diff --git a/dev-python/fitsio/Manifest b/dev-python/fitsio/Manifest
index a59a0b5f78e0..ec982f43719b 100644
--- a/dev-python/fitsio/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/fitsio/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST fitsio-1.2.8.gh.tar.gz 4543207 BLAKE2B 516206b938650e59d8e22a7cb2a3ea8167d67261b37d95923114abd3a00440f9c4691962ceaa6da0e95e0f710291bc71864e522f6b88308e80d8d26a75ed6000 SHA512 ff6b066ffc03e4588311e886d3605a2adc6377bdb7bb8d12d54c8e8ecd7c476bee8c9a191eab1159d5d5954e8f5b7b784783c6910b32a5e6b62645afad1b6fc7
+DIST fitsio-1.3.0.gh.tar.gz 4990432 BLAKE2B d43b140d564326f858f45905b49d70b58fab4a2755cc3dacfe33e4df83fd929db8060dea146f681b35a60ae6a8b6f2662a9af2542a1b6150a2e3837a87d54a76 SHA512 e7e758f69fffe0c1386b30f7b1e392b4162af2ec1ca63389730ac2f5eb41cb7c2b4e9fec831411a9f37a08be80ef9bef39b6fad04d6520e03fabe5501c59ba84
diff --git a/dev-python/fitsio/fitsio-1.3.0.ebuild b/dev-python/fitsio/fitsio-1.3.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..75d7b9f5fe3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/fitsio/fitsio-1.3.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 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_{11..14} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Python library to read from and write to FITS files"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/esheldon/fitsio/
+	https://pypi.org/project/fitsio/
+"
+SRC_URI="
+	https://github.com/esheldon/fitsio/archive/${PV}.tar.gz
+		-> ${P}.gh.tar.gz
+"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2+"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
+
+DEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/numpy-1.17:=[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=sci-libs/cfitsio-4.4.0:0=
+"
+RDEPEND="
+	${DEPEND}
+	dev-python/setuptools-scm[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+export FITSIO_USE_SYSTEM_FITSIO=1
+
+python_test() {
+	cd "${BUILD_DIR}/install$(python_get_sitedir)" || die
+	epytest
+}