diff --git a/app-containers/earthly/Manifest b/app-containers/earthly/Manifest
index c7c361bef9d7c..885785f11ed87 100644
--- a/app-containers/earthly/Manifest
+++ b/app-containers/earthly/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST earthly-0.8.15-deps.tar.xz 163782812 BLAKE2B 09a9cb196206e787a48c2c2082a066a31c0bd8dba8785e379bfb86ac56ccf4f8eb34195c8577b866bc1153657008e4fae142eb7a6e21d2791fe92e9cdfa76e2d SHA512 65afc0bd89b6a54bb3e4cc4d7f39522eddbb79266b25afb33ffc3c6571b57952bc2ceafe00ce196098d1c4185ab2672f8a80d9ecd4d6d07dc06a18ba39da3941
 DIST earthly-0.8.15.tar.gz 8102499 BLAKE2B 92793722206ab8c2d5bb097f7da40392d1ed1f3399797bc217dab7fcc0f305cc91f5e9f8b997b6e5e187f25c0f1109d8aba2294fb79d4b3f26d6660d36827d5c SHA512 0d98f716a2e2a6cb522abb42894f6356c12ac2e398382207db08d204dc951f65c7be04be7473e060c30a052768c4b2b7e9273d206b4252fec26975e6e166ae2a
+DIST earthly-0.8.16.gh.tar.gz 8264195 BLAKE2B 595fe686fdd8d56ea32909f7d8c8417b234ab65a16d42a4bf30f367a87363e3c61d2e555b99444c42eea3e5ae8b1bca2198ff5c4954ee5319776507ac099d77a SHA512 bb27e941f1afb12c4c6808ff11d18f1a784899d7904070ae8f7110a2e53b9e9a70b28f7ade687a864a46a8043f144862601e89fdd7e72f9ba3d1c3532cc66049
diff --git a/app-containers/earthly/earthly-0.8.16.ebuild b/app-containers/earthly/earthly-0.8.16.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7a62172fc8416
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-containers/earthly/earthly-0.8.16.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+# Git commit SHA is needed at runtime by earthly to pull and bootstrap images.
+if [[ "${PV}" == "0.8.16" ]] ; then
+	COMMIT_SHA="c48905267920d5599e849e8e043f801c6baab94a"
+else
+	die 'Could not detect "COMMIT_SHA", please update the ebuild.'
+fi
+
+inherit go-module
+
+DESCRIPTION="Build automation tool that executes in containers"
+HOMEPAGE="https://earthly.dev/
+	https://github.com/earthly/earthly/"
+SRC_URI="
+	https://github.com/${PN}/${PN}/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz
+		-> ${P}.gh.tar.gz
+	https://dev.gentoo.org/~xgqt/distfiles/deps/${PN}-0.8.15-deps.tar.xz
+"
+
+LICENSE="MPL-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	|| (
+		app-containers/docker
+		app-containers/podman
+	)
+"
+
+DOCS=( CHANGELOG.md CONTRIBUTING.md README.md )
+
+src_compile() {
+	local -r go_tags="dfrunmount,dfrunsecurity,dfsecrets,dfssh,dfrunnetwork,dfheredoc,forceposix"
+	local -r go_ldflags="
+		-X main.DefaultBuildkitdImage=docker.io/earthly/buildkitd:v${PV}
+		-X main.GitSha=${COMMIT_SHA}
+		-X main.Version=v${PV}
+	"
+	local -a -r go_buildargs=(
+		-tags "${go_tags}"
+		-ldflags "${go_ldflags}"
+		-o ./bin/
+	)
+	ego build "${go_buildargs[@]}" ./cmd/...
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	exeinto /usr/bin
+	doexe bin/earthly
+	newexe bin/debugger earthly-debugger
+
+	einstalldocs
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	if has_version "app-containers/podman" ; then
+		ewarn "Podman is supported but not recommended."
+		ewarn "If issues arise, then please try running earthly with docker."
+	fi
+
+	if has_version "app-containers/podman[rootless]" ; then
+		ewarn "Running podman in rootless mode is not supported because"
+		ewarn "earthly/dind and earthly/buildkit require privileged access."
+		ewarn "For more info see: https://docs.earthly.dev/docs/guides/podman/"
+	fi
+}