diff --git a/dev-python/ttfautohint-py/Manifest b/dev-python/ttfautohint-py/Manifest
index 29df1e9412..c6483b5826 100644
--- a/dev-python/ttfautohint-py/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/ttfautohint-py/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST ttfautohint-py-0.4.3.tar.gz 186488 BLAKE2B cc5de63faf4a5d213a14eda9b092c48e2e67c59b04ad1580d680e22bf691d915a74f7a465cc37cd0ce907874f3fdb0312224e647bb8e18e5741f886e69e7d075 SHA512 2f21af2a4ffffb59c9e83e4c5aa77ce15d97d4391894537e87727fd05f47b8f007e3ddf1fcf98d195a880b2a4e22586ce9faab4d8dc33f6c6eaa1623dcfd3aab
+DIST ttfautohint-py-0.5.1.tar.gz 186884 BLAKE2B ab09325f262e631639433852a9709b52c23a08e2a179fb9f2bce46d851a5523205076ef2698de5c2af10828fc8290d905d5cfe58c44fbfecce4474d504c2d84c SHA512 0673daa17666af7df4fdd9836c978bb6e1620193524a9043d31900047191ef29dd75783afaf5929cb3a7b74137ec9b4e9b5c15793f811824ab6dc2a0780fd798
diff --git a/dev-python/ttfautohint-py/ttfautohint-py-0.5.1.ebuild b/dev-python/ttfautohint-py/ttfautohint-py-0.5.1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e444501fef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/ttfautohint-py/ttfautohint-py-0.5.1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..9} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="A Python wrapper for ttfautohint"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/fonttools/ttfautohint-py"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/fonttools/ttfautohint-py/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+
+RDEPEND="media-gfx/ttfautohint"
+DEPEND="
+	${RDEPEND}
+	dev-python/setuptools_scm[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	test? (
+		dev-python/fonttools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+"
+
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+src_prepare() {
+	rm -r src/c || die
+	export SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION="${PV%_*}"
+	export TTFAUTOHINTPY_BUNDLE_DLL=0
+	default
+}