diff --git a/dev-java/tomcat-native/Manifest b/dev-java/tomcat-native/Manifest
index 7657fc99e3109..0172c7d514617 100644
--- a/dev-java/tomcat-native/Manifest
+++ b/dev-java/tomcat-native/Manifest
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ DIST tomcat-native-1.3.9-src.tar.gz 357674 BLAKE2B 0df3172d4eea05c0340c4fc820a79
 DIST tomcat-native-1.3.9-src.tar.gz.asc 833 BLAKE2B 40c681b61dcf928c380b29671ce61eb6c24cdb7155bb6b16845d72edae39035e6e80660755d5718fe1e8ddef0d8d76a1ae5863278ad2f69cd1868aaaf67023b5 SHA512 a70e063b4f6fb377f6f9be47821eb4cda0d177bdbbf6caf1398c224e02cdb4639a95a12c4f4014859e59d8f6175c659cd7de53f7efb585cc97c6995e80d97fba
 DIST tomcat-native-2.0.15-src.tar.gz 476797 BLAKE2B 08136de22b018abf5f531f52a8a9a75c8578ff477b4332b131842e3a47ae566c3e3b7cf92fa172ec8b19abcbe9e2a70b3f0f5517e00e78f1b58308a7095ab7ae SHA512 a0b53890c36c3409e764895cfc521cdbbc49af4d03968f5d3ed72ba686524a05bd15c3f7ab8259fbab091547ecbc2fb7aae8f47d8bc38027db0f6a5dbda65004
 DIST tomcat-native-2.0.15-src.tar.gz.asc 833 BLAKE2B d5bf8356f8821a8cadbd0fb61b563777832e0b214016214ab2beb732736be851c125c0d8a3388e93431f8942538743e82b6e11304252b315b2791184e4318137 SHA512 eb3f14786323a01cfcd27174e246f293dab726e7514309a58334ac65a1685c1385eef03eb03dd83091b84ca2145dea79c3fd198600224bf0e6ac369e08f8805c
+DIST tomcat-native-2.0.16-src.tar.gz 471965 BLAKE2B 1c9c789a97d4d6530ca80611ef77bbfb82104a82ef831ea31faf03dc17c1eb5c59ea95b407806e49dfbad0c87ef0a60d4adfa2192f39603f84465712e3368ba0 SHA512 a38713bfd18a0e6cab9cfb8cacb694fecb6790c13ff495a56ca804f8c9fe2e521356e4eeeef1e2c9967a5f36618779dc321adf65a069676290cf493d6222fbb9
+DIST tomcat-native-2.0.16-src.tar.gz.asc 833 BLAKE2B 1af9d1aed99576f2fbe125fd1a448e90c17244d28523105bca1397eed3a3d00ee98c3407c577383a023f3070f1f4e2d26a6966f82cec948f746c17153307a9a2 SHA512 97c05e95359cd926586785bbd58dd716b08a3187267c9747cc2ad63b35ad0ad18ef748aa4d6f51d7957abe94d430a3ee3621a051500ef5fa03dc2bf75a6acb3b
diff --git a/dev-java/tomcat-native/tomcat-native-2.0.16.ebuild b/dev-java/tomcat-native/tomcat-native-2.0.16.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a9f85443a758f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-java/tomcat-native/tomcat-native-2.0.16.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=9
+
+JAVA_PKG_IUSE="doc source test"
+JAVA_TESTING_FRAMEWORKS="junit-4"
+
+inherit java-pkg-2 java-pkg-simple verify-sig
+
+DESCRIPTION="Allows Tomcat to use certain native resources for better performance"
+HOMEPAGE="https://tomcat.apache.org/native-doc/"
+SRC_URI="mirror://apache/tomcat/tomcat-connectors/native/${PV}/source/${P}-src.tar.gz
+	verify-sig? ( mirror://apache/tomcat/tomcat-connectors/native/${PV}/source/${P}-src.tar.gz.asc )"
+S=${WORKDIR}/${P}-src/native
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="2"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+IUSE="static-libs"
+
+BDEPEND="verify-sig? ( ~sec-keys/openpgp-keys-apache-tomcat-11 )"
+DEPEND=">=virtual/jdk-17:*"	#958655
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-libs/apr:1=
+	>=dev-libs/openssl-3.5.8:0/3
+	>=virtual/jre-1.8:*
+"
+
+JAVA_RESOURCE_DIRS="../resources"
+JAVA_SRC_DIR="../java"
+JAVA_TEST_GENTOO_CLASSPATH="junit-4"
+JAVA_TEST_SRC_DIR="../test"
+VERIFY_SIG_OPENPGP_KEY_PATH="/usr/share/openpgp-keys/tomcat-11.apache.org.asc"
+
+DOCS=( ../{CHANGELOG.txt,NOTICE,README.txt} )
+
+src_prepare() {
+	java-pkg-2_src_prepare
+	mkdir -p "${JAVA_RESOURCE_DIRS}/META-INF" || die
+	sed -ne '/attribute name/s:^.*name="\(.*\)" value="\(.*\)".*$:\1\: \2:p' \
+		../build.xml |
+		sed "s:\${version}:${PV}:" \
+		> "${JAVA_RESOURCE_DIRS}/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF" || die
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	local myeconfargs=(
+		--with-apr="${EPREFIX}"/usr/bin/apr-1-config
+		--with-ssl="${EPREFIX}"/usr
+	)
+	econf "${myeconfargs[@]}"
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	java-pkg-simple_src_compile
+	default
+}
+
+src_test() {
+	# WARNING: A restricted method in java.lang.System has been called
+	# WARNING: Restricted methods will be blocked in a future release unless native access is enabled
+	JAVA_TEST_EXTRA_ARGS=(
+		-Djava.library.path=".libs"
+		--enable-native-access=ALL-UNNAMED
+	)
+	java-pkg-simple_src_test
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	java-pkg-simple_src_install
+	java-pkg_doso .libs/*.so*
+	dodoc -r ../docs
+	! use static-libs && find "${D}" -name '*.la' -delete || die
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	elog "For more information, please visit"
+	elog "https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-9.0-doc/apr.html"
+}