diff --git a/dev-python/mpi4py/Manifest b/dev-python/mpi4py/Manifest
index 05d08d9ab5cbd..0c42bfee8f525 100644
--- a/dev-python/mpi4py/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/mpi4py/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST mpi4py-2.0.0.tar.gz 1279957 BLAKE2B ad75492ec09edbf6663a8962bcb4592c076ef47cdf8a9c14275077dea0abf4ce01f928d03eec80941fec37941c2ba99287263b71436baf7ed755a84cca2ea983 SHA512 6459b482db782fea1a80499774ebfeb09c828b6c3f1805a0ca306f26f3ebcac52ad1c83bb97a98a01b518b6a6c887f6b99dbda9c37381a5ce05ddff0edb16d81
+DIST mpi4py-3.0.0.tar.gz 1426843 BLAKE2B a68182c6abebac6af73654f04db9eba38f020793a9f6d0f98a5e4a483b0531e44aca3c853c20572123cc02331350bf98f8405ddd12b77e79de732f714437da9f SHA512 29ce8b7fd187aadd0bf8e1928ed00cac3e898ff82432b7a95984a248559b0d580c5af418b1986d83b17ad2cf8cbb45135afacf290ba4d9b75a62b03e9ca08e16
diff --git a/dev-python/mpi4py/mpi4py-3.0.0.ebuild b/dev-python/mpi4py/mpi4py-3.0.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..40d15c5ad74a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/mpi4py/mpi4py-3.0.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=6
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{4,5,6} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Message Passing Interface for Python"
+HOMEPAGE="https://bitbucket.org/mpi4py/ https://pypi.python.org/pypi/mpi4py"
+SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${PN:0:1}/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="BSD"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
+IUSE="doc examples test"
+
+RDEPEND="virtual/mpi"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	test? ( dev-python/nose[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	virtual/mpi[romio] )"
+DISTUTILS_IN_SOURCE_BUILD=1
+
+python_prepare_all() {
+	# not needed on install
+	rm -vr docs/source || die
+	distutils-r1_python_prepare_all
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	export FAKEROOTKEY=1
+	distutils-r1_src_compile
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	echo "Beginning test phase"
+	pushd "${BUILD_DIR}"/../ &> /dev/null || die
+	mpiexec -n 2 "${PYTHON}" ./test/runtests.py -v || die "Testsuite failed under ${EPYTHON}"
+	popd &> /dev/null || die
+}
+
+python_install_all() {
+	use doc && local HTML_DOCS=( docs/. )
+	use examples && local DOCS=( demo )
+	distutils-r1_python_install_all
+}