diff --git a/dev-python/plexapi/Manifest b/dev-python/plexapi/Manifest
index 640003a15f..dc2577f09b 100644
--- a/dev-python/plexapi/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/plexapi/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST plexapi-4.17.1.gh.tar.gz 22527237 BLAKE2B f48d777b5d00e27afd505e44e35284ca70187c433893b17e9d1eecfe1a70c2b3485b585362383e7a8df3ac3c47667edfcc5af07f3721c7cf8fea9731fa5ae486 SHA512 741a1806bd52a9ce85fb34bf7a2a42594e4205e7a7dacc827cc8bf5a9da69290af1e79145b912472ded0aff0478c56d996144ef441a8d5bc3c0f7fec82be8358
 DIST plexapi-4.17.2.gh.tar.gz 22533393 BLAKE2B 8ffda301510d150db45396c42cd7c8f5ded10858d883e4aa677e13affe324c46e5bac8436bf5ebd9d93db63713638038261fb42b6359b8fcc1a504a1a29dd804 SHA512 71a422a8806fe66f38e10bb8e721bdc861f327eae03226b7dbef101e2b640b8951ea88c351a638408d33026326b3d3c16c620e5162c25201442ba3eeb30e604f
+DIST plexapi-4.18.0.gh.tar.gz 22533864 BLAKE2B e541fecee9436af331b89c076fcd4fe215e843e9a5d308ce9dce3b462cd994d996aebb9b971ee0cc0ff60d92ad1dd9d3ae0d618f686d9ff43c1a21ac69de3d5d SHA512 613f75372e8ebee0b6a2f9bebaf152b12c72a696c4eeb7cd8198360cd2271549e1fe608580c9024b059cb2aa8c7c2cea52c64b4176f0e9aff56c434595f88457
diff --git a/dev-python/plexapi/plexapi-4.18.0.ebuild b/dev-python/plexapi/plexapi-4.18.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cb90823a43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/plexapi/plexapi-4.18.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Copyright 2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+# left here in case we switch to pypi
+PYPI_PN="PlexAPI"
+PYPI_NO_NORMALIZE=1
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Python bindings for the Plex API."
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://pypi.org/project/PlexAPI/
+	https://github.com/pkkid/python-plexapi
+"
+
+# pypi release don't have docs
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/pkkid/python-plexapi/archive/refs/tags/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.gh.tar.gz"
+
+S="${WORKDIR}/python-${P}"
+LICENSE="BSD"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+
+# almost all tests requires a running server
+RESTRICT="test"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-python/requests[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+
+BDEPEND="doc? ( dev-python/sphinx-rtd-theme )"
+
+distutils_enable_sphinx docs