diff --git a/dev-cpp/simdutf/Manifest b/dev-cpp/simdutf/Manifest
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+DIST simdutf-4.0.9.tar.gz 1868141 BLAKE2B 4c326a3c79c38058761e7c8fa39bad2c540a231c52b98cbba9f8e8aa1c691cba86d6d826c8196627ec504088b525c6dce65ae3643b3c4679e170568bc3cfc358 SHA512 39ffc41d8d6889603b72bbcdcb5bce6b0a98cd41299568cf9bd34f5cbc0d5950f96907eae21c0975b10d701c49d80bb839911672909c802e7f6d3b616fe6279c
diff --git a/dev-cpp/simdutf/metadata.xml b/dev-cpp/simdutf/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+  <maintainer type="person">
+    <email>stffn.mobil@freenet.de</email>
+    <name>Steffen Winter</name>
+  </maintainer>
+  <upstream>
+    <remote-id type="github">simdutf/simdutf</remote-id>
+  </upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-cpp/simdutf/simdutf-4.0.9.ebuild b/dev-cpp/simdutf/simdutf-4.0.9.ebuild
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+# Copyright 2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..12} )
+
+inherit cmake python-any-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="simdutf: Unicode validation and transcoding at billions of characters per second"
+HOMEPAGE="https://simdutf.github.io/simdutf/"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/simdutf/simdutf/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="|| ( Apache-2.0 MIT )"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+IUSE="test"
+
+BDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}"
+
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+src_configure() {
+	local mycmakeargs=( -DSIMDUTF_TESTS=$(usex test ON OFF) )
+	cmake_src_configure
+}