diff --git a/sys-kernel/git-sources/Manifest b/sys-kernel/git-sources/Manifest
index 758a6aeada586..b6af38090689f 100644
--- a/sys-kernel/git-sources/Manifest
+++ b/sys-kernel/git-sources/Manifest
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ DIST patch-6.16-rc3.patch 50367200 BLAKE2B 0ef98d3e17948315e177452dd966d7f45addd
 DIST patch-6.16-rc4.patch 50829255 BLAKE2B 6f1e52c762a3b7da816681a1055a4d8743850976b4b4b30a95dd8649e7e63e0c6a3d41c173007758038184349e52a7b36e7f88783db145438a5f6158cce70c48 SHA512 78781d85b55afa5b38439537a270eec15401178faca66e194902e777c5714607514f8e9f7cdcab00989cc16a398f30052232d4a2bda213c9ac6f642abce4360e
 DIST patch-6.16-rc5.patch 51195497 BLAKE2B 44d089733946986617d3ffb60443f2801d1776e5e3d961e16846733cd98e44aee46dd5166d3f428e6fabac8dcc7efcc2cc7439c92434de49ed0fc1162728378f SHA512 358b3076a74a85fcddd625cff0dd35996fb744ebe516bd0a4096509f0d8678e320f7be423a1b15df145b0131977afd4b9c1006a4e9df15d927b73612eb522d91
 DIST patch-6.16-rc6.patch 51408672 BLAKE2B 271fb81d538c4590b3fe48939574a8700ab1be16ec479584c568c0f8b32c902f95dcac78c06a0fad7bbc25a6e951406bf939a4ddc54e7d1d068980a365b4943d SHA512 d3840ce06b2ab1aeb73f9e31075db4acebc9095fb8563ace5b9b1a01084048b292c68abc1cbd0284b3ba52f01eb1b0284629c2fc0b93c137d58a6c7d93da5ae9
+DIST patch-6.16-rc7.patch 51751499 BLAKE2B dc073829b14949350c5c5c8a96f07276cb8ae24d54186de7be0d29a5a630e50cee144ab12f9eaf65cf4118a48108178d5ee5a9c7487b25030b2362f01f2ff955 SHA512 af27e1d06c9532ae550dc66fec38938ed81459d45f2f45a54452086bd4c1bdc84a0ea2c0271b74f7f3f05f21cceccb023db8e186d618f8c042938c165b5e56d7
diff --git a/sys-kernel/git-sources/git-sources-6.16_rc7.ebuild b/sys-kernel/git-sources/git-sources-6.16_rc7.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1ec2d34ec4430
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-kernel/git-sources/git-sources-6.16_rc7.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI="8"
+UNIPATCH_STRICTORDER="yes"
+K_NOUSENAME="yes"
+K_NOSETEXTRAVERSION="yes"
+K_NOUSEPR="yes"
+K_SECURITY_UNSUPPORTED="1"
+K_BASE_VER="6.15"
+K_EXP_GENPATCHES_NOUSE="1"
+K_FROM_GIT="yes"
+K_NODRYRUN="yes"
+ETYPE="sources"
+CKV="${PVR/-r/-git}"
+
+# only use this if it's not an _rc/_pre release
+[ "${PV/_pre}" == "${PV}" ] && [ "${PV/_rc}" == "${PV}" ] && OKV="${PV}"
+inherit kernel-2
+detect_version
+
+DESCRIPTION="The very latest -git version of the Linux kernel"
+HOMEPAGE="https://www.kernel.org"
+SRC_URI="${KERNEL_URI}"
+
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~ppc ~ppc64 ~s390 ~sparc ~x86"
+
+K_EXTRAEINFO="This kernel is not supported by Gentoo due to its unstable and
+experimental nature. If you have any issues, try a matching vanilla-sources
+ebuild -- if the problem is not there, please contact the upstream kernel
+developers at https://bugzilla.kernel.org and on the linux-kernel mailing list to
+report the problem so it can be fixed in time for the next kernel release."
+
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	>=sys-devel/patch-2.7.6-r5"
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	postinst_sources
+}