diff --git a/dev-python/starlette/Manifest b/dev-python/starlette/Manifest
index b145e0a29fb35..4ac4309db54bc 100644
--- a/dev-python/starlette/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/starlette/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
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 DIST starlette-1.4.1.gh.tar.gz 2712399 BLAKE2B 8794cb53e4aae60f38471933ac5b7f3af8fa88aa0f155e48803f44b04a8d5f19e341cd21397649b860c967ef654d6ca26b74bb521d66592a2f0af6d953c759f4 SHA512 6be55442142eb60906369636a843b98cf6a1291554014af06206f5d7f8d3a2f9339a24645de1d2ceb70cb7cd06edc76255140fe4a59f2c698d8e7091654c3083
+DIST starlette-1.6.0.gh.tar.gz 2720742 BLAKE2B d8e72166045fdafdced1367b2f42ca4117c891577b9b0008590bd62b2d32a61eecf00f406c510511602a88d72908cb94ec3b6bb63f03027b99e7c31ab5b2a9cc SHA512 b415a5fde7572a1ee1965c7fdaeb0cb5a9b5f7ab8471f3085de730141f531302e7eb0fb61546c65af54f7d8a7a5a49ff2e2f03b544b99358dcaa499082b5d3bd
diff --git a/dev-python/starlette/starlette-1.6.0.ebuild b/dev-python/starlette/starlette-1.6.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..868fa078213a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/starlette/starlette-1.6.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=hatchling
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{12..15} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+MY_P=${P/_p/.post}
+DESCRIPTION="The little ASGI framework that shines"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://www.starlette.io/
+	https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/
+	https://pypi.org/project/starlette/
+"
+# no docs or tests in sdist, as of 0.27.0
+SRC_URI="
+	https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/archive/${PV/_p/.post}.tar.gz
+		-> ${MY_P}.gh.tar.gz
+"
+S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}
+
+LICENSE="BSD"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
+
+# TODO: default to httpx2? add some flags?
+RDEPEND="
+	<dev-python/anyio-5[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/anyio-3.6.2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	<dev-python/httpx-0.29[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/httpx-0.22.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/itsdangerous[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/jinja2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/python-multipart-0.0.18[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/pyyaml[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	$(python_gen_cond_dep '
+		>=dev-python/typing-extensions-3.10.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	' 3.11)
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	test? (
+		>=dev-python/pytest-8[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/httpx2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/trio[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=( anyio )
+: ${EPYTEST_TIMEOUT:-180}
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+EPYTEST_IGNORE=(
+	# Unpackaged 'databases' dependency
+	tests/test_database.py
+)