diff --git a/dev-python/libtmux/Manifest b/dev-python/libtmux/Manifest
index e6c0b630ba433..a12444e77ab95 100644
--- a/dev-python/libtmux/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/libtmux/Manifest
@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@ DIST libtmux-0.59.0.tar.gz 518313 BLAKE2B a8c894b57324804701189ea984cb7dee895b3a
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 DIST libtmux-0.60.0.tar.gz.provenance 9767 BLAKE2B 5911839abc6fefe63e7be53511b062cf0f5716db6c7d3edae95d146a6c9d506f448ac13ab957883e8e412cdfea7b13b3576214d509e56370e90a73b4ad5268cc SHA512 0e4a0315b4f9272007260e93dfee5a61bf13cfb2f8a755d0b7d92a09379218a7c23452b550e3d3b55f32e363a7643433af35ed954ab8d495c07d97df8ddc539d
+DIST libtmux-0.61.0.tar.gz 546122 BLAKE2B 7030a817cb81f8856cb905349fa8beecbc77c6efa84ab01242904403163adc833189165e64fdf7be0d8b8841144f7ecd7c2489adc5fe6eb0ae695f25994c393f SHA512 b395ec50520d0d98aacead74f23310495688ce257bba3bbc32271595f9ab80061802bee882e50838d4361b5d691cb3d4a642dbde134245eea952f79afb64f1c1
+DIST libtmux-0.61.0.tar.gz.provenance 9532 BLAKE2B db246750412e423ec980096068638f2e6070afb9ac719cf9ee8671a9448a917dfedccf3efe71c9ae4309b5a0ef0480bd075ec179a271e9978563ed99700bbe0d SHA512 96e3f9f901e78ee3716393a9806ebfe9e9af3d92488e4a721c87d50d50a355193ff7421d6234cc4ec22b1d18d90f78f8d269c16345d995d61652232659222ac3
diff --git a/dev-python/libtmux/libtmux-0.61.0.ebuild b/dev-python/libtmux/libtmux-0.61.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5051e6c12d857
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/libtmux/libtmux-0.61.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=hatchling
+PYPI_VERIFY_REPO=https://github.com/tmux-python/libtmux
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{12..15} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1 pypi
+
+DESCRIPTION="Typed library that provides an ORM wrapper for tmux, a terminal multiplexer"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://libtmux.git-pull.com/
+	https://github.com/tmux-python/libtmux/
+	https://pypi.org/project/libtmux/
+"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc64 ~x86"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=app-misc/tmux-3.0a
+"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGIN_LOAD_VIA_ENV=1
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=( "${PN}" pytest-mock )
+EPYTEST_RERUNS=5
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+python_test() {
+	# Avoid stale /tmp/tmux-$(id -u) confusing things (bug #896406)
+	local -x TMUX_TMPDIR=$(mktemp --directory --tmpdir=/tmp libtmux.XXXXXXXXXX)
+	# tests/test_window.py::test_fresh_window_data fails if TMUX_PANE is set
+	# https://bugs.gentoo.org/927158
+	local -x TMUX_PANE=
+
+	epytest -o addopts= tests
+}