/fortls-3.0.0_rc2.ebuild b/dev-util/fortls/fortls-3.0.0_rc2.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..85ec895b99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/fortls/fortls-3.0.0_rc2.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2024 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 pypi
+
+DESCRIPTION="Fortran Language Server (fortls)"
+HOMEPAGE="https://fortls.fortran-lang.org"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-python/json5[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
+	test/test_interface.py::test_version_update_pypi
+)
+
+src_prepare() {
+	# Drop some additional coverage tests
+	sed -i -e 's/ --cov=fortls --cov-report=html --cov-report=xml --cov-context=test//' pyproject.toml || die
+	# Disable autoupdate check during tests run
+	sed -i -e 's/"--incremental_sync",/"--incremental_sync", "--disable_autoupdate",/' test/setup_tests.py || die
+
+	distutils-r1_src_prepare
+}