diff --git a/dev-python/pillow-heif/Manifest b/dev-python/pillow-heif/Manifest
index c049fe5e56..5474a02829 100644
--- a/dev-python/pillow-heif/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/pillow-heif/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST pillow_heif-1.1.0.tar.gz 18271020 BLAKE2B 15f151625c1f253a44c451bd24da0f643353b6881cebbb3823e8682c5b518abf846c6850bc50462cbfe1e9e5afa1f69e1f5223e0f494cb92644b38cb9c39e7ba SHA512 50c576f52a16c96dd812718a397d75f0c564d009cbaa6abe499b43d3e70834212f1295e411c6e6babbfb526997c5963b1fc022f0829fa2b8298ae3871f130474
 DIST pillow_heif-1.1.1.tar.gz 18271952 BLAKE2B 34655ef5aa85911cdef2b71a06fe0bfb16758c75d706d329aa8deca86a6994025dff8a6ba188bcd7ae5cc40eb4f43459e3b1960f02503943d808aab921e12647 SHA512 39b6c085e0ac64506cefc888a000187b5836ffbc3bbc725883c55abe064bf7759db39b1654f55bffcb7491773490dd457e5ef5c7163e8f21da77726eb99d5ffb
+DIST pillow_heif-1.2.0.tar.gz 17128367 BLAKE2B 93cc8f38b4d8591f3e641fab8535465c59614f5db53a68ea993c0ac7ba6ffcd940b101278a00c4f321444741d3896784cb998f9da471ff8fcaf8dd7f4d6da5ed SHA512 3dbdb33d5b0aab9607cc7e863ff7737de1c9c4f7cd1e476a78ac4735dd677dd00f96ada4c0de13fe2166a7951718b369561656b46d8fbfeb3d96b3b96b8f7c50
diff --git a/dev-python/pillow-heif/pillow-heif-1.2.0.ebuild b/dev-python/pillow-heif/pillow-heif-1.2.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..92afe09882
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/pillow-heif/pillow-heif-1.2.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# Copyright 2024-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_EXT=1
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..13} )
+inherit distutils-r1 pypi
+
+DESCRIPTION="Python interface for libheif library"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/bigcat88/pillow_heif
+	https://pypi.org/project/pillow-heif/
+"
+
+LICENSE="BSD"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-python/pillow[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=media-libs/libheif-1.19.5:=
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	test? (
+		dev-python/defusedxml[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/numpy[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/pillow[jpeg,lcms,webp,zlib,${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		>=media-libs/libheif-1.19.5:=[x265]
+		media-libs/opencv[png,python,${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+"
+
+PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-0.21.0-respect-cflags.patch" )
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
+distutils_enable_tests pytest