diff --git a/app-misc/hello/Manifest b/app-misc/hello/Manifest
index 4066ee3626a73..102ccdaea46b1 100644
--- a/app-misc/hello/Manifest
+++ b/app-misc/hello/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+DIST hello-2.12.2.tar.gz 1168515 BLAKE2B 6a9ed9b5975d588864e32d70e061de696e7eb270ad009e0dbc005084647c1bb9922131015131a3b7d1f91ae27a1053066fdaa2734d55a50e90dbc50a0d8d510c SHA512 42e0630f7ed18e0882ca51e883f46f63bf5c2eb1aeb972fef31d2c123b133dc7f2f7bd94da29c4c8e33642a08ced823ca0ff548d4feeeb8c4b2e8ef5a21a0dc3
 DIST hello-2.12.tar.gz 1017723 BLAKE2B 62a977d27c3e9a2a3d3998bf4f9b1dd8323d88a603138a80ad423d51493f9c99bed418dfc64ee55c23587d727865bf149affed6fe40b782d8ca9384346ba6414 SHA512 e22ff0733162d30e0daaf53c5b5663ab5ddb1cccbdac94591ac2abb53aa5e113141211596fa49706b7dcfdf3fbb96130c4326b1307dca0427b1768fe0ccf9fec
diff --git a/app-misc/hello/hello-2.12.2.ebuild b/app-misc/hello/hello-2.12.2.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d20e09b9a2859
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-misc/hello/hello-2.12.2.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DESCRIPTION="GNU \"Hello, world\" application"
+HOMEPAGE="https://www.gnu.org/software/hello/"
+SRC_URI="mirror://gnu/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="FDL-1.3+ GPL-3+"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
+IUSE="nls"
+
+DOCS=( AUTHORS ChangeLog{,.O} NEWS README THANKS )
+
+src_configure() {
+	econf $(use_enable nls)
+}