diff --git a/x11-misc/i3lock/Manifest b/x11-misc/i3lock/Manifest
index 3ed401135cf9a..c6b5499e45d97 100644
--- a/x11-misc/i3lock/Manifest
+++ b/x11-misc/i3lock/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST i3lock-2.15.tar.xz 29100 BLAKE2B e84622e34a54681e162a3012c21fea4cc8b93a66e466647d65cc85f1a874d2be4d9988d54db74165b3dd1eccca1ca257a74b64ddbce08d681c9fc1c78701ee88 SHA512 6079f5233c0820c6e38f3cd8f3732d585e95e7d670408e4fb18ab580a2e1face8f3d6ea13eaaeedc8671f74def917183667e736b35306bf7c630d40625b41ac2
+DIST i3lock-2.16.tar.xz 29932 BLAKE2B 4a445435c07fb61a6b147a3cc6170f62b5a222733dbc4990c9523b135704de895c0686dbbe8a03d350a99ffadb69de2245a677fd3bee9287a422c4351fbab6e6 SHA512 f5d4db5f1cb23fa2599701c625da3ecd7cceb521e28f4d8401b3c35e05adb5dca3e8061e82a68cd33170d1cc8585acf19c5409e5bf8b7fa207e108d97ed68138
diff --git a/x11-misc/i3lock/i3lock-2.16.ebuild b/x11-misc/i3lock/i3lock-2.16.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..341b43461ab32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11-misc/i3lock/i3lock-2.16.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit meson
+
+DESCRIPTION="Simple screen locker"
+HOMEPAGE="https://i3wm.org/i3lock/"
+SRC_URI="https://i3wm.org/${PN}/${P}.tar.xz"
+
+LICENSE="BSD"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-libs/libev
+	sys-libs/pam
+	x11-libs/cairo[X,xcb(+)]
+	x11-libs/libxcb
+	x11-libs/libxkbcommon[X]
+	x11-libs/xcb-util
+	x11-libs/xcb-util-image
+	x11-libs/xcb-util-xrm"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+
+	sed -i -e 's:login:system-auth:g' pam/${PN} || die
+}