diff --git a/dev-python/pdm-backend/Manifest b/dev-python/pdm-backend/Manifest
index f783f27fd4..a01b7c15b4 100644
--- a/dev-python/pdm-backend/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/pdm-backend/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST pdm_backend-2.4.3.tar.gz 117684 BLAKE2B 3e2b75fd8041c38a07d62603b290d374b108766e1975a75e36af298f7ca726c0f41d714e24c0a1bba905c22386a3a3fbf7c5e97be51b32361ab84c92b0c80837 SHA512 4932381fbc82acb25b2452489c6ed64e4d0148905d4322d006aae2991a491a8736d999b6c0d1a665b5624b34edb20054a472db6f8b7cae7094be16f2fb29a0f4
+DIST pdm_backend-2.4.4.tar.gz 118439 BLAKE2B 3a4f7a28239e0c125af1258e02197227168c4df1c33a710624247e43b8574026d39c6d8b670c3a8e14cfb3a1dbd95765c4027372e6f70a572fe048ad4ac45f11 SHA512 e4fa435418be0c1149889cb628914b0b4dee31a8e873deea75543028c1251b2890f05a08b052a345705f8058e79d5edc99a86510ae211827de433f7a7bca66f3
diff --git a/dev-python/pdm-backend/pdm-backend-2.4.4.ebuild b/dev-python/pdm-backend/pdm-backend-2.4.4.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..23c1cad45b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/pdm-backend/pdm-backend-2.4.4.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3+ )
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517="standalone"
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="The build backend used by PDM that supports latest packaging standards"
+HOMEPAGE="None https://pypi.org/project/pdm-backend/"
+SRC_URI="https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/8d/fc/8efb0e9060167081bcbcddeb5d9e95cee6c762391c42b0c970373a7082ff/pdm_backend-2.4.4.tar.gz -> pdm_backend-2.4.4.tar.gz"
+
+DEPEND="
+	dev-python/editables[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/packaging-24.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/pyproject-metadata[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/tomli[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-python/editables[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/packaging-24.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/pyproject-metadata[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/tomli[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+IUSE=""
+SLOT="0"
+LICENSE=""
+KEYWORDS="*"
+S="${WORKDIR}/pdm_backend-2.4.4"
+
+src_prepare() {
+		rm -r src/pdm/backend/_vendor || die
+		find -name '*.py' -exec sed \
+				-e 's:from pdm\.backend\._vendor\.:from :' \
+				-e 's:from pdm\.backend\._vendor ::' \
+				-e 's:import pdm\.backend\._vendor\.:import :' \
+				-i {} + || die
+		distutils-r1_src_prepare
+}