diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 418cb7880..220e61843 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
   * update gogogate2-api-2.0.0
   * update arcam-fmj-0.5.3
   * update pytradfri-7.0.1, rework the olds
+  * re-add aiocoap-0.4_alpha1
 
 2020-09-05
   * repair iglo-1.2.7, drop iglo-1.2.5, abondoned anyway: https://github.com/jesserockz/python-iglo/issues/1#issuecomment-558479023
diff --git a/dev-python/aiocoap/Manifest b/dev-python/aiocoap/Manifest
index 9b9326624..72d050e16 100644
--- a/dev-python/aiocoap/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/aiocoap/Manifest
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 AUX aiocoap-0.4a1-no-umlaut.patch 264 BLAKE2B 4c1ba684d5d60ee324a572f04a6345d098b4b32334610eea53085bddcc081d4564cbee1fbb15462ff84d53c5a49757cc13ed2122f85dd87718a613864dabe2bc SHA512 6334856a9538a5e748353fcf1accb174241a5c4846ead94e9b77ec5617dc3718f4e56e10e834d218182e2c65e70bebfb402a756595156836da7323420bbd9437
+DIST aiocoap-0.4_alpha1.tar.gz 123988 BLAKE2B 62879a9c52033c7e467f2d130bb2837063fa0c809bea83d0e74e0d2c0a8d253ae9b9e76fc72a36a3e4ec39524aa08855b1425bb7370aaa77465ae51e1692fc94 SHA512 2d7539da4f688d9a60900937be36c464be2133298cd738154984dfee8f095e0919de339179a783c59e65736b1bdef65135d610090edf8fd49eef1b7f11d9cc15
 DIST aiocoap-0.4_alpha3.tar.gz 123988 BLAKE2B 62879a9c52033c7e467f2d130bb2837063fa0c809bea83d0e74e0d2c0a8d253ae9b9e76fc72a36a3e4ec39524aa08855b1425bb7370aaa77465ae51e1692fc94 SHA512 2d7539da4f688d9a60900937be36c464be2133298cd738154984dfee8f095e0919de339179a783c59e65736b1bdef65135d610090edf8fd49eef1b7f11d9cc15
 DIST aiocoap-0.4_beta3.tar.gz 192446 BLAKE2B c9e312d8ceeecc4ee2ae25298d5a0b4a0bc750b4e853db9ffd5bfb55ce2e274fec8a8f93e2fbafb8c174c8a097959d05d47f0a239d4db89fd958b874a9032883 SHA512 e1c6326f294b4afed53af22c517143856ce7cc253322fe90762aa30991e5095112ce9ae996cfb55b168b0a1fc15da625bc01493bf8ba4d18cc6293753db49072
+EBUILD aiocoap-0.4_alpha1.ebuild 719 BLAKE2B b8c4dd178bac42168902fc170f5681dede420f548c40d9803e88c19203f89d32dc521ffc2e5fb6ca3ba484f49e22a99162cf6e2321bedf671fe3f6c3d959c128 SHA512 8cf79b47ef00ff0aef9fbd012f6e60ba75ba118493739560934ab82082115107372cae8124838da1630b11aaee40170c661e429726fca4e24f2e6a0eabe14b2f
 EBUILD aiocoap-0.4_alpha3-r1.ebuild 711 BLAKE2B cf8af7ef0789d88a445e82960da26bbe3f8344c43601e61414ad854bdfb784dc8c8e58b407ef68b09a31fcba1814aba905fab70e80a5a75be46dd106036c9b68 SHA512 71767f9c31d7e73239894ea14118f01223cb6311ea69b816890cdd17f684cd5762d272841d427a4d4f94e1ea752dc086f1879751ab5830473f5b01216d36f214
 EBUILD aiocoap-0.4_alpha3.ebuild 719 BLAKE2B b8c4dd178bac42168902fc170f5681dede420f548c40d9803e88c19203f89d32dc521ffc2e5fb6ca3ba484f49e22a99162cf6e2321bedf671fe3f6c3d959c128 SHA512 8cf79b47ef00ff0aef9fbd012f6e60ba75ba118493739560934ab82082115107372cae8124838da1630b11aaee40170c661e429726fca4e24f2e6a0eabe14b2f
 EBUILD aiocoap-0.4_beta3.ebuild 699 BLAKE2B 6920f20f03d1150b2315fab9298e543d5ec6b777dc426e0820e013e5e4ee47ff8b7520aebf89f75c520f343ed1d6bffaf97397a179b6f43f0abf356cbf25fa5f SHA512 b5c66ca94878f525427cc36f0b69055da946f727d9238b59c7fd4fe9a2807e673e45fc99e5f572c8f79dba36ceec537d5a3e07b9d9803d3c82938ec616d53f00
diff --git a/dev-python/aiocoap/aiocoap-0.4_alpha1.ebuild b/dev-python/aiocoap/aiocoap-0.4_alpha1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a7784d9f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/aiocoap/aiocoap-0.4_alpha1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=6
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{4,5,6,7} pypy pypy3 )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+MY_PV="0.4a1"
+
+DESCRIPTION="The Python CoAP library"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/chrysn/aiocoap"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/chrysn/${PN}/archive/${MY_PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+RESTRICT="mirror"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+IUSE=""
+
+RDEPEND="
+	${PYTHON_DEPS}
+"
+DEPEND="
+	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	${RDEPEND}
+"
+
+DOCS="README.rst"
+S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${MY_PV}"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	      rm -rf tests  # FIXME
+	      eapply "${FILESDIR}/aiocoap-0.4a1-no-umlaut.patch"
+	      eapply_user
+	      }