diff --git a/sys-cluster/virtctl/Manifest b/sys-cluster/virtctl/Manifest
index ce0c39f07a9af..e74c250d07abc 100644
--- a/sys-cluster/virtctl/Manifest
+++ b/sys-cluster/virtctl/Manifest
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ DIST kubevirt-1.5.1-deps.tar.xz 179796112 BLAKE2B decb12267133f15a13e68bde57cde3
 DIST kubevirt-1.5.1.tar.gz 18331998 BLAKE2B 826126f28c7f4148fc01132d67fabc7fa71afa8602ea7f895b6370a7c724ea0f1918c07ffbc8e82ec1e1ae738596c69824154ea260252b9a5db15922282c3d6a SHA512 4921639938dd2263d8a5ea4eef5f5ccb0efcf30a39d494622405d5b4503e34729a95ad44607874707e489f105c56217fb2b02ce23ff58020b0a0db9c8ec49803
 DIST kubevirt-1.6.0-deps.tar.xz 957303704 BLAKE2B e5a472629e2e8ec1fd2ab0f8eaab64f5ed944787d049937618ad100394a6b90f8ec7f394c9729ee8462d89f4806ac8369dbbbfc8645f07232dbfe096304e7f85 SHA512 5d94c036f27f861f18b4add1cd9ba97fd642e3dfe60072d161d1c4ccb21e72ded2bba94922c2c63745f9942e9396e63ebb79af54e8e74fa9d29971ab3ec57e36
 DIST kubevirt-1.6.0.tar.gz 19374094 BLAKE2B b3d667ffe9a5912a3ab332ce24da6505d9f2dbe8f12ff95868aed02351fd15549bd931938811f4ae8ddd34f72e25d68fad7cb6252f4ecaaacd2b6858371e50e4 SHA512 2747ede923597ecfb6ee409431aac0f13fd03a409b5e89baf0fc4c574fff6c96014f70c21a10dea1967070b64b53519403f8f2f3a460806839dacaf5c7279236
+DIST kubevirt-1.6.2-deps.tar.xz 958149396 BLAKE2B 389d22a6eb3326ec6521897086dc92d35ee144b947913fee559ceac2fc853ca8b6aa512c4f8fe44cb39d4248a071633a95effd1687d094e43857b8f59d183fde SHA512 38f53cb34fe9bd40e6fff33583428a6922ddf23793e2a1cda61288d337523b8209eff369fbece8311281f6b5abe64640c9eb7fbf85872f7ab84a75aadcc91120
+DIST kubevirt-1.6.2.tar.gz 19328029 BLAKE2B 09b84904a1c61d54c08f9187360165b5ffd84f774cf758ba63d4c2dadec28b59aa2b3e95e5a1c70dda61e8ed6a90cf413c4bfcbf39e462ce0f25aaa09514e64a SHA512 175ac6a977c5a9a5da2e5bc114fff7ea21df26f7264372d4fe3cd6075db5eca46fa5724aeb9c6befc3d7ad734467b8446d801106d0b489dbf670467b83f89b6e
diff --git a/sys-cluster/virtctl/virtctl-1.6.2.ebuild b/sys-cluster/virtctl/virtctl-1.6.2.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a1dc16dd4b5f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-cluster/virtctl/virtctl-1.6.2.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# Copyright 2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit go-module optfeature shell-completion
+
+# git rev-parse HEAD
+MY_GIT_COMMIT="29fd465b6f916287f5ce5bcc263489f694f32553"
+
+MY_PN="kubevirt"
+MY_P="${MY_PN}-${PV}"
+
+DESCRIPTION="Control virtual machine related operations on your kubernetes cluster"
+HOMEPAGE="https://kubevirt.io https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/kubevirt/${MY_PN}/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${MY_P}.tar.gz"
+SRC_URI+=" https://dev.gentoo.org/~concord/distfiles/${MY_P}-deps.tar.xz"
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0 BSD-2 BSD ISC MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+
+RESTRICT="test"
+
+src_compile() {
+	ego build -o ./bin/virtctl -ldflags "
+		-X kubevirt.io/client-go/version.buildDate=$(date -u +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')
+		-X kubevirt.io/client-go/version.gitCommit=${MY_GIT_COMMIT}
+		-X kubevirt.io/client-go/version.gitTreeState=clean
+		-X kubevirt.io/client-go/version.gitVersion=v${PV}
+		" ./cmd/virtctl
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	dobin bin/virtctl
+
+	bin/virtctl completion bash >./virtctl.bash || die "Failed generating bash completions"
+	newbashcomp ./virtctl.bash virtctl
+
+	bin/virtctl completion zsh >./virtctl.zsh || die "Failed generating zsh completions"
+	newzshcomp ./virtctl.zsh _virtctl
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	optfeature "graphical console for use with VNC connections" app-emulation/virt-viewer
+}