diff --git a/sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-modprep/Manifest b/sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-modprep/Manifest
index 395d529b0bf7a..afceb9976502b 100644
--- a/sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-modprep/Manifest
+++ b/sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-modprep/Manifest
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
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 DIST gentoo-kernel-modprep-6.12.94_p2.tar.xz 8881680 BLAKE2B 53ca847f718eace8a954be748fe663a30dccdfc93fc4fb8fd407d3a372d69da9238c7ef154a8fb0cd20e7215843287d64d63dedcf20a9a1dcfe77d02caf655d7 SHA512 f2b1effbbdc0113f6c3d31e9ccf63fde8f4cb176c57f0f5f83b77f2b67f6eedfca7d227d127965b791e644900a82b867e2ed688b872a3c30fc5a7baa6edfb54e
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+DIST gentoo-kernel-modprep-6.12.97.tar.xz 8914980 BLAKE2B ad4888cbc5a389954d7a7ee945d6fdc4bde2b5f464e7ef86eac66ec9a676cf692f9fe69b757b28b34247780a0f4e4faafeeb0421ee076d548498690c3ccc35b5 SHA512 1fddc57b61169ab22e016bc83521a32dc880c91136767f5e403157e3bbcc26206dd3b51fb4c5a71c08bbc3d92acfba5921502c3fa907a7131b2a64cf4ca96e37
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 DIST gentoo-kernel-modprep-6.6.144.tar.xz 8534728 BLAKE2B fdde38e05bdf05f611a7da9edbfe96ca5051c9765b792f76197e000bba3ca2751058b0688e87f5df2040410ffb292b84198b67e21d93e753e81cdd3e55bc3436 SHA512 792cecfb449c6742cf4df3d8b058f2a7d7fa3629a38e8ec21f223ef8f4178b16990ac9d3420220cd174911c58ebcb014bd989555501121026e817bcc0351668a
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ DIST linux-7.x-sha256sums-20260724.asc 7879 BLAKE2B 1e2043f96ea2fbe6e4f89049fc4f
 DIST linux-gentoo-patches-6.1.177.tar.xz 15992 BLAKE2B 49fc59a7e865044b04edac74cc5227e8a8f71d8212e7ca4807fa7d87a3ecbf82331b36c6f2f4e1fdfb657b23879a38a74e8e8afffc1603145cfc4652763f6086 SHA512 4d345431b28f6321f5f6232c2333b35716d3aa94e3293fd28affdb503cf0f78eda1eae3573d968db2265fb8695902cb8099cbf5dab3d7d3cefadf267678222de
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+DIST linux-gentoo-patches-6.12.97.tar.xz 17192 BLAKE2B e0f09dd8ef2e6ebce9adcc2c050cb7e2c7ae08188e99635d3b541c6deca5bea792f4ec2c8d0c0dbc648b0c1f227b54a95d8d807a43859b3bf1b5f57767af2113 SHA512 af6b182d1e7661c35c215f4da63c8ab53b1ffffa7818a266b4c5639ed8d03428d050f1045d02e885c1b9bdc9fb2464c3f384dcd55d7536eddf2b90ffe1f8c530
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diff --git a/sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-modprep/gentoo-kernel-modprep-6.12.97.ebuild b/sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-modprep/gentoo-kernel-modprep-6.12.97.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8328879e0d645
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-modprep/gentoo-kernel-modprep-6.12.97.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+# Copyright 2020-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit dist-kernel-utils toolchain-funcs verify-sig
+
+BASE_P=linux-${PV%.*}
+PATCH_PV=${PV%_p*}
+PATCHSET=linux-gentoo-patches-6.12.97
+SHA256SUM_DATE=20260724
+
+DESCRIPTION="Minimal subset of gentoo-kernel-bin for building modules, for containers"
+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/$(ver_cut 1-2)/${PATCHSET}.tar.xz
+	https://distfiles.gentoo.org/pub/proj/dist-kernel/binpkg/modprep/$(ver_cut 1-2)/${P}.tar.xz
+	verify-sig? (
+		https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v$(ver_cut 1).x/sha256sums.asc
+			-> linux-$(ver_cut 1).x-sha256sums-${SHA256SUM_DATE}.asc
+	)
+"
+S=${WORKDIR}
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2"
+SLOT=${PV}
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~ppc64 ~x86"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	virtual/libelf
+	!sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-bin:${SLOT}
+"
+PDEPEND="
+	>=virtual/dist-kernel-${PV}
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	app-alternatives/bc
+	app-alternatives/lex
+	app-alternatives/yacc
+	dev-util/pahole
+	virtual/libelf
+	verify-sig? ( >=sec-keys/openpgp-keys-kernel-20250702 )
+"
+
+KV_LOCALVERSION='-gentoo-dist-bin'
+KV_FULL=${PV/_p/-p}${KV_LOCALVERSION}
+
+VERIFY_SIG_OPENPGP_KEY_PATH=/usr/share/openpgp-keys/kernel.org.asc
+
+src_unpack() {
+	if use verify-sig; then
+		cd "${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 "${WORKDIR}" || die
+	fi
+
+	unpack "${BASE_P}.tar.xz" "patch-${PATCH_PV}.xz" "${PATCHSET}.tar.xz"
+	local pkg_arch=${ARCH}
+	[[ ${ARCH} == ppc64 ]] && pkg_arch=ppc64le
+	tar -x -f "${DISTDIR}/${P}.tar.xz" "${P}/${pkg_arch}" || die
+}
+
+src_prepare() {
+	local patch
+	cd "${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="${WORKDIR}"/modprep
+	)
+
+	local kernel_dir=( "${P}"/*/usr/src/"linux-${KV_FULL}" )
+
+	mkdir modprep || die
+	cp "${kernel_dir}/.config" modprep/ || die
+	emake -C "${BASE_P}" "${makeargs[@]}" modules_prepare
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	local rel_kernel_dir=/usr/src/linux-${KV_FULL}
+	local pkg_dir=( "${P}"/* )
+	local kernel_dir="${pkg_dir}/usr/src/linux-${KV_FULL}"
+	local image="${kernel_dir}/$(dist-kernel_get_image_path)"
+	local uki="${image%/*}/uki.efi"
+
+	mv "${pkg_dir}"/lib "${ED}"/ || die
+	cd "${kernel_dir}" || die
+	insinto "${rel_kernel_dir}"
+	doins System.map Module.symvers
+	doins -r certs include scripts
+
+	local kern_arch=$(tc-arch-kernel)
+	insinto "${rel_kernel_dir}/arch/${kern_arch}"
+	doins -r "arch/${kern_arch}/include"
+
+	# Add the identifier
+	echo "${CATEGORY}/${PF}:${SLOT}" > "${ED}${rel_kernel_dir}/dist-kernel" || die
+
+	cd "${WORKDIR}/${BASE_P}" || die
+	insinto "${rel_kernel_dir}"
+	doins -r include
+
+	# remove everything but Makefile* and Kconfig*
+	find -type f '!' '(' -name 'Makefile*' -o -name 'Kconfig*' ')' \
+		-delete || die
+	find -type l -delete || die
+	cp -p -R * "${ED}${rel_kernel_dir}/" || die
+
+	# strip out-of-source build stuffs from modprep
+	# and then copy built files
+	cd "${WORKDIR}" || die
+	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
+}
+
+pkg_preinst() {
+	dist-kernel_update_lib_symlinks
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	dist-kernel_update_src_symlink "${EROOT}/usr/src/linux" "${KV_FULL}"
+}