diff --git a/dev-python/babelfont/Manifest b/dev-python/babelfont/Manifest
index e788ac7da1..deded5f207 100644
--- a/dev-python/babelfont/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/babelfont/Manifest
@@ -1 +1 @@
-DIST babelfont-3.0.0a8.tar.gz 27232 BLAKE2B d6e4e78d09014169f10960bcf4f90670d307013486b6634d4b5ec80befe6e78f49f11eb1ed42ee1ab01a972187d9b5d2cbebb972c192f396f50093d55d8a9ac3 SHA512 e2d429bbad4cea7927da75e0ac09a59ecfa94b9c38aaabe9c155e29f3cdda224e021cbc3c0c3d5863e68f306e1f57f42f0eff318b6092cf0704419811853422c
+DIST babelfont-3.0.0a9.tar.gz 27947 BLAKE2B e37c3cec990d4237f3d7c4a95774136a1afd1fe4803bd49e55db95f8fd2612dd0e03b65f67353967c75b2c4960c241b657fa94a02dc811a547902c7e4a682208 SHA512 2243bf9b40ae755596e397d4f7998b5a37bea253e9c3aa8ee711546012086d652b5fce6aabd0264f7da4476b9f3ab83dae46022de4e8ea75696bc44637b6d2b5
diff --git a/dev-python/babelfont/babelfont-3.0.0_alpha9.ebuild b/dev-python/babelfont/babelfont-3.0.0_alpha9.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b7e7dad3ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/babelfont/babelfont-3.0.0_alpha9.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=poetry
+MYP="${P/_alpha/a}"
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_10 )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Interrogate and manipulate UFO, TTF and OTF fonts with a common interface"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/simoncozens/babelfont
+	https://pypi.org/project/babelfont/
+"
+SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${PN:0:1}/${PN}/${MYP}.tar.gz"
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MYP}"
+
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/orjson-3.5.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/fonttools-4.21.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/ufoLib2-0.11.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/openstep-plist-0.2.2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/glyphsLib-5.3.2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/glyphsLib-5.3.2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/cu2qu-1.6.7[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/fontFeatures[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+
+RESTRICT="test" # no tests in pypi release, pypi alpha releases untagged in github
+
+distutils_enable_tests pytest