diff --git a/dev-python/babelfont/Manifest b/dev-python/babelfont/Manifest
index deded5f207..44812cf692 100644
--- a/dev-python/babelfont/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/babelfont/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+DIST babelfont-3.0.0.tar.gz 30167 BLAKE2B 4780b9f99ee0c453c66d9be1f27f128392f5dfce916613924aa16fd60f4d26736c2e253d10afbb5f8cf081c18795d0738a643e606035394ff11f5d6373078aee SHA512 7d3f7bd978236477f934fcbdfee929df8cf1f71d8118677e82e360e0eb9d4ff43fce4b6ee0b3c561a5f8be54d1d9fa31951ba0b2cf61d6b426800907a184ba5d
 DIST babelfont-3.0.0a9.tar.gz 27947 BLAKE2B e37c3cec990d4237f3d7c4a95774136a1afd1fe4803bd49e55db95f8fd2612dd0e03b65f67353967c75b2c4960c241b657fa94a02dc811a547902c7e4a682208 SHA512 2243bf9b40ae755596e397d4f7998b5a37bea253e9c3aa8ee711546012086d652b5fce6aabd0264f7da4476b9f3ab83dae46022de4e8ea75696bc44637b6d2b5
diff --git a/dev-python/babelfont/babelfont-3.0.0.ebuild b/dev-python/babelfont/babelfont-3.0.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..edd4b3858a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/babelfont/babelfont-3.0.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..11} )
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=poetry
+inherit distutils-r1 pypi
+
+DESCRIPTION="Interrogate and manipulate UFO, TTF and OTF fonts with a common interface"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/simoncozens/babelfont
+	https://pypi.org/project/babelfont/
+"
+
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/cu2qu-1.6.7[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/fontFeatures-1.0.6[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/fonttools-4.21.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/glyphsLib-5.3.2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/openstep-plist-0.2.2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/orjson-3.5.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/ufoLib2-0.11.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+
+# no tests in pypi release
+RESTRICT="test"
+
+distutils_enable_tests pytest