diff --git a/dev-libs/libxlsxwriter/Manifest b/dev-libs/libxlsxwriter/Manifest
index 329abcd961b9e..ede5af67287cd 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libxlsxwriter/Manifest
+++ b/dev-libs/libxlsxwriter/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST libxlsxwriter-1.1.5.tar.gz 21541446 BLAKE2B f9e2fde83bde852b4568b8ce82a28ad75e6e8d1ca6f3683ac2308d28707e7e4874facf8eac2ce9b4b9fdcc96d8b775dd69eefb2f976f564323a278a3dad032d0 SHA512 bd7db0fcf25ebf492b4d8f7da8fdb6cc79400d7d0fa5856ddae259cb24817034fc97d4828cbde42434f41198dcfb6732ac63c756abd962689f4249ca64bf19c6
+DIST libxlsxwriter-1.1.6.tar.gz 21583760 BLAKE2B 02e240001cce1521261a424a54655896d15bd065f89c2762ce93f87a3f7c7d85426b826ed12334f020f862dd1b5be8dc890b6439669a344bd24ffdd2c4e87c05 SHA512 421d7a5f9f3584873ff7596abb36815f012dcb59c57fff1a311d2e15474ebaf07dbd461a6bdc42ce5db5e60acf73544c119adc64ede59a8de4d041846f22f998
diff --git a/dev-libs/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter-1.1.6.ebuild b/dev-libs/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter-1.1.6.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3e92b422d5695
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter-1.1.6.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit cmake plocale
+
+DESCRIPTION="C library for creating Excel XLSX files"
+HOMEPAGE="https://libxlsxwriter.github.io/ https://github.com/jmcnamara/libxlsxwriter"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/jmcnamara/libxlsxwriter/archive/RELEASE_${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-RELEASE_${PV}"
+
+LICENSE="BSD-2"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~x86"
+IUSE="openssl test"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+DEPEND="
+	sys-libs/zlib[minizip]
+	openssl? ( dev-libs/openssl:= )
+"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+# pytest gets invoked directly
+BDEPEND="
+	test? ( dev-python/pytest )
+"
+
+src_configure() {
+	DOUBLEFUNCTION=OFF
+	for x in $(plocale_get_locales); do
+		if ! [[ "${x}" =~ ^en* ]]; then
+			#non-english locale detected; apply double function fix
+			DOUBLEFUNCTION=ON
+			break
+		fi
+	done
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+		-DBUILD_TESTS="$(usex test)"
+		-DUSE_OPENSSL_MD5="$(usex openssl)"
+		-DUSE_SYSTEM_MINIZIP=ON
+		-DUSE_DTOA_LIBRARY=${DOUBLEFUNCTION}
+	)
+	cmake_src_configure
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	cmake_src_install
+	dodoc CONTRIBUTING.md License.txt Readme.md Changes.txt
+	dodoc -r docs examples
+}