diff --git a/dev-libs/level-zero/Manifest b/dev-libs/level-zero/Manifest
index 642322bc4e0e..24ff5a36cee0 100644
--- a/dev-libs/level-zero/Manifest
+++ b/dev-libs/level-zero/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 DIST level-zero-1.24.2.tar.gz 1122743 BLAKE2B 973c15875011e6f0d41f5c1c4dc244518f565b8993481620febd7e60f6147dcd44b020110c76676205eb9ec37a6678024829f1ba3736ee5b8741e0cbab5d5503 SHA512 77b45561a66aaeb6234eb46624c6caa444883210f111c24db6bd8c1c234f168667cd097c3b9b23d91409893673f490d4d4a872569078089aaf52f424dcfa5c2c
 DIST level-zero-1.24.3.tar.gz 1132862 BLAKE2B 1baa8f932bf58348822ca5678e32aa554c3108988098d09b8b4958b983c40abd1291b57a28a874f6e1d1e5f8dd8f04ae83891c317c422c68d5dcf5f2afbf9aca SHA512 8813f763e949001b3bf5b53f9d211563a4910bdbabda643460b6fbd51ec6970612e4109909368c90d469ebf63c4d222c3e92c6a26fcb78299eaf85fd047d5087
 DIST level-zero-1.26.0.tar.gz 1174465 BLAKE2B 57f2e5be979a513f56157f83df2c513a29692645e8a4edad1fa869fd56381b38ec38b91493e1cd1523cbef81ced5b896a6f1473464f266649a057654c69a271e SHA512 d7ef6ee4fb1f22b4ce401676996b17999b5bee58b1716c3cf2adf136a8aa62f1ab8019272f97edb7edd0a982bc43e8450bc8e056c5f89ba309bb3e9c4e9b15f4
+DIST level-zero-1.26.1.tar.gz 1174504 BLAKE2B eba11547db784f5465981e7d2f172c345a7fa5e83c3a61a813a6b610a7fe39b7d4d66f2f73c513c7a883986cb95f1989a74f58b5a49e96ced7b3bcf7df137a6b SHA512 d79701d2608353b4d3791be5ed67e9055fbd7cd7ba8ac76b50b0178bc455fc6ce7ec97d30a144cf81d17ca9ed3e72dd9a7d6e77521084228807b1bec9d027b2f
diff --git a/dev-libs/level-zero/level-zero-1.26.1.ebuild b/dev-libs/level-zero/level-zero-1.26.1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..229e164330db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/level-zero/level-zero-1.26.1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit cmake
+
+DESCRIPTION="oneAPI Level Zero headers, loader and validation layer"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/oneapi-src/level-zero"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/oneapi-src/${PN}/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0/${PV}"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+
+RDEPEND="dev-libs/spdlog:="
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	# Don't hardcore -Werror
+	sed -e 's/-Werror//g' -e '/CMAKE_COMPILE_WARNING_AS_ERROR/ s/ON/OFF/' -i CMakeLists.txt || die
+
+	cmake_src_prepare
+
+	# According to upstream, release tarballs should contain this file but at least
+	# some of them do not. Fortunately it is trivial to make one ourselves.
+	echo "$(ver_cut 3)" > "${S}"/VERSION_PATCH || die
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		-DSYSTEM_SPDLOG="ON"
+	)
+
+	cmake_src_configure
+}