diff --git a/dev-python/pymilter/Manifest b/dev-python/pymilter/Manifest
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..723798ad6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/pymilter/Manifest
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DIST pymilter-1.0.5.gh.tar.gz 1030610 BLAKE2B 7af714ca771ad9c90a0b20b386f0d46d25fc5cd213c43f7c1c6edc1a9300f7bda987f46fa9a9b8add68f020c33783648f9187c3b05a34a4c13ad8a4ae7206f39 SHA512 d6cd291f3be5402d6e4ab824deba940c6500d970b30c8d73b2fb1952eede4ac784033a7ae0b9a7307f18a3bfd52fc3f40fb0a9cce6cb94e724fce5cc3e8eb25e
diff --git a/dev-python/pymilter/metadata.xml b/dev-python/pymilter/metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0271b53f2
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+++ b/dev-python/pymilter/metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
+	<longdescription>
+		A python extension module to enable python scripts to attach
+		to sendmail’s libmilter functionality. Additional python
+		modules provide for navigating and modifying MIME parts, and
+		sending DSNs or doing CBVs.
+	</longdescription>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="github">sdgathman/pymilter</remote-id>
+		<remote-id type="pypi">pymilter</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-python/pymilter/pymilter-1.0.5-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/pymilter/pymilter-1.0.5-r1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..460da7a2f
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+++ b/dev-python/pymilter/pymilter-1.0.5-r1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2023 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_{9..11} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Python interface to sendmail milter API"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/sdgathman/pymilter"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/sdgathman/${PN}/archive/${P}.tar.gz -> ${P}.gh.tar.gz"
+S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${P}"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="amd64 ~x86"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-python/bsddb3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	mail-filter/libmilter:=
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+BDEPEND="
+	test? (
+		$(python_gen_impl_dep sqlite)
+		|| (
+			mail-mta/opensmtpd
+			mail-mta/sendmail
+		)
+	)
+"
+
+distutils_enable_tests unittest
diff --git a/profiles/default/package.unmask b/profiles/default/package.unmask
index a26effe79..b457fb40a 100644
--- a/profiles/default/package.unmask
+++ b/profiles/default/package.unmask
@@ -3,4 +3,3 @@
 
 # required by sys-apps/calculate-server-2.3.11::calculate
 dev-python/pymilter
-dev-python/bsddb3