diff --git a/net-misc/yt-dlp/Manifest b/net-misc/yt-dlp/Manifest
index 5b02145a5f774..3e36870ab9bcb 100644
--- a/net-misc/yt-dlp/Manifest
+++ b/net-misc/yt-dlp/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
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 DIST yt-dlp-2025.09.23.tar.gz 6006301 BLAKE2B 7d6fd45c3fbd3f0b779ff2c5e140cfd28ea3949cccd74f699825bd28ac75997462def09d74c20465a3806816edf8770b4285935fffe6d9715f7b3e8638879964 SHA512 de7a952a0ad0c72de3aacab50e1da3716333c9dee94c877a0dcae4d7d468216a77e07d2131ae7827a751ad290730bcc68600b4ecf66bcfa886f1280236e1bf08
+DIST yt-dlp-2025.09.26.tar.gz 6011138 BLAKE2B a17d878de8d6154166d099acc8a1e12b78d3930b4fa3e427607ee6ef7967095d329257be694daed5bd09d6754ef5ecec43c6f29620de1316036a0b1bb11daf08 SHA512 a1fabb096ec134d102a61c33fbf68c5f1749a62cf56e82de627744166db02e7ecf239e5244a9d9c474f65ddab7e6168dd70369d5407f655f964d25bfd731cd2e
diff --git a/net-misc/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-2025.09.26.ebuild b/net-misc/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-2025.09.26.ebuild
new file mode 100644
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+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=hatchling
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( pypy3_11 python3_{11..14} )
+inherit distutils-r1 optfeature shell-completion wrapper
+
+DESCRIPTION="youtube-dl fork with additional features and fixes"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/"
+SRC_URI="
+	https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/download/${PV}/${PN}.tar.gz
+		-> ${P}.tar.gz
+"
+S=${WORKDIR}/${PN}
+
+LICENSE="Unlicense"
+SLOT="0"
+# note that yt-dlp bumps are typically done straight-to-stable (unless there
+# was major/breaking changes) given website changes breaks it on a whim
+KEYWORDS="amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ppc ppc64 ~riscv x86 ~arm64-macos ~x64-macos"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-python/pycryptodome[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	test? ( media-video/ffmpeg[webp] )
+"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+python_test() {
+	local EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
+		# fails with FEATURES=network-sandbox
+		test/test_networking.py::TestHTTPRequestHandler::test_connect_timeout
+		# fails with FEATURES=distcc, bug #915614
+		test/test_networking.py::TestYoutubeDLNetworking::test_proxy\[None-expected2\]
+		# websockets tests break easily depending on dev-python/websockets
+		# version and, as far as I know, most users do not use/need it --
+		# thus being neither in RDEPEND nor optfeature (bug #940630,#950030)
+		test/test_websockets.py
+	)
+
+	epytest -m 'not download'
+}
+
+python_install_all() {
+	dodoc README.md Changelog.md supportedsites.md
+	doman yt-dlp.1
+
+	dobashcomp completions/bash/yt-dlp
+	dofishcomp completions/fish/yt-dlp.fish
+	dozshcomp completions/zsh/_yt-dlp
+
+	rm -r "${ED}"/usr/share/doc/yt_dlp || die
+
+	make_wrapper youtube-dl "yt-dlp --compat-options youtube-dl"
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	optfeature "various features (merging tracks, streamed content)" media-video/ffmpeg
+	has_version media-video/atomicparsley || # allow fallback but don't advertise
+		optfeature "embedding metadata thumbnails in MP4/M4A files" media-libs/mutagen
+	optfeature "decrypting cookies from Chromium-based browsers" dev-python/secretstorage
+
+	if [[ ! ${REPLACING_VERSIONS} ]]; then
+		elog 'A wrapper using "yt-dlp --compat-options youtube-dl" was installed'
+		elog 'as "youtube-dl". This is strictly for compatibility and it is'
+		elog 'recommended to use "yt-dlp" directly, it may be removed in the future.'
+	fi
+}