diff --git a/dev-ruby/backports/Manifest b/dev-ruby/backports/Manifest
index e6a8a18629202..890a4bee0d142 100644
--- a/dev-ruby/backports/Manifest
+++ b/dev-ruby/backports/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST backports-3.20.2.tar.gz 178633 BLAKE2B 2e2f2f31099763bb218f3ada9f9d040d4b41fc842bbc8b91d703e91b89bab9d6e7bbf3aae1ecfe34abe6099d6cb34929ae72ba66d4ee473841563257fa85cf3c SHA512 a91a2c9186315fca8e0b33554ef26986abe8565e08a79b9f150f8115f998b2a7a440bbc64b92f89c4e95e1c5e852bfeea6ab337804cf017517e77229f10820e5
 DIST backports-3.21.0.tar.gz 178706 BLAKE2B b895655fbbd15e99021f3d9d4f5efe84957c43cffc4e6442a286494624af3d9afa50933cb9f46d86a752c2aa1f52e867d4063e5f8357c969c7ade75b38566f52 SHA512 9d3a5315d412f16c28172121f7b64b424d3728e76c2b9b4466937572bc922f595f5b56caa265e9b03ed44ca64643c36086d60ddc1ff8799e11d953dc75aaee65
+DIST backports-3.23.0.tar.gz 181501 BLAKE2B ef9841366b27b19837e61177f727cbd0acd58650cebab03329c174d699147fadfe51b4ac404d11332e681285c5f0ddcf387bdf6304237ff32c77048a1f5670b6 SHA512 b5b16b78c4dfbadbd60735b29541268cc6446f283ad686add208974fb861b270ffc46ec3cb6702c2ecf760e0de83d31025dbeba90e79383ffda6b4ca0b52a06c
diff --git a/dev-ruby/backports/backports-3.23.0.ebuild b/dev-ruby/backports/backports-3.23.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bae2398472682
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-ruby/backports/backports-3.23.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+USE_RUBY="ruby26 ruby27 ruby30"
+RUBY_FAKEGEM_TASK_TEST="test"
+
+RUBY_FAKEGEM_GEMSPEC="backports.gemspec"
+
+inherit ruby-fakegem
+
+DESCRIPTION="Backports of Ruby features for older Ruby"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/marcandre/backports"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/marcandre/backports/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ppc ~ppc64 ~s390 ~sparc ~x86"
+IUSE=""
+
+all_ruby_prepare() {
+	# Avoid activesupport test that no longer works in Rails 5. This also avoids
+	# a dependency on activesupport
+	sed -i -e '/test_rails/,/^  end/ s:^:#:' test/_backport_guards_test.rb || die
+
+	sed -i -e '/rubocop/I s:^:#:' Rakefile || die
+}