diff --git a/dev-util/global/Manifest b/dev-util/global/Manifest
index 529e2143c33ca..d6b2127638fff 100644
--- a/dev-util/global/Manifest
+++ b/dev-util/global/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST global-6.6.14.tar.gz 3012014 BLAKE2B 92972098f0aa4ffa242725d1604138b6898ee4742aacb8334b84f1ad8970a77e374c08da05b38acd75b43f13bf828a4765106df2c3db5b67bea2c0de69466213 SHA512 295b58cdbce3aca1a1cb47f87f6127d31860e07ba6003810f418dd1eff2e389ac78bcdb131d18e48d935cd42351eee7c5474fc2ff3bcd783a48a4ef178e5cad6
+DIST global-6.6.15.tar.gz 3023804 BLAKE2B 5816f1fb3fba045320a3f14cfe21a49258c5f30a2f7203c475dd658acb55e3ffd538ebb815a0eef55ab0d6b61d005055205a0f5604850a0b64bd7985194981e8 SHA512 7ce0343dde953244a0a24637165803bf06aa80bbb9be856854bc7d36243c0729dc94aeadeda95ee1472fe46885ecc1acbb96140cedfbaf05631bf72d67e0b774
diff --git a/dev-util/global/global-6.6.15.ebuild b/dev-util/global/global-6.6.15.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1ea8470a6e404
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/global/global-6.6.15.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{12..14} )
+inherit autotools elisp-common flag-o-matic python-single-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Tag system to find an object location in various sources"
+HOMEPAGE="https://www.gnu.org/software/global/global.html"
+SRC_URI="mirror://gnu/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-3+"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~ppc ~x86"
+IUSE="doc emacs"
+REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	${PYTHON_DEPS}
+	dev-libs/libltdl
+	dev-db/sqlite
+	sys-libs/ncurses
+	$(python_gen_cond_dep '
+		dev-python/pygments[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	')
+	emacs? ( >=app-editors/emacs-23.1:* )
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+BDEPEND="
+	doc? (
+		app-text/texi2html
+		app-text/texlive-core
+		sys-apps/texinfo
+	)
+"
+
+SITEFILE="50gtags-gentoo.el"
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-6.2.9-tinfo.patch"
+)
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+	eautoreconf
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	# bug #943798
+	append-cflags -std=gnu17
+
+	local myeconfargs=(
+		--with-python-interpreter="${PYTHON}"
+		--with-sqlite3 # avoid using bundled copy
+		$(use_with emacs lispdir "${SITELISP}/${PN}")
+	)
+
+	econf "${myeconfargs[@]}"
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	if use doc; then
+		texi2pdf -q -o doc/global.pdf doc/global.texi || die
+		texi2html -o doc/global.html doc/global.texi || die
+	fi
+
+	if use emacs; then
+		elisp-compile *.el
+	fi
+
+	emake
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	default
+
+	rm -rf "${ED}"/var/lib || die
+
+	insinto /etc
+	doins gtags.conf
+
+	insinto /usr/share/vim/vimfiles/plugin
+	doins gtags.vim
+
+	if use emacs; then
+		elisp-install ${PN} *.{el,elc}
+		elisp-site-file-install "${FILESDIR}/${SITEFILE}"
+	fi
+
+	if use doc; then
+		# doc/global.pdf is generated if tex executable (e.g. /usr/bin/tex) is available.
+		[[ -f doc/global.pdf ]] && DOCS+=( doc/global.pdf )
+	fi
+
+	find "${ED}" -name '*.la' -type f -delete || die
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	use emacs && elisp-site-regen
+}
+
+pkg_postrm() {
+	use emacs && elisp-site-regen
+}