diff --git a/dev-python/bencode_py/Manifest b/dev-python/bencode_py/Manifest
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..435223cd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/bencode_py/Manifest
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+DIST bencode.py-3.0.0.tar.gz 16759 BLAKE2B 3fa845547bd7912f762ca16f91bf95febdd903b57f93ad9a5eef4d674b159699a779c68020b535270d370d9d8a34a0b7e44890c1267af7233843f68c9be0f180 SHA512 439cb6f57ca1616b283e5bbf5322b44b4b2aa11221d2bd4bccf604ef3d88502a6c5a89450f9303d967b8c277d2e1d8eeba2cbc574fbbe1f22ce95773312a9212
+DIST bencode.py-3.0.1.tar.gz 16813 BLAKE2B 30bda33fe2fe2772c477c0612b4cffa3ae0dc7044c5b026184892616c04a92e500415d9de5b3175c3d717c73b613b2ade6bd8a2362c20d109c88a9ec83e3f30e SHA512 3e043f69783b2000a63453a0c31cf05a73ba674a9c2c9e806854a2365d293a3e3f8ae7db575c798c6cb53c881f722cf0d3c7a2eaf80ed9a1333897ea59cc3bd1
+DIST bencode.py-4.0.0.tar.gz 19842 BLAKE2B 8e212e21a6affa0c8ae8c81d08289768b5761dc213040bae299281c5307fd632c3a4d575c6dd6bb86fd18e71d0ba7ecf2fc120fc40b33fdc7a9a4409f19af588 SHA512 b2c48fc9603378796eb34f8e21a86bad980a4e2c1293502662a3bb7257ef3e92d61df9fb7e1baa79ee2501ab09c301ea01ce7cdbb55f04bc690547dd458d391b
diff --git a/dev-python/bencode_py/bencode_py-3.0.0.ebuild b/dev-python/bencode_py/bencode_py-3.0.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d33b20b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/bencode_py/bencode_py-3.0.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# Copyright 2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..11} pypy3 )
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Simple bencode parser (for Python2, Python 3 and PyPy)"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://pypi.org/project/bencode_py/
+	https://github.com/fuzeman/bencode.py
+"
+MY_PN="bencode.py"
+MY_P="${MY_PN}-${PV}"
+
+SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${MY_PN:0:1}/${MY_PN}/${MY_P}.tar.gz"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
+
+LICENSE="BOSL-1.1"
+SLOT="0"
+IUSE="test"
+REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
+
+BDEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/pbr-1.9.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/setuptools-17.1.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+DEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}"
+RDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	# preliminary fixes for some of the issues reported in https://github.com/fuzeman/bencode.py/issues/21
+	eapply "${FILESDIR}/${PN}"_setup_cfg.patch
+
+	# There's still a setuptools QA issue here ("easy_install command is deprecated. Use build and pip and
+	# other standards-based tools."). This has been reported to upstream - it should not affect this ebuild
+	# at the moment.
+	default
+}
+
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
diff --git a/dev-python/bencode_py/bencode_py-3.0.1.ebuild b/dev-python/bencode_py/bencode_py-3.0.1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d33b20b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/bencode_py/bencode_py-3.0.1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# Copyright 2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..11} pypy3 )
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Simple bencode parser (for Python2, Python 3 and PyPy)"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://pypi.org/project/bencode_py/
+	https://github.com/fuzeman/bencode.py
+"
+MY_PN="bencode.py"
+MY_P="${MY_PN}-${PV}"
+
+SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${MY_PN:0:1}/${MY_PN}/${MY_P}.tar.gz"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
+
+LICENSE="BOSL-1.1"
+SLOT="0"
+IUSE="test"
+REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
+
+BDEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/pbr-1.9.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/setuptools-17.1.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+DEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}"
+RDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	# preliminary fixes for some of the issues reported in https://github.com/fuzeman/bencode.py/issues/21
+	eapply "${FILESDIR}/${PN}"_setup_cfg.patch
+
+	# There's still a setuptools QA issue here ("easy_install command is deprecated. Use build and pip and
+	# other standards-based tools."). This has been reported to upstream - it should not affect this ebuild
+	# at the moment.
+	default
+}
+
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
diff --git a/dev-python/bencode_py/bencode_py-4.0.0.ebuild b/dev-python/bencode_py/bencode_py-4.0.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d33b20b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/bencode_py/bencode_py-4.0.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# Copyright 2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..11} pypy3 )
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Simple bencode parser (for Python2, Python 3 and PyPy)"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://pypi.org/project/bencode_py/
+	https://github.com/fuzeman/bencode.py
+"
+MY_PN="bencode.py"
+MY_P="${MY_PN}-${PV}"
+
+SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${MY_PN:0:1}/${MY_PN}/${MY_P}.tar.gz"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
+
+LICENSE="BOSL-1.1"
+SLOT="0"
+IUSE="test"
+REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
+
+BDEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/pbr-1.9.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/setuptools-17.1.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+DEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}"
+RDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	# preliminary fixes for some of the issues reported in https://github.com/fuzeman/bencode.py/issues/21
+	eapply "${FILESDIR}/${PN}"_setup_cfg.patch
+
+	# There's still a setuptools QA issue here ("easy_install command is deprecated. Use build and pip and
+	# other standards-based tools."). This has been reported to upstream - it should not affect this ebuild
+	# at the moment.
+	default
+}
+
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
diff --git a/dev-python/bencode_py/files/bencode_py_setup_cfg.patch b/dev-python/bencode_py/files/bencode_py_setup_cfg.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b0cc9a88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/bencode_py/files/bencode_py_setup_cfg.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+--- a/setup.cfg.orig	2022-12-03 03:20:06.004043971 +0100
++++ b/setup.cfg	2022-12-03 03:20:20.437377566 +0100
+@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
+ [metadata]
+ name = bencode.py
+ author = Dean Gardiner
+-author-email = me@dgardiner.net
++author_email = me@dgardiner.net
+ summary = Simple bencode parser (for Python 2, Python 3 and PyPy)
+-description-file = README.rst
+-home-page = https://github.com/fuzeman/bencode.py
++description_file = README.rst
++home_page = https://github.com/fuzeman/bencode.py
+ license = BitTorrent Open Source License
+ classifier = 
+ 	Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable