diff --git a/dev-ruby/gpgme/Manifest b/dev-ruby/gpgme/Manifest
index 2dd834c72b227..49d3e04697c99 100644
--- a/dev-ruby/gpgme/Manifest
+++ b/dev-ruby/gpgme/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST ruby-gpgme-2.0.24.tar.gz 3512481 BLAKE2B 69de16ca15088025c8aa5e8a7910d99df11df1e8ba522d16f9b23a89960683555dbdfe238c351532ffb57283c99b4b4c06c570e6c7755e21a40c67d9f9e00214 SHA512 d906cc669b4e55facd13838c711601ce587e197d44cdc614c4972b2fe411c6259fa236d9713e0ff716ab97fa34840feb0b503db298e6b7a3125d3bcce12d7835
+DIST ruby-gpgme-2.0.26.tar.gz 3179297 BLAKE2B 3e3b86bff032a00384f4365f7ddd0965878e0857823a02458cd57ba7ea320aa5b14c0fa96b2bac8735978b2885284e0252cc20412bc506ceef46616875ee9588 SHA512 e2e5425a87b6161ef340f9136b861d29a7673873736e8594eb90b3845801589f0e6ddbb41f00b861adf81ad97a4a24e777467eb7bff8efd3a5b43107dbcc165d
diff --git a/dev-ruby/gpgme/files/gpgme-2.0.26-fix-test.patch b/dev-ruby/gpgme/files/gpgme-2.0.26-fix-test.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..519f39bb40619
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-ruby/gpgme/files/gpgme-2.0.26-fix-test.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+--- a/test/key_test.rb
++++ b/test/key_test.rb
+@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ describe GPGME::Key do
+     end
+ 
+     it "can specify options for Ctx" do
+-      GPGME::Ctx.expects(:new).with(:armor => true).yields(mock(:export_keys => true))
++      GPGME::Ctx.expects(:new).with({"armor": true}).yields(mock({"export_keys": true}))
+       GPGME::Key.export("wadus", :armor => true)
+     end
+ 
+@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ describe GPGME::Key do
+     end
+ 
+     it "can specify options for Ctx" do
+-      GPGME::Ctx.expects(:new).with(:armor => true).yields(mock(:import_keys => true, :import_result => true))
++      GPGME::Ctx.expects(:new).with({"armor": true}).yields(mock({"import_keys": true, "import_result": true}))
+       GPGME::Key.import("wadus", :armor => true)
+     end
+   end
+
diff --git a/dev-ruby/gpgme/files/gpgme-2.0.26-minitest6.patch b/dev-ruby/gpgme/files/gpgme-2.0.26-minitest6.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1cb0d8eec0134
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-ruby/gpgme/files/gpgme-2.0.26-minitest6.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+https://bugs.gentoo.org/978788
+
+--- a/test/data_test.rb
++++ b/test/data_test.rb
+@@ -121,10 +121,10 @@ describe GPGME::Data do
+ 
+     it "can set file_name" do
+       data = GPGME::Data.new("wadus")
+-      [ "foo.bar", nil ].each do |file_name|
+-        data.file_name = file_name
+-        assert_equal file_name, data.file_name
+-      end
++      data.file_name = "foo.bar"
++      assert_equal "foo.bar", data.file_name
++      data.file_name = nil
++      assert_nil data.file_name
+     end
+   end
+ 
diff --git a/dev-ruby/gpgme/files/gpgme-2.0.26-mocha2.patch b/dev-ruby/gpgme/files/gpgme-2.0.26-mocha2.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..80165effc9489
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-ruby/gpgme/files/gpgme-2.0.26-mocha2.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- a/test/test_helper.rb
++++ b/test/test_helper.rb
+@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ require 'bundler/setup'
+ require 'minitest/autorun'
+ require 'minitest/spec'
+ require 'minitest/pride'
+-require 'mocha'
++require 'mocha/minitest'
+ require 'gpgme'
+ 
+ if RUBY_VERSION.split('.').first.to_i > 1
+
diff --git a/dev-ruby/gpgme/gpgme-2.0.26.ebuild b/dev-ruby/gpgme/gpgme-2.0.26.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..fef165153ce88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-ruby/gpgme/gpgme-2.0.26.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+USE_RUBY="ruby32 ruby33 ruby34 ruby40"
+
+RUBY_FAKEGEM_GEMSPEC="${PN}.gemspec"
+
+RUBY_FAKEGEM_EXTENSIONS=(ext/gpgme/extconf.rb)
+
+RUBY_FAKEGEM_EXTRADOC="NEWS README.rdoc"
+
+inherit edo ruby-fakegem
+
+DESCRIPTION="Ruby language binding for GnuPG Made Easy"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/ueno/ruby-gpgme"
+
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/ueno/ruby-gpgme/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ruby-${P}.tar.gz"
+RUBY_S="ruby-${P}"
+
+LICENSE="LGPL-2.1+"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~x86"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=app-crypt/gpgme-1.18.0:=
+	>=dev-libs/libassuan-2.5.6:=
+	>=dev-libs/libgpg-error-1.47
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+
+ruby_add_bdepend "
+	test? (
+		>=dev-ruby/mocha-2:*
+		>=dev-ruby/minitest-5:*
+	)
+"
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}"/gpgme-2.0.26-mocha2.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/gpgme-2.0.26-minitest6.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/gpgme-2.0.26-fix-test.patch
+)
+
+all_ruby_prepare() {
+	sed -i -e '/\(coverall\|bundler\|ruby-debug\|byebug\)/I s:^:#:' \
+		-e '3igem "mocha", "~> 2"; gem "minitest", ">= 5"' \
+		test/test_helper.rb || die
+
+	sed -i -e '/portile/d ; /rubyforge/d' ${RUBY_FAKEGEM_GEMSPEC} || die
+}
+
+each_ruby_configure() {
+	export RUBY_GPGME_USE_SYSTEM_LIBRARIES=1
+	each_fakegem_configure
+}
+
+each_ruby_test() {
+	unset DISPLAY GPG_AGENT_INFO GPG_TTY
+
+	local -x MT_NO_PLUGINS=true
+	# Run tests by hand due to tests being order dependant (newer minitest adds randomness)
+	for test_file in test/*_test.rb; do
+		edo ${RUBY} -Ilib:test:. -e "require '${test_file}'" || die
+	done
+}