diff --git a/dev-python/pycares/Manifest b/dev-python/pycares/Manifest
index f3721c8e0d..53628a18e5 100644
--- a/dev-python/pycares/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/pycares/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 DIST pycares-4.5.0.tar.gz 821554 BLAKE2B 75e178d288779876becae08af08218364f13fd6b2e03c4dc6a67e5e330e26ef17fee831d0a9329a66cc9358fcc167808379b6881a0f8e18bd76a8e6ed2587c60 SHA512 224c8807396590e07fbe10c3f26eae1a457bf4969788b432b4367898382a5c68f2d7ef33f62e31dea772491319287ff1685f3cb0eb78f9c07cec80d50864e617
 DIST pycares-4.6.0.tar.gz 822080 BLAKE2B 1bfad7d7afe0eaabe12ac758655889ff2c819137dfd63634646c060d09599b7bc8a18ae8c782742e40f552959298c312c6c152927775f5a5fdc539b148d97a86 SHA512 3b4db74e8411359165bf6c8b2c3ece2b954bd50cbe2db9c8c1678a2f18611f7c548dd2c004c8db40c28d8384a6f41a4863e0661892eda93e735b5182ba68a802
 DIST pycares-4.6.1.tar.gz 822359 BLAKE2B 54e055a716a6fc021e54fd12e255fc8e54e774b8391e5ab7291176a18138431184598bc2fd73ab14d226f4db1f65798bf18dbc5ff7a698438117ca131c5497c9 SHA512 140f206435a2f7f6bdcdb707035f6216710852161552dd733a383cc13e085e44a168bc425c0bc107bc82c4808c13a58b48407af0b45c7b5abae3e1d39fffbc95
+DIST pycares-4.8.0.tar.gz 647980 BLAKE2B 640312cab61f02952222954a193cabfb81d4be86d26c96737af6c2b56caecc01c17322ad4526679e0a14e2b6653234d57c3de8ec59e3fc85d6ccf5508ba06bee SHA512 51e467d0a58fd865a07fead2e906a7caea8751d45d06ac699c57bf56fe9165da9d17b50104f61200911e77bb3edea6de2d81aa3e2330946f8548905b83ce1be1
diff --git a/dev-python/pycares/pycares-4.8.0.ebuild b/dev-python/pycares/pycares-4.8.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f0b7a7487
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/pycares/pycares-4.8.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3+ pypy3 )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Python interface for c-ares"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/saghul/pycares/"
+SRC_URI="https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/19/7a/01ef7ce35fc1312d6c1c07f3b87f329ad6daf41bb9cd57c8f017e0b653fa/pycares-4.8.0.tar.gz -> pycares-4.8.0.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="*"
+IUSE=""
+# Tests fail with network-sandbox, since they try to resolve google.com
+RESTRICT="test"
+
+# uses bundled/patched c-ares
+RDEPEND="virtual/python-cffi[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+BDEPEND=${RDEPEND}
+
+python_test() {
+	"${EPYTHON}" tests/tests.py -v || die
+}
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