diff --git a/kde-frameworks/kstatusnotifieritem/Manifest b/kde-frameworks/kstatusnotifieritem/Manifest
index edc90ab135b68..0e8283ba017dc 100644
--- a/kde-frameworks/kstatusnotifieritem/Manifest
+++ b/kde-frameworks/kstatusnotifieritem/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST kstatusnotifieritem-6.13.0.tar.xz 50568 BLAKE2B aa8c82c694f6ce328817856da2ca2e850c252e2178a2cf86f1b2f77846c55556307ed56672ff12667f4d8eab4c284cd673adb9d86a109057ecda526aa007b2e4 SHA512 a42fcaa26baed90b085c4d2900f36e5b2fd4f707d92996c363ce7ba67d2e56e7dc42dd64068439ca54dc9867ed70c7c2d1b444e07f09791697bc52810fd7c8de
 DIST kstatusnotifieritem-6.15.0.tar.xz 50964 BLAKE2B 25f3139ab6ab2a0e13af6e0f39655fe6138815de004780d68a4f18b60d2dc8bbc3e81871a291e849fb4318b96c955e1d631412d5dda66f58e2560de3e06b8de1 SHA512 2af927d1f9e47500ac22a9d0d86bd39b3cdf7e3604e4f9fec83a46d301f63a3bc3349a692f34276124bcf78637d0128fe69f2b09ce51e68b8e663ab062786022
+DIST kstatusnotifieritem-6.16.0.tar.xz 50948 BLAKE2B a0ecf0df27ea07d5338e8f5c1e9d6b6bcd97edc04a1b7dffb52734ed750d4572a817ccc2a6de2786e189daf40e2793cac90474581fd847cb6de50acc24272449 SHA512 312353a0562bb9009ef315a0ce55a43477196be034e2dd64c5be0e304a013f856261e6cbc5e8d702a24855c537ddfb4642c5c7f09f4ce9c600cdc1fcc3716ad9
diff --git a/kde-frameworks/kstatusnotifieritem/kstatusnotifieritem-6.16.0.ebuild b/kde-frameworks/kstatusnotifieritem/kstatusnotifieritem-6.16.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..aa102aada7411
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kde-frameworks/kstatusnotifieritem/kstatusnotifieritem-6.16.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+ECM_PYTHON_BINDINGS="off"
+QTMIN=6.7.2
+inherit ecm frameworks.kde.org
+
+DESCRIPTION="Implementation of Status Notifier Items"
+
+LICENSE="LGPL-2+"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
+IUSE="X"
+
+# slot op: Qt6::WidgetsPrivate use
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-qt/qtbase-${QTMIN}:6=[dbus,gui,widgets]
+	=kde-frameworks/kwindowsystem-${KDE_CATV}*:6[X?]
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+BDEPEND=">=dev-qt/qttools-${QTMIN}:6[linguist]"
+
+src_configure() {
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		-DWITHOUT_X11=$(usex !X)
+	)
+
+	ecm_src_configure
+}