diff --git a/sys-kernel/vanilla-kernel/Manifest b/sys-kernel/vanilla-kernel/Manifest
index 86682db646f2b..1e59fce3c9e90 100644
--- a/sys-kernel/vanilla-kernel/Manifest
+++ b/sys-kernel/vanilla-kernel/Manifest
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diff --git a/sys-kernel/vanilla-kernel/vanilla-kernel-6.12.52.ebuild b/sys-kernel/vanilla-kernel/vanilla-kernel-6.12.52.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..635e7c5bbc723
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-kernel/vanilla-kernel/vanilla-kernel-6.12.52.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+# Copyright 2020-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+KERNEL_IUSE_GENERIC_UKI=1
+KERNEL_IUSE_MODULES_SIGN=1
+
+inherit kernel-build toolchain-funcs verify-sig
+
+BASE_P=linux-${PV%.*}
+# https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=8
+# forked to https://github.com/projg2/fedora-kernel-config-for-gentoo
+CONFIG_VER=6.12.41-gentoo
+GENTOO_CONFIG_VER=g17
+SHA256SUM_DATE=20251012
+
+DESCRIPTION="Linux kernel built from vanilla upstream sources"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Distribution_Kernel
+	https://www.kernel.org/
+"
+SRC_URI+="
+	https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v$(ver_cut 1).x/${BASE_P}.tar.xz
+	https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v$(ver_cut 1).x/patch-${PV}.xz
+	https://github.com/projg2/gentoo-kernel-config/archive/${GENTOO_CONFIG_VER}.tar.gz
+		-> gentoo-kernel-config-${GENTOO_CONFIG_VER}.tar.gz
+	verify-sig? (
+		https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v$(ver_cut 1).x/sha256sums.asc
+			-> linux-$(ver_cut 1).x-sha256sums-${SHA256SUM_DATE}.asc
+	)
+	amd64? (
+		https://raw.githubusercontent.com/projg2/fedora-kernel-config-for-gentoo/${CONFIG_VER}/kernel-x86_64-fedora.config
+			-> kernel-x86_64-fedora.config.${CONFIG_VER}
+	)
+	arm64? (
+		https://raw.githubusercontent.com/projg2/fedora-kernel-config-for-gentoo/${CONFIG_VER}/kernel-aarch64-fedora.config
+			-> kernel-aarch64-fedora.config.${CONFIG_VER}
+	)
+	ppc64? (
+		https://raw.githubusercontent.com/projg2/fedora-kernel-config-for-gentoo/${CONFIG_VER}/kernel-ppc64le-fedora.config
+			-> kernel-ppc64le-fedora.config.${CONFIG_VER}
+	)
+	riscv? (
+		https://raw.githubusercontent.com/projg2/fedora-kernel-config-for-gentoo/${CONFIG_VER}/kernel-riscv64-fedora.config
+			-> kernel-riscv64-fedora.config.${CONFIG_VER}
+	)
+	x86? (
+		https://raw.githubusercontent.com/projg2/fedora-kernel-config-for-gentoo/${CONFIG_VER}/kernel-i686-fedora.config
+			-> kernel-i686-fedora.config.${CONFIG_VER}
+	)
+"
+S=${WORKDIR}/${BASE_P}
+
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc ~x86"
+IUSE="debug hardened"
+REQUIRED_USE="
+	arm? ( savedconfig )
+	hppa? ( savedconfig )
+	sparc? ( savedconfig )
+"
+
+BDEPEND="
+	debug? ( dev-util/pahole )
+	verify-sig? ( >=sec-keys/openpgp-keys-kernel-20250702 )
+"
+PDEPEND="
+	>=virtual/dist-kernel-${PV}
+"
+
+QA_FLAGS_IGNORED="
+	usr/src/linux-.*/scripts/gcc-plugins/.*.so
+	usr/src/linux-.*/vmlinux
+	usr/src/linux-.*/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.*/vdso.*.so.dbg
+"
+
+VERIFY_SIG_OPENPGP_KEY_PATH=/usr/share/openpgp-keys/kernel.org.asc
+
+src_unpack() {
+	if use verify-sig; then
+		cd "${DISTDIR}" || die
+		verify-sig_verify_signed_checksums \
+			"linux-$(ver_cut 1).x-sha256sums-${SHA256SUM_DATE}.asc" \
+			sha256 "${BASE_P}.tar.xz patch-${PV}.xz"
+		cd "${WORKDIR}" || die
+	fi
+
+	default
+}
+
+src_prepare() {
+	eapply "${WORKDIR}/patch-${PV}"
+	default
+
+	local biendian=false
+
+	# prepare the default config
+	case ${ARCH} in
+		arm | hppa | loong | sparc)
+			> .config || die
+		;;
+		amd64)
+			cp "${DISTDIR}/kernel-x86_64-fedora.config.${CONFIG_VER}" .config || die
+			;;
+		arm64)
+			cp "${DISTDIR}/kernel-aarch64-fedora.config.${CONFIG_VER}" .config || die
+			biendian=true
+			;;
+		ppc)
+			# assume powermac/powerbook defconfig
+			# we still package.use.force savedconfig
+			cp "${WORKDIR}/${BASE_P}/arch/powerpc/configs/pmac32_defconfig" .config || die
+			;;
+		ppc64)
+			cp "${DISTDIR}/kernel-ppc64le-fedora.config.${CONFIG_VER}" .config || die
+			biendian=true
+			;;
+		x86)
+			cp "${DISTDIR}/kernel-i686-fedora.config.${CONFIG_VER}" .config || die
+			;;
+		*)
+			die "Unsupported arch ${ARCH}"
+			;;
+	esac
+
+	local myversion="-dist"
+	use hardened && myversion+="-hardened"
+	echo "CONFIG_LOCALVERSION=\"${myversion}\"" > "${T}"/version.config || die
+	local dist_conf_path="${WORKDIR}/gentoo-kernel-config-${GENTOO_CONFIG_VER}"
+
+	local merge_configs=(
+		"${T}"/version.config
+		"${dist_conf_path}"/base.config
+		"${dist_conf_path}"/6.12+.config
+	)
+	use debug || merge_configs+=(
+		"${dist_conf_path}"/no-debug.config
+	)
+	if use hardened; then
+		merge_configs+=( "${dist_conf_path}"/hardened-base.config )
+
+		tc-is-gcc && merge_configs+=( "${dist_conf_path}"/hardened-gcc-plugins.config )
+
+		if [[ -f "${dist_conf_path}/hardened-${ARCH}.config" ]]; then
+			merge_configs+=( "${dist_conf_path}/hardened-${ARCH}.config" )
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	# this covers ppc64 and aarch64_be only for now
+	if [[ ${biendian} == true && $(tc-endian) == big ]]; then
+		merge_configs+=( "${dist_conf_path}/big-endian.config" )
+	fi
+
+	use secureboot && merge_configs+=(
+		"${dist_conf_path}/secureboot.config"
+		"${dist_conf_path}/zboot.config"
+	)
+
+	kernel-build_merge_configs "${merge_configs[@]}"
+}