diff --git a/x11-misc/i3status/Manifest b/x11-misc/i3status/Manifest
index 3b335da31c78..c558db82e876 100644
--- a/x11-misc/i3status/Manifest
+++ b/x11-misc/i3status/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST i3status-2.14.tar.xz 68900 BLAKE2B e85019c2a95d50b6bd4adc6bc9dafb85c3a3d8cdaa93602a9c2af54e6818a4e58ad26f47e2c85b38744c12c08f52c4b5c1216e6f3215f8ee2f4152b42a547905 SHA512 10a1235cc314f5fc4dde4e1369a30f49118c95271f636c5803caa52d94d99ad8565b89fcd602d0c8aa7c830a79d3a3bb08e5ac8123cf07cfddc8ef0126b10f80
+DIST i3status-2.15.tar.xz 70220 BLAKE2B 4c46e0f9f6cf28f4cbe24034c1d604699fc73ba8c8e0e8b6386e324b877d7c80cb127c8f951da657a63c5fb12a70bab262bd7aba76ff19900329aa3eeaa83928 SHA512 fc099abb6740a4989a1797bc298e57ed0c824598a3fac50d497060af53079a9d350bfc7748e75fa4194db05d3373254a03e94611f0a97a2ffe62cc023b2a2260
diff --git a/x11-misc/i3status/i3status-2.15.ebuild b/x11-misc/i3status/i3status-2.15.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8cde4e8ea6da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11-misc/i3status/i3status-2.15.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit fcaps meson
+
+DESCRIPTION="Generates a status bar for dzen2, xmobar or similar"
+HOMEPAGE="https://i3wm.org/i3status/"
+SRC_URI="https://i3wm.org/${PN}/${P}.tar.xz"
+
+LICENSE="BSD"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~riscv ~x86"
+IUSE="pulseaudio"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-libs/yajl-2.0.2:=
+	dev-libs/confuse:=
+	dev-libs/libnl:3
+	media-libs/alsa-lib
+	pulseaudio? ( || ( media-libs/libpulse media-sound/apulse[sdk] ) )
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+
+	# Needs an ALSA master device, bug #840622
+	# Also skipped in CI:
+	# https://github.com/i3/i3status/blob/07ad5aef2deea1f10eb6c544593e7a87205f24f8/.github/workflows/main.yml#L34
+	rm -rf testcases/020-percentliteral-volume || die
+
+	if use elibc_musl; then
+		# musl errors out when a bad format string is used ("% % ")
+		rm -rf testcases/020-percentliteral-time || die
+	fi
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	local emesonargs=(
+		$(meson_use pulseaudio pulseaudio)
+		-Ddocs=false # dist tarball includes prebuilt docs
+		-Dmans=false # dist tarball includes prebuilt manpages
+	)
+	meson_src_configure
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	fcaps cap_net_admin usr/bin/${PN}
+
+	elog "${PN} can be used with any of the following programs:"
+	elog "   i3bar (x11-wm/i3)"
+	elog "   x11-misc/xmobar"
+	elog "   x11-misc/dzen"
+	elog "Please refer to manual: man ${PN}"
+}