diff --git a/sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-bin/Manifest b/sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-bin/Manifest
index bca728b1208b4..5635234e9b430 100644
--- a/sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-bin/Manifest
+++ b/sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-bin/Manifest
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ DIST gentoo-kernel-7.2.5-1.amd64.gpkg.tar 363151360 BLAKE2B 592915ade584723e8a10
 DIST gentoo-kernel-7.2.5-1.arm64.gpkg.tar 334417920 BLAKE2B 4249ecbfa81e572726f17b714a457967a12bcc807daa9c1a5dd388a06bdcb19a3236077826281f4c90c28b70a35d4aef26a895768eb14e618ebb1dd4c130520b SHA512 b722f379ba892646958d228b3e7efa8493b6173e1424451886368900f2f9702b916fae49c5703d49f746ec1616937f08fd2cd9118a17cd5aa96a24dc9cbf1d3d
 DIST gentoo-kernel-7.2.5-1.ppc64le.gpkg.tar 79861760 BLAKE2B f380d88d74711b574c5f19249311b09cff4d7762833b1ba4d1b5722bb2771708a667e62d7c9f53c1eb8baf1cbfc65d7fccb450b7e15cb0beb20804d8d68c215a SHA512 fe7a82e2b278e8ab3d8b13541540045bce0f8d5b3c1b630a7c4fccfd8f7265950633f81b893ca47943c0f6a018a32efc85f90ad378b10e38c9b560709207c684
 DIST gentoo-kernel-7.2.5-1.x86.gpkg.tar 87900160 BLAKE2B 04644651dc0c36bdc3d15ae4cfc6264200580d8e6cad1eac95e548a04b47deca403306d3c86a164947e736741d2d53031153d274b3cc00b2b748af6ee97db36c SHA512 56dc85a80b01d6f70d2b9841a2eaafa5fa6a614169b362db403e58226d498fa0a22adc0b438fa7c6a57bb5c7510c7f1fabb4e182d355df3cc5c00aa3dfd1ef8a
+DIST gentoo-kernel-7.2.6-1.amd64.gpkg.tar 363274240 BLAKE2B a76a0c35fd2fb01f5196c90ae8fec65541f891b1bcb4b42f9570b9ebca280e6ec0a48a7dda743b49c80899dff71c9c003647d57c2dd613a78afd58b62f57662c SHA512 8f1654c6161dfcd515b272804ee2f085b51a5aaf76427180c73c1e513e2f91e479e3fc18ab57f16701868ecde98450a0eab9f1e9af5ec0a74e5682917990094c
+DIST gentoo-kernel-7.2.6-1.arm64.gpkg.tar 334612480 BLAKE2B d4412a03f7296d442b3dca96eccd582331d98313fe47154dda89ac76ab26db16254ba40fd4dfcdb00dd2dcd42134c67b4dac4cf83de3cc329cb832396117be7d SHA512 4fbe1a2e6613eb40201407ff729b459cc227632dbdb44171c4daae78545b7b20b752927b271d7b6c1861e02c2abfb7cab68c26a39d39ff221a63e572e06e717c
+DIST gentoo-kernel-7.2.6-1.ppc64le.gpkg.tar 79892480 BLAKE2B 7ff134e48ca2853db11ff3156689ea19873b8cdd92a1bd4252cc4191894ed5bdad5e43a8989844f87fac0b203c2d5e111801c9a8c56e264f8736603de1e32aab SHA512 dc7821ba1dad3b512c0a20ddb105fe44ebc0d18c3c02cc65d403be3673a233f194455b0c77734ae4fdf3b3ed26e345b6603327d0e300fa9d663afdd6e8a1b4c9
+DIST gentoo-kernel-7.2.6-1.x86.gpkg.tar 87961600 BLAKE2B 4132599ae1074e8c8b12716b73b575d40741c95a5dd4b47f2bdc88f3a2d03c289503179555636ba9ab9db893d7847b2de6c6a38916977bd8efe5a2f877a1b38b SHA512 87d380ae104d99bc44230ef241d8c8c475ec32e26fb91a686009ce9a4e222b9b1534ba612e3d05603b1f50d5ce392d1fe9ccf9eeb5557f6b56bad20bd40e6a41
 DIST linux-6.1.tar.xz 134728520 BLAKE2B ae60257860b2bd1bd708d183f0443afc60ebbd2b3d535c45e44c2e541bd0928530a3b62de6385dd4e4726ebbedcc0a871d4f3ffb4105b9f1f6d8ed7467f5688e SHA512 6ed2a73c2699d0810e54753715635736fc370288ad5ce95c594f2379959b0e418665cd71bc512a0273fe226fe90074d8b10d14c209080a6466498417a4fdda68
 DIST linux-6.12.tar.xz 147906904 BLAKE2B b2ec2fc69218cacabbbe49f78384a5d259ca581b717617c12b000b16f4a4c59ee348ea886b37147f5f70fb9a7a01c1e2c8f19021078f6b23f5bc62d1c48d5e5e SHA512 a37b1823df7b4f72542f689b65882634740ba0401a42fdcf6601d9efd2e132e5a7650e70450ba76f6cd1f13ca31180f2ccee9d54fe4df89bc0000ade4380a548
 DIST linux-6.18.tar.xz 154309096 BLAKE2B b94b7b9bf18aca0c3e50baf79b009a1448fc6cd9c3ee019f641cc247dcf53a4abef4274ee0608ad8cd4943af69854363a95d26e117ff23620bb07dccb158859f SHA512 88599ffdec96d150c1feb9b261ba93bb0301a9d0e1ad6bef7aeab1f5372cbfc57d8b43c7e902bd8f76921d1dbd8189663c142ea869e51d0e2b483b150ee00fe0
@@ -97,6 +101,7 @@ DIST linux-7.x-sha256sums-20260828.asc 11213 BLAKE2B 3be42484550c6e7863570a45175
 DIST linux-7.x-sha256sums-20260902.asc 11883 BLAKE2B 868477ba5aaf889713f97de4ac66157c95497f9abdd779e8090dd99b676d47e3aedb0fe32e77f2953c82c61397c0be1c60a7a1716a67a5709ce1152ed1392cef SHA512 5d5d9f7f21fc9b803cd5059341af090c4378bc871efde4380e7fd04958de89b67b74079b307740620c7e978cc6b7798e95320d0269ccf77266f275140af7034b
 DIST linux-7.x-sha256sums-20260907.asc 12216 BLAKE2B fc43cf1c26c2760c3f4fabf1af6edf4448cfe39527ecf9034ba87e5118356c9bf3af1698fd60f33afbae468959ba1f456d8a325446f0bee2b2a3ac76814d9b20 SHA512 0cf93af8453deb19c43875d61b118b6c93f7598d18e81368715ee069455ec5c3073495c238f219e3088f74268cea608d84866b0e490d04d2b483ae1cbb194015
 DIST linux-7.x-sha256sums-20260911.asc 12549 BLAKE2B 2c13002580813fec5b5a0cd69d5bd428886a0bae1fa5155e125e8a13adaba4c3b3bf4831532b348ef1581ac118a776d009ec1878747a8f679a0b36af28a4d2df SHA512 6b035fd353d94ca2a482d9c38fcf75a5e1e88e426f6c635237dae0a396929c87ca465554c9cd85a951ffefa48f84af4bd2896aa534fe94a46c938b7ee5fc2c82
+DIST linux-7.x-sha256sums-20260914.asc 12882 BLAKE2B 83b8e10291ae9e0c1ca3795e86c46038d0df560de695687e52932697df2e89454285003e1d9faa5e9f26f622e8388c561474e993bc8201909c0f7bd043a31c39 SHA512 0abd88ff6979f7fffd3f9f7775cf1905b7a5df27cd8783f3cf85bf8428a815641f0112644877ee66b5e164a5a588513f64c3eded461aebc348bf6682c40f6b68
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@@ -123,3 +128,4 @@ DIST patch-7.2.2.xz 32596 BLAKE2B d3185df869fc6613476a9bfcae4ecbe8bc80891593df93
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+DIST patch-7.2.6.xz 1049176 BLAKE2B a9aa8ced201d5c98fc971436508f9a019eb2e9cf0cdc5a830cc7e707613fe2750dd8d222646e55973e9264e722a9404a0e418a1a2f4385523c02f3732006015f SHA512 82780c916050b619145cb4fc3bebff0a3aaa34caea5c8e41e64e613a686cd2f44cd1f13f0c60df952415d25c0f4ba6f176d2548db2df2292680539cf457aa42c
diff --git a/sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-bin/gentoo-kernel-bin-7.2.6.ebuild b/sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-bin/gentoo-kernel-bin-7.2.6.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..cd4a41ad174a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-bin/gentoo-kernel-bin-7.2.6.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+# Copyright 2020-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+KERNEL_IUSE_GENERIC_UKI=1
+
+inherit kernel-install toolchain-funcs unpacker verify-sig
+
+BASE_P=linux-${PV%.*}
+PATCH_PV=${PV%_p*}
+PATCHSET=linux-gentoo-patches-7.1.9
+BINPKG=${P/-bin}-1
+SHA256SUM_DATE=20260914
+
+DESCRIPTION="Pre-built Linux kernel with Gentoo patches"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Distribution_Kernel
+	https://www.kernel.org/
+"
+SRC_URI+="
+	https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v$(ver_cut 1).x/${BASE_P}.tar.xz
+	https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v$(ver_cut 1).x/patch-${PATCH_PV}.xz
+	https://distfiles.gentoo.org/pub/proj/dist-kernel/patchsets/7.1/${PATCHSET}.tar.xz
+	verify-sig? (
+		https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v$(ver_cut 1).x/sha256sums.asc
+			-> linux-$(ver_cut 1).x-sha256sums-${SHA256SUM_DATE}.asc
+	)
+	amd64? (
+		https://distfiles.gentoo.org/pub/proj/dist-kernel/binpkg/amd64/$(ver_cut 1-2)/${BINPKG}.amd64.gpkg.tar
+	)
+	arm64? (
+		https://distfiles.gentoo.org/pub/proj/dist-kernel/binpkg/arm64/$(ver_cut 1-2)/${BINPKG}.arm64.gpkg.tar
+	)
+	ppc64? (
+		https://distfiles.gentoo.org/pub/proj/dist-kernel/binpkg/ppc64le/$(ver_cut 1-2)/${BINPKG}.ppc64le.gpkg.tar
+	)
+	x86? (
+		https://distfiles.gentoo.org/pub/proj/dist-kernel/binpkg/x86/$(ver_cut 1-2)/${BINPKG}.x86.gpkg.tar
+	)
+"
+S=${WORKDIR}
+
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~ppc64 ~x86"
+IUSE="debug"
+
+PDEPEND="
+	>=virtual/dist-kernel-${PV}
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	app-alternatives/bc
+	app-alternatives/lex
+	app-alternatives/yacc
+	dev-util/pahole
+	sys-libs/binutils-libs
+	virtual/libelf
+	amd64? ( app-crypt/sbsigntools )
+	arm64? ( app-crypt/sbsigntools )
+	verify-sig? ( >=sec-keys/openpgp-keys-kernel-20250702 )
+"
+
+KV_LOCALVERSION='-gentoo-dist-bin'
+KV_FULL=${PV/_p/-p}${KV_LOCALVERSION}
+
+QA_PREBUILT='*'
+
+VERIFY_SIG_OPENPGP_KEY_PATH=/usr/share/openpgp-keys/kernel.org.asc
+
+src_unpack() {
+	if use verify-sig; then
+		cd "${DISTDIR}" || die
+		verify-sig_verify_signed_checksums \
+			"linux-$(ver_cut 1).x-sha256sums-${SHA256SUM_DATE}.asc" \
+			sha256 "${BASE_P}.tar.xz patch-${PATCH_PV}.xz"
+		cd "${WORKDIR}" || die
+	fi
+
+	unpacker
+}
+
+src_prepare() {
+	local patch
+	cd "${BASE_P}" || die
+	eapply "${WORKDIR}/patch-${PATCH_PV}"
+	eapply "${WORKDIR}/${PATCHSET}"
+
+	default
+
+	# add Gentoo patchset version
+	local extraversion=${PV#${PATCH_PV}}
+	sed -i -e "s:^\(EXTRAVERSION =\).*:\1 ${extraversion/_/-}:" Makefile || die
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	# force ld.bfd if we can find it easily
+	local HOSTLD="$(tc-getBUILD_LD)"
+	if type -P "${HOSTLD}.bfd" &>/dev/null; then
+		HOSTLD+=.bfd
+	fi
+	local LD="$(tc-getLD)"
+	if type -P "${LD}.bfd" &>/dev/null; then
+		LD+=.bfd
+	fi
+	tc-export_build_env
+	local makeargs=(
+		V=1
+		WERROR=0
+
+		HOSTCC="$(tc-getBUILD_CC)"
+		HOSTCXX="$(tc-getBUILD_CXX)"
+		HOSTLD="${HOSTLD}"
+		HOSTAR="$(tc-getBUILD_AR)"
+		HOSTCFLAGS="${BUILD_CFLAGS}"
+		HOSTLDFLAGS="${BUILD_LDFLAGS}"
+
+		CROSS_COMPILE=${CHOST}-
+		AS="$(tc-getAS)"
+		CC="$(tc-getCC)"
+		LD="${LD}"
+		AR="$(tc-getAR)"
+		NM="$(tc-getNM)"
+		STRIP="$(tc-getSTRIP)"
+		OBJCOPY="$(tc-getOBJCOPY)"
+		OBJDUMP="$(tc-getOBJDUMP)"
+		READELF="$(tc-getREADELF)"
+
+		# we need to pass it to override colliding Gentoo envvar
+		ARCH="$(tc-arch-kernel)"
+
+		O="${WORKDIR}"/modprep
+	)
+
+	local kernel_dir="${BINPKG}/image/usr/src/linux-${KV_FULL}"
+
+	# If this is set it will have an effect on the name of the output
+	# image. Set this variable to track this setting.
+	if grep -q "CONFIG_EFI_ZBOOT=y" "${kernel_dir}/.config"; then
+		KERNEL_EFI_ZBOOT=1
+	elif use arm64 && use generic-uki; then
+		die "USE=generic-uki requires a CONFIG_EFI_ZBOOT enabled build"
+	fi
+
+	local image="${kernel_dir}/$(dist-kernel_get_image_path)"
+	local uki="${image%/*}/uki.efi"
+
+	# Override user variable with the cert used during build
+	openssl x509 \
+		-inform DER -in "${kernel_dir}/certs/signing_key.x509" \
+		-outform PEM -out "${T}/cert.pem" ||
+			die "Failed to convert pcrpkey to PEM format"
+	export SECUREBOOT_SIGN_CERT=${T}/cert.pem
+
+	if [[ -s ${uki} ]]; then
+		# We need to extract the plain image for the test phase
+		# and USE=-generic-uki.
+		kernel-install_extract_from_uki linux "${uki}" "${image}"
+	fi
+
+	mkdir modprep || die
+	cp "${kernel_dir}/.config" modprep/ || die
+	emake -C "${BASE_P}" "${makeargs[@]}" modules_prepare
+}
+
+src_test() {
+	local kernel_dir="${BINPKG}/image/usr/src/linux-${KV_FULL}"
+	kernel-install_test "${KV_FULL}" \
+		"${WORKDIR}/${kernel_dir}/$(dist-kernel_get_image_path)" \
+		"${BINPKG}/image/lib/modules/${KV_FULL}" \
+		"${WORKDIR}/${kernel_dir}/.config"
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	local rel_kernel_dir=/usr/src/linux-${KV_FULL}
+	local kernel_dir="${BINPKG}/image${rel_kernel_dir}"
+	local image="${kernel_dir}/$(dist-kernel_get_image_path)"
+	local uki="${image%/*}/uki.efi"
+	if [[ -s ${uki} ]]; then
+		# Keep the kernel image type we don't want out of install tree
+		# Replace back with placeholder
+		if use generic-uki; then
+			> "${image}" || die
+		else
+			> "${uki}" || die
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	# Overwrite the identifier in the prebuilt package
+	echo "${CATEGORY}/${PF}:${SLOT}" > "${kernel_dir}/dist-kernel" || die
+
+	mv "${BINPKG}"/image/{lib,usr} "${ED}"/ || die
+
+	# FIXME: requires proper mount-boot
+	if [[ -d ${BINPKG}/image/boot/dtbs ]]; then
+		mv "${BINPKG}"/image/boot "${ED}"/ || die
+	fi
+
+	# strip out-of-source build stuffs from modprep
+	# and then copy built files
+	find modprep -type f '(' \
+			-name Makefile -o \
+			-name '*.[ao]' -o \
+			'(' -name '.*' -a -not -name '.config' ')' \
+		')' -delete || die
+	rm modprep/source || die
+	cp -p -R modprep/. "${ED}${rel_kernel_dir}"/ || die
+
+	# Update timestamps on all modules to ensure cleanup works correctly
+	# when switching USE=modules-compress.
+	find "${ED}/lib" -name '*.ko' -exec touch {} + || die
+
+	# Modules were already stripped before signing
+	dostrip -x /lib/modules
+	kernel-install_compress_modules
+
+	# Mirror the logic from kernel-build_src_install, for architectures
+	# where USE=debug is used.
+	if use ppc64; then
+		dostrip -x "${rel_kernel_dir}/$(dist-kernel_get_image_path)"
+	elif use debug && { use amd64 || use arm64; }; then
+		dostrip -x "${rel_kernel_dir}/vmlinux"
+		dostrip -x "${rel_kernel_dir}/vmlinux.ctfa"
+	fi
+}