diff --git a/media-radio/wsjtx_improved/Manifest b/media-radio/wsjtx_improved/Manifest
index 9c894dc1556c4..28f048ba8af85 100644
--- a/media-radio/wsjtx_improved/Manifest
+++ b/media-radio/wsjtx_improved/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST wsjtx-3.0.0_improved_PLUS_250924_qt6.tgz 35003895 BLAKE2B 6649bdac6cc390e966398a37d5854009d8b540ce951557c186803cbd81c90a0d5428f816593b22b44e73ea82f8dab6c2b91ff6581ddac87f6f90d43ec852e5db SHA512 70d34e9d6b03549d7445689709766fb2e1be50a56b3a54c405e3d489a93a72fd8038ad2d7e02ddfbca6a9794fbd3a8c3e3c914fd0bb4a5de02a12cc1311fe309
+DIST wsjtx-3.0.0_improved_PLUS_251212_qt6.tgz 35225077 BLAKE2B 3184910c38eeb3e6a590242d5c84213e3c4af53a8ec091dfa32d2f42187fb3e9e7d49209ee976acd063e2fe2dac019d1c3cea0c8d3474f0a3f36238419c30eea SHA512 2cd381f3eea3549a2fc689b438ea954e0498ffb749219c8532159eb15cce1d2d4dc45439d45a2f4f35646ee98e5c216b8a191c740c76e2fedc643085f70710ae
diff --git a/media-radio/wsjtx_improved/files/wsjtx-3.0.0_p251212-fix-sound-dir.patch b/media-radio/wsjtx_improved/files/wsjtx-3.0.0_p251212-fix-sound-dir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0d2e8c719ecca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-radio/wsjtx_improved/files/wsjtx-3.0.0_p251212-fix-sound-dir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index a4d37ad..aaf771e 100755
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -1733,7 +1733,7 @@ install (DIRECTORY
+ 
+ install (DIRECTORY
+   ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/sounds
+-  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
++  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}
+   #COMPONENT runtime
+   )
+ 
+diff --git a/widgets/displaytext.cpp b/widgets/displaytext.cpp
+index 9389d50..d502479 100755
+--- a/widgets/displaytext.cpp
++++ b/widgets/displaytext.cpp
+@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ void DisplayText::AudioAlerts()
+ {
+     if(m_config->alert_Enabled()) {
+         QAudioDevice info(QMediaDevices::defaultAudioOutput());
+-        QString audioPath = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() + "/sounds" + m_config->voicesPath() + "/";
++        QString audioPath = "/usr/share/wsjtx/sounds/";
+         QAudioFormat format;
+         format.setSampleRate(48000);
+         format.setChannelCount(1);
+diff --git a/widgets/mainwindow.cpp b/widgets/mainwindow.cpp
+index 9c828a9..af37746 100755
+--- a/widgets/mainwindow.cpp
++++ b/widgets/mainwindow.cpp
+@@ -3351,7 +3351,7 @@ void MainWindow::fastSink(qint64 frames)
+     QTimer::singleShot (100, [=] {
+       if (m_config.alert_Enabled() && ((m_config.alert_DXcall() && play_DXcall && m_hisCall!="") or (m_config.alert_Wanted() && play_Wanted))) {
+         QAudioDevice info(QMediaDevices::defaultAudioOutput());
+-        QString audioPath = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() + "/sounds" + m_config.voicesPath() + "/";
++        QString audioPath = "usr/share/wsjtx/sounds/";
+         QAudioFormat format;
+         format.setSampleRate(48000);
+         format.setChannelCount(1);
+@@ -7173,7 +7173,7 @@ void MainWindow::readFromStdout()                             //readFromStdout
+         QTimer::singleShot (100, [=] {
+           if (m_config.alert_Enabled() && ((m_config.alert_DXcall() && play_DXcall && m_hisCall!="") or (m_config.alert_Wanted() && play_Wanted))) {
+             QAudioDevice info(QMediaDevices::defaultAudioOutput());
+-            QString audioPath = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() + "/sounds" + m_config.voicesPath() + "/";
++            QString audioPath = "/usr/share/wsjtx/sounds/";
+             QAudioFormat format;
+             format.setSampleRate(48000);
+             format.setChannelCount(1);
+@@ -10374,7 +10374,7 @@ void MainWindow::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *event)    // mouse press events
+     } else {
+       // Testing the default audio device
+       QAudioDevice info(QMediaDevices::defaultAudioOutput());
+-      QString audioPath = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() + "/sounds" + m_config.voicesPath() + "/";
++      QString audioPath = "/usr/share/wsjtx/sounds/";
+       QAudioFormat format;
+       format.setSampleRate(48000);
+       format.setChannelCount(1);
+@@ -17337,7 +17337,7 @@ void MainWindow::remove_old_files(const QString &directoryPath, int daysOld)
+ void MainWindow::alertQSYmessage ()
+ {
+   QAudioDevice info(QMediaDevices::defaultAudioOutput());
+-  QString audioPath = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath();
++  QString audioPath = "/usr/share/wsjtx/";
+   QAudioFormat format;
+   format.setSampleRate(48000);
+   format.setChannelCount(1);
diff --git a/media-radio/wsjtx_improved/wsjtx_improved-3.0.0_p20251212.ebuild b/media-radio/wsjtx_improved/wsjtx_improved-3.0.0_p20251212.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7779dd29f17ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-radio/wsjtx_improved/wsjtx_improved-3.0.0_p20251212.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit cmake edos2unix flag-o-matic
+
+DESCRIPTION="Weak signal ham radio communication with improvements"
+HOMEPAGE="https://wsjt-x-improved.sourceforge.io/"
+SRC_URI="https://downloads.sourceforge.net/wsjt-x-improved/wsjtx-3.0.0_improved_PLUS_251212_qt6.tgz"
+
+S=${WORKDIR}/wsjtx
+
+LICENSE="GPL-3"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+IUSE="doc"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	!media-radio/wsjtx
+	dev-libs/boost:=[nls,python]
+	dev-qt/qtbase:6[concurrent,gui,network,sql,sqlite,widgets]
+	dev-qt/qtmultimedia:6
+	dev-qt/qtserialport:6
+	dev-qt/qtwebsockets:6
+	virtual/libusb:1
+	>=media-libs/hamlib-4.0:=
+	sci-libs/fftw:3.0=[threads,fortran]
+	virtual/fortran
+	app-text/asciidoc
+	doc? ( dev-ruby/asciidoctor )"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+BDEPEND="dev-qt/qttools[linguist]"
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}/wsjtx-2.2.0-werror.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/wsjtx-2.3.0-drop-docs.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/wsjtx-clang.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/wsjtx-3.0.0-gcc16.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/wsjtx-3.0.0_p251212-fix-sound-dir.patch"
+)
+
+DOCS=( AUTHORS BUGS NEWS README THANKS )
+
+src_unpack() {
+	unpack ${A}
+	unpack "${WORKDIR}/wsjtx-3.0.0/src/wsjtx.tgz"
+}
+
+src_prepare() {
+	edos2unix "${S}/message_aggregator.desktop"
+	edos2unix "${S}/wsjtx.desktop"
+	edos2unix "${S}/CMakeLists.txt"
+	sed -i -e "s/COMMAND \${GZIP_EXECUTABLE}/#  COMMAND/" \
+								manpages/CMakeLists.txt || die
+	cmake_src_prepare
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	# fails to compile with -flto (bug #860417)
+	filter-lto
+
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		-DWSJT_GENERATE_DOCS="$(usex doc)"
+		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR="share/doc/${PF}"
+	)
+	append-ldflags -no-pie
+	# fix executable stack from fortran nested functions, placing them on the
+	# heap. Switch is only supported for newer GCC versions (bug #968790).
+	append-fflags $(test-flags-FC -ftrampoline-impl=heap)
+	cmake_src_configure
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	cmake_src_install
+	rm "${D}"/usr/bin/rigctl{,d,com}-wsjtx || die
+	rm "${D}"/usr/share/man/man1/rigctl{,d,com}-wsjtx.1 || die
+}