diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/pybind11_abseil/pybind11_abseil-202402.0-GCC-13.3.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/pybind11_abseil/pybind11_abseil-202402.0-GCC-13.3.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..47994c32727a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/pybind11_abseil/pybind11_abseil-202402.0-GCC-13.3.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# Thomas Hoffmann, EMBL Heidelberg, structures-it@embl.de, 2025/01
+easyblock = 'CMakePythonPackage'
+
+name = 'pybind11_abseil'
+version = '202402.0'
+
+homepage = 'https://github.com/pybind/pybind11_abseil'
+description = """Pybind11 bindings for the Abseil C++ Common Libraries"""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCC', 'version': '13.3.0'}
+
+source_urls = [GITHUB_SOURCE]
+sources = ['v%(version)s.tar.gz']
+patches = [
+    # disable FetchContent for abseil-cpp and pybind11, use find_package for abseil-cpp and pybind11,
+    # install header, and create cmake package config:
+    'pybind11_abseil-202402.0_cmake.patch'
+]
+checksums = [
+    {'v202402.0.tar.gz': '1496b112e86416e2dcf288569a3e7b64f3537f0b18132224f492266e9ff76c44'},
+    {'pybind11_abseil-202402.0_cmake.patch': '06ac281d0bad44a72479dcaa6be51a5062d1503b35c849e1c825926da0823f2f'},
+]
+
+github_account = 'pybind'
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('CMake', '3.29.3'),
+    ('pybind11', '2.12.0'),
+]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('Python', '3.12.3'),
+    ('Abseil', '20240722.0'),
+]
+
+_confopts = [
+    '-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PYDIR="%(installdir)s/lib/python%(pyshortver)s/site-packages"',
+    '-DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$EBROOTPYTHON/bin/python',
+    '-DFETCHCONTENT_FULLY_DISCONNECTED=ON',
+]
+
+configopts = ' '.join(_confopts)
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': [],
+    'dirs': ['lib/cmake/pybind11_abseil', 'include/pybind11_abseil'],
+}
+
+sanity_check_commands = [
+    "python -c 'from pybind11_abseil import status'"
+]
+moduleclass = 'lib'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/pybind11_abseil/pybind11_abseil-202402.0_cmake.patch b/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/pybind11_abseil/pybind11_abseil-202402.0_cmake.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..93de1921e9d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/pybind11_abseil/pybind11_abseil-202402.0_cmake.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+# Thomas Hoffmann, EMBL Heidelberg, structures-it@embl.de, 2025/01
+# - disable FetchContent for abseil-cpp and pybind11
+# - use find_package for abseil-cpp and pybind11
+# - install header
+# - create cmake package config 
+diff -ruN pybind11_abseil-202402.0/CMakeLists.txt pybind11_abseil-202402.0_cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+--- pybind11_abseil-202402.0/CMakeLists.txt	2024-02-16 18:39:49.000000000 +0100
++++ pybind11_abseil-202402.0_cmake/CMakeLists.txt	2025-01-14 09:47:44.015942965 +0100
+@@ -26,8 +26,13 @@
+   pybind11
+   URL https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/archive/refs/heads/master.tar.gz)
+ 
+-FetchContent_MakeAvailable(abseil-cpp pybind11)
+-
++#FetchContent_MakeAvailable(abseil-cpp pybind11)
++find_package(
++  Python3
++  COMPONENTS Interpreter Development 
++  REQUIRED)
++find_package(absl CONFIG REQUIRED)
++find_package(pybind11 CONFIG REQUIRED)
+ set(TOP_LEVEL_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR})
+ include_directories(${TOP_LEVEL_DIR} ${pybind11_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+ 
+diff -ruN pybind11_abseil-202402.0/pybind11_abseil/CMakeLists.txt pybind11_abseil-202402.0_cmake/pybind11_abseil/CMakeLists.txt
+--- pybind11_abseil-202402.0/pybind11_abseil/CMakeLists.txt	2024-02-16 18:39:49.000000000 +0100
++++ pybind11_abseil-202402.0_cmake/pybind11_abseil/CMakeLists.txt	2025-01-14 10:22:00.018008505 +0100
+@@ -21,6 +21,26 @@
+             absl::optional
+             absl::span)
+ 
++install(TARGETS absl_casters
++	EXPORT absl_casters-targets
++	LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
++	ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib
++)
++set(Headers
++  absl_casters.h
++)
++install(FILES ${Headers} DESTINATION include/pybind11_abseil/)
++
++install(EXPORT absl_casters-targets
++    NAMESPACE pybind11_abseil::
++    DESTINATION lib/cmake/pybind11_abseil)
++include(CMakePackageConfigHelpers)
++configure_package_config_file(
++	"pybind11_abseilConfig.cmake.in" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/pybind11_abseilConfig.cmake"
++	INSTALL_DESTINATION "lib/cmake/pybind11_abseil"
++)
++install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/pybind11_abseilConfig.cmake" DESTINATION "lib/cmake/pybind11_abseil")
++
+ # ok_status_singleton_lib ======================================================
+ 
+ add_library(ok_status_singleton_lib STATIC ok_status_singleton_lib.cc)
+diff -ruN pybind11_abseil-202402.0/pybind11_abseil/pybind11_abseilConfig.cmake.in pybind11_abseil-202402.0_cmake/pybind11_abseil/pybind11_abseilConfig.cmake.in
+--- pybind11_abseil-202402.0/pybind11_abseil/pybind11_abseilConfig.cmake.in	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
++++ pybind11_abseil-202402.0_cmake/pybind11_abseil/pybind11_abseilConfig.cmake.in	2025-01-14 09:54:09.337489273 +0100
+@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
++@PACKAGE_INIT@
++
++include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/absl_casters-targets.cmake")