diff --git a/sys-libs/libseccomp/Manifest b/sys-libs/libseccomp/Manifest
index cb80334dbe3c9..22cf81e8df7d2 100644
--- a/sys-libs/libseccomp/Manifest
+++ b/sys-libs/libseccomp/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 DIST libseccomp-2.6.0.tar.gz 685655 BLAKE2B 45c4f4dd67db5848bb536613e8929633f95cfbeb8738525381a76631187e7b0fc2c02f1a103579cd0f4135e9c175250fe2d784b85cc85424ec3125b4dafcf11c SHA512 9039478656d9b670af2ff4cb67b6b1fa315821e59d2f82ba6247e988859ddc7e3d15fea159eccca161bf2890828bb62aa6ab4d6b7ff55f27a9d6bd9532eeee1b
 DIST libseccomp-2.6.0.tar.gz.asc 833 BLAKE2B 3bec3fc850bcd631018f152ee8a81d89ad3e7b15d91a559048400a07efe1b1787d1cdc1b056dca62bbf8134ad81ad1b4bf53f3230e24bf94a39296b2b1562e64 SHA512 973b69c58085a1567f860e621e3a197be02c0ca71dad664234418cf5c00c39767efd37a7c4016f1be5bd588262617b6603855262db2ee6f31bc16061bc130e0f
+DIST libseccomp-2.6.1.tar.gz 656231 BLAKE2B 05d9d1b584afa399f1f3cb8d27b659aabbbe66b639743ee48b186d44ee506a6399c84acb08ec216e0f26d15b94f6e37464dd4568327ac879e30a8a12615bc1f5 SHA512 468404874ee013177f048611a4fefef87f4ee01b83d991f8bf9026c8fdb8506badd613e0355ad8222c5a7f51162b6829de6d72fc53222a56e0e123d5e85f73c4
+DIST libseccomp-2.6.1.tar.gz.asc 833 BLAKE2B 911fd256dcbf00e6644c124a3f5a8613157ef64adc4d854be8ad555d6a1e0ceb881d634ab6d3dd29fbe01fbd168ba9e7119687c700653bff59af0e8bb350f32a SHA512 2ca5e1d4dac4d1394bd8518504ee9fa4febb269e3105270b7fe4091d4ae16b4a0003c8a64ef9b373d85728c2335ed826415cca1f55821a394fe6a7a7863ea60d
diff --git a/sys-libs/libseccomp/libseccomp-2.6.1.ebuild b/sys-libs/libseccomp/libseccomp-2.6.1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0f5bcd19bab56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-libs/libseccomp/libseccomp-2.6.1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_EXT=1
+DISTUTILS_OPTIONAL=1
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{12..15} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1 multilib-minimal multiprocessing
+
+DESCRIPTION="High level interface to Linux seccomp filter"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/seccomp/libseccomp"
+
+if [[ ${PV} == *9999 ]] ; then
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/seccomp/libseccomp.git"
+	PRERELEASE="2.6.0"
+	inherit autotools git-r3
+else
+	VERIFY_SIG_OPENPGP_KEY_PATH=/usr/share/openpgp-keys/libseccomp.asc
+	inherit verify-sig
+
+	SRC_URI="
+		https://github.com/seccomp/libseccomp/releases/download/v${PV}/${P}.tar.gz
+		verify-sig? ( https://github.com/seccomp/libseccomp/releases/download/v${PV}/${P}.tar.gz.asc )
+	"
+	KEYWORDS="-* ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~x86"
+
+	BDEPEND="verify-sig? ( sec-keys/openpgp-keys-libseccomp )"
+fi
+
+LICENSE="LGPL-2.1"
+SLOT="0"
+IUSE="python static-libs test"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+REQUIRED_USE="python? ( ${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE} )"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	python? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )
+"
+# We need newer kernel headers; we don't keep strict control of the exact
+# version here, just be safe and pull in the latest stable ones. bug #551248
+DEPEND="
+	${RDEPEND}
+	>=sys-kernel/linux-headers-5.15
+"
+BDEPEND+="
+	${DEPEND}
+	dev-util/gperf
+	python? (
+		${DISTUTILS_DEPS}
+		dev-python/cython[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+"
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}"/libseccomp-2.6.0-python-shared.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/libseccomp-2.5.3-skip-valgrind.patch
+)
+
+src_unpack() {
+	if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]] ; then
+		git-r3_src_unpack
+		return
+	fi
+
+	if use verify-sig; then
+		verify-sig_verify_detached "${DISTDIR}"/${P}.tar.gz{,.asc}
+	fi
+
+	default
+}
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+
+	if [[ ${PV} == *9999 ]] ; then
+		sed -i -e "s/0.0.0/${PRERELEASE}/" configure.ac || die
+
+		eautoreconf
+	fi
+
+	# Silence noise when running Python tests
+	sed -i -e 's:$(pwd)/../src/python/build/lib\.\*:$(pwd):' tests/regression || die
+}
+
+multilib_src_configure() {
+	local myeconfargs=(
+		$(use_enable static-libs static)
+		--disable-python
+	)
+
+	ECONF_SOURCE="${S}" econf "${myeconfargs[@]}"
+}
+
+multilib_src_compile() {
+	emake
+
+	if multilib_is_native_abi && use python ; then
+		# setup.py expects libseccomp.so to live in "../.libs"
+		# Copy the python files to the right place for this.
+		rm -r "${BUILD_DIR}"/src/python || die
+		cp -r "${S}"/src/python "${BUILD_DIR}"/src/python || die
+		local -x CPPFLAGS="-I\"${BUILD_DIR}/include\" -I\"${S}/include\" ${CPPFLAGS}"
+
+		# setup.py reads VERSION_RELEASE from the environment
+		local -x VERSION_RELEASE=${PRERELEASE-${PV}}
+
+		pushd "${BUILD_DIR}/src/python" >/dev/null || die
+		distutils-r1_src_compile
+		popd >/dev/null || die
+	fi
+}
+
+multilib_src_test() {
+	local -x LIBSECCOMP_TSTCFG_JOBS="$(get_makeopts_jobs)"
+	emake -Onone check
+
+	if multilib_is_native_abi && use python ; then
+		distutils-r1_src_test
+	fi
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	local -x LIBSECCOMP_TSTCFG_MODE_LIST="python"
+
+	emake -Onone check
+}
+
+multilib_src_install() {
+	emake DESTDIR="${D}" install
+
+	if multilib_is_native_abi && use python ; then
+		distutils-r1_src_install
+	fi
+}
+
+multilib_src_install_all() {
+	find "${ED}" -type f -name "${PN}.la" -delete || die
+
+	einstalldocs
+}
diff --git a/sys-libs/libseccomp/libseccomp-9999.ebuild b/sys-libs/libseccomp/libseccomp-9999.ebuild
index 18774689a01fe..0f5bcd19bab56 100644
--- a/sys-libs/libseccomp/libseccomp-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-libs/libseccomp/libseccomp-9999.ebuild
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ EAPI=8
 DISTUTILS_EXT=1
 DISTUTILS_OPTIONAL=1
 DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{12..15} )
 
 inherit distutils-r1 multilib-minimal multiprocessing