diff --git a/dev-libs/ell/Manifest b/dev-libs/ell/Manifest
index 186623835c10..3d7c0d5a2883 100644
--- a/dev-libs/ell/Manifest
+++ b/dev-libs/ell/Manifest
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ DIST ell-0.77.tar.xz 594024 BLAKE2B 7080b66ecd1428bef6dec21bcc32f17db41cfdce23c7
 DIST ell-0.78.tar.xz 593856 BLAKE2B 1bdbc25cf90dec8281e4710c2eba38063aeacef45397233456bd49feb7d195dd47b55f3e71f7406aa5df7f3f20a9c6a27dd69429813b760cf9dbfe332a20a5ce SHA512 481f9e6e7a4448d522400a74b99996633c5c61896da166bddeaa0eeb75c9684540fa6ffea2ac6f7932088e35362375d050993e189eb2b7a69b0dfddee984e81c
 DIST ell-0.79.tar.xz 594072 BLAKE2B 96ff909a058f8fda6c5c73e7f87fcc2d9c64f7d7643b7e50db810f37c3f78f3d72b44bff8b55884c5646145fd48c9f1deb31c1a0e7ee0f554d6ce97b45ff994e SHA512 59223a486c8057aa46bd583148804cd2a0cd060d717452d1e9092fe24c89cd9968862233bc5377f6ff0a8aa3023a5a35143c3bb57cb059c9f92d4fc7faf8a3ec
 DIST ell-0.80.tar.xz 592680 BLAKE2B 8803cd0f0102c3fd585a4bab73707d2a77892b6876999a98172d995a3fd30315b9e9a7f72dd165c1d08f90059a61c5264f9b1b126387e0c265b23845c8c66792 SHA512 fd6495942832cbe4b0d2c001b69a06ea37c084431d470697ed561d66b77d46e0f7474534b643ac3553b2aeef27dc0fb1dfd84bb37df97725fb8537ef1f63c680
+DIST ell-0.81.tar.xz 593156 BLAKE2B 0589001ed3b2db53b3d035910c43a2052305ff60eee0881f7dd7d1820622488a8e6a22c6a846551cd7a44f80bd926e1dc44618dae5d4d454d3ca5f13970ae9c1 SHA512 d471eab1166ca31df35cb84a712a053c613784210bfa74a2b5465747cbe40b942f373e4bc7a8a7eacfff482399097605a0617d9eb4f06798389acb9c39803241
diff --git a/dev-libs/ell/ell-0.81.ebuild b/dev-libs/ell/ell-0.81.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..09d88fbab270
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/ell/ell-0.81.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit flag-o-matic linux-info
+
+DESCRIPTION="Embedded Linux Library provides core, low-level functionality for system daemons"
+HOMEPAGE="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/ell/ell.git"
+if [[ "${PV}" == *9999 ]] ; then
+	inherit autotools git-r3
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/ell/ell.git"
+else
+	SRC_URI="https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/${PN}/${P}.tar.xz"
+	KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc ~x86"
+fi
+LICENSE="LGPL-2.1+"
+SLOT="0"
+
+IUSE="pie test"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+DEPEND="test? ( sys-apps/dbus )"
+
+CONFIG_CHECK="
+	~TIMERFD
+	~EVENTFD
+	~CRYPTO_USER_API
+	~CRYPTO_USER_API_HASH
+	~CRYPTO_MD5
+	~CRYPTO_SHA1
+	~KEY_DH_OPERATIONS
+"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+	sed -i -e "s#/tmp/ell-test-bus#/tmp/ell-test-bus-$(uuidgen)#" \
+		unit/test-dbus*.c unit/dbus.conf || die
+	[[ "${PV}" == *9999 ]] && eautoreconf
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	append-cflags "-fsigned-char" #662694
+	local myeconfargs=(
+		$(use_enable pie)
+	)
+	econf "${myeconfargs[@]}"
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	default
+
+	find "${ED}" -name "*.la" -delete || die
+}
+
+src_test() {
+	# New dbus tests fail with >3 jobs, this should get fixed soon
+	emake -j1 check
+}