diff --git a/app-misc/zellij/Manifest b/app-misc/zellij/Manifest
index c83d2498a1fbd..691e9d7ef5c5e 100644
--- a/app-misc/zellij/Manifest
+++ b/app-misc/zellij/Manifest
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ DIST zellij-0.44.3-crates.tar.xz 46609636 BLAKE2B 7a7fefc95e9780aea5db5d2bfac646
 DIST zellij-0.44.3.gh.tar.gz 13340102 BLAKE2B 6e190af6006275b2404b8cba8306916198e33d839024b5273596a32bcc04f30722228f0e9b2a773bbe3c031d155e5173d05ecea1ad3905fad5eeb6d0dbb877ae SHA512 5b5f14f8ed6ae9aea962e163b05504b8f999f004ddbf61f7ed789670e234d829b86d000385aec052d73097cbe0dfb23cff6beb191c7291b525b6e9f52f908863
 DIST zellij-0.45.0-crates.tar.xz 47563744 BLAKE2B 5175c1d0640f4cff4be27f18703e383f6586dfd53c75daea395f4e1d7f65cf840f80ab59bd8ddae7d582d0ba243f92d3371f6b6b2b5a4f98fffaefec2e2e6a91 SHA512 3423a1db44162ab825b1a22bf61fafaea1cd4424dcaee33e837348c8987e8cf9892d930431ae69dc79f2fbae31807bac1e2b1b1cc2cc7ddc393a217f2a2d3a1b
 DIST zellij-0.45.0.gh.tar.gz 13034224 BLAKE2B 5e73cb160503ab9fefddf6d81d358f837c50f038c6571e4bcb77dfc9f86817b74543baadeef4ed1bb044b2ddb2a0ea7ef7cae2878e5d57f962f97d0ada78662f SHA512 09d7de6550b0826a7f925ec5ec28dab601beaad78a627d1c074f7141eb30d13948e173f13acfbe5000d99479d22efed08b35f342bb87809526b4f1a26e7752cd
+DIST zellij-0.45.1-crates.tar.xz 47563744 BLAKE2B 5175c1d0640f4cff4be27f18703e383f6586dfd53c75daea395f4e1d7f65cf840f80ab59bd8ddae7d582d0ba243f92d3371f6b6b2b5a4f98fffaefec2e2e6a91 SHA512 3423a1db44162ab825b1a22bf61fafaea1cd4424dcaee33e837348c8987e8cf9892d930431ae69dc79f2fbae31807bac1e2b1b1cc2cc7ddc393a217f2a2d3a1b
+DIST zellij-0.45.1.gh.tar.gz 13054485 BLAKE2B 24714e84330e478265ba76a0a69f133b18f5f789ae6f690bb11dcce090e56e86447be96834bb7684a2ef95515aea8bce13a0bc94984aeba7987cddc8a0a4d8f3 SHA512 1fa550fe243d8b18a87ff1983631a9a76eb9dde9d1d2c59f0aa6e1bb8b1a677168c469e143de7cc4fcc9ff3a0799c1dc566553ed74bcadab345282b81c105fc8
diff --git a/app-misc/zellij/zellij-0.45.1.ebuild b/app-misc/zellij/zellij-0.45.1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5d55342f8669f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-misc/zellij/zellij-0.45.1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+# Copyright 2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+RUST_MIN_VER="1.95.0"
+
+CRATES="
+"
+
+inherit cargo desktop shell-completion xdg
+
+DESCRIPTION="A terminal workspace with batteries included"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://zellij.dev/
+	https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij
+"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/zellij-org/${PN}/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.gh.tar.gz"
+SRC_URI+=" https://github.com/gentoo-crate-dist/zellij/releases/download/v${PV}/${P}-crates.tar.xz"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+# Dependent crate licenses
+LICENSE+="
+	0BSD Apache-2.0 Apache-2.0-with-LLVM-exceptions BSD CC0-1.0 ISC MIT
+	MPL-2.0 Unicode-3.0 ZLIB
+"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~riscv"
+IUSE="system-sqlite"
+
+# libnghttp2 still bundled
+# https://github.com/alexcrichton/nghttp2-rs/pull/5
+RDEPEND="
+	system-sqlite? ( >=dev-db/sqlite-3.45.3:3 )
+	net-misc/curl
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+BDEPEND="
+	virtual/pkgconfig
+"
+
+# rust does not use *FLAGS from make.conf, silence portage warning
+# update with proper path to binaries this crate installs, omit leading /
+QA_FLAGS_IGNORED="usr/bin/${PN}"
+QA_PRESTRIPPED="usr/bin/${PN}"
+
+DOCS=(
+	CHANGELOG.md
+	CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
+	CONTRIBUTING.md
+	GOVERNANCE.md
+	README.md
+	docs/
+)
+
+pkg_setup() {
+	# libsqlite3-sys https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Rust/sys_crates
+	use system-sqlite && export LIBSQLITE3_SYS_USE_PKG_CONFIG=1
+	rust_pkg_setup
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	local myfeatures=(
+		plugins_from_target
+		web_server_capability
+	)
+	# disable vendored_curl
+	cargo_src_configure --no-default-features
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	cargo_src_compile
+	pushd ${PN}-utils 2>/dev/null || die
+	cargo_src_compile
+	popd 2>/dev/null || die
+
+	"$(cargo_target_dir)"/zellij setup --generate-completion bash > zellij.bash || die
+	"$(cargo_target_dir)"/zellij setup --generate-completion fish > zellij.fish || die
+	"$(cargo_target_dir)"/zellij setup --generate-completion zsh > zellij.zsh || die
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	cargo_src_install
+
+	dodoc example/*.*
+
+	insinto /usr/share/zellij
+	doins -r example/{themes,layouts}
+	doins -r ${PN}-utils/assets/{layouts,plugins,config,shell} \
+		${PN}-utils/assets/README.md
+
+	domenu assets/zellij.desktop
+	newicon assets/logo.png zellij.png
+
+	newbashcomp zellij.bash zellij
+	newfishcomp zellij.fish zellij.fish
+	newzshcomp zellij.zsh _zellij
+}