diff --git a/net-misc/maestral/Manifest b/net-misc/maestral/Manifest
index daf8c8033f..2e23e1bb49 100644
--- a/net-misc/maestral/Manifest
+++ b/net-misc/maestral/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST maestral-1.7.2.gh.tar.gz 7988545 BLAKE2B 985ba026706592046a22679479231cdabd6caf67a12b87273008ebae479e76260c96120a7090fa5e34fa14515997cf915eb0f1142b4525aa28b357dd2f5e7e4c SHA512 87948c6952df8b0ad5e37d31e69715d3dc1dc47dc4becc17e8211f92364bcb5214b5e2306f745209f765879bf358c14f6f0eba9a8d9541c47fd22564c25cb0e4
 DIST maestral-1.7.3_rc2.gh.tar.gz 7988808 BLAKE2B 6bdadbd52370e91d9e91b33029a26829e992a6ef15fa2bce7ad65312ce9f5bc93ec53e5ed094c47d0f724f88b5e47f40023cd3e50c7247bd47fad3dc21c5dfd7 SHA512 78e56ed2521180e4da04a30821fd6eb1cb039837a7ebff283aa1193d9987c0ad7cf1e16f2887ed1d4c54c978b58ab1eaed1d14560d323ad412ca4976b76a0476
+DIST maestral-1.7.3_rc3.gh.tar.gz 8124851 BLAKE2B 9899531105128664ffc00553060f10bd06b2f5a51fc17266093eb8c24090383bc2b45d5a0710dd13415d3e7ae625c1f1d986311df4e17aec940181e204c0efdd SHA512 6596ae7dfe634de98dee70aeaa03d843e31c8c8e4179787dc2db3cd2cb87c915cbc7e5384cd8eaab4703883f93dbcb3105a113ee1c1ffda9015e6f2693ab34cc
diff --git a/net-misc/maestral/maestral-1.7.3_rc3.ebuild b/net-misc/maestral/maestral-1.7.3_rc3.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dbdc9df0f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-misc/maestral/maestral-1.7.3_rc3.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# Copyright 2021-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..11} )
+inherit distutils-r1 xdg
+
+MY_PV=${PV/_rc/.dev}
+DESCRIPTION="Maestral is an open-source Dropbox client written in Python"
+HOMEPAGE="https://maestral.app"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/samschott/maestral/archive/refs/tags/v${MY_PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.gh.tar.gz"
+S="${WORKDIR}"/${PN}-${MY_PV}
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+if [[ ${PV} != *_rc* ]]; then
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+fi
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/click-8.0.2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/desktop-notifier-3.3.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	=dev-python/dropbox-11*[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/fasteners-0.15[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/importlib-metadata[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/keyring-22.0.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/keyrings-alt-3.1.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/packaging[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/pathspec-0.5.8[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/Pyro5-5.10[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/requests-2.16.2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/rich[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	=dev-python/survey-3*[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/typing-extensions[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/watchdog-2.0.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	dev-python/build[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+
+EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
+	# requires dev-python/pytest-benchmark not available for py3.11
+	tests/offline/test_clean_local_events.py::test_performance
+
+	# requires systemd
+	tests/offline/test_cli.py::test_autostart
+
+	# requires network
+	tests/offline/test_main.py::test_check_for_updates
+)
+
+distutils_enable_tests pytest