diff --git a/sys-apps/openrc/Manifest b/sys-apps/openrc/Manifest
index af4b1945f8294..f43841d031c1d 100644
--- a/sys-apps/openrc/Manifest
+++ b/sys-apps/openrc/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 DIST openrc-0.56.tar.gz 250196 BLAKE2B 929fa18e2248a432095167ad5b07161103cc5c51cf72b945a4267de22304a66538105e4083bf413f1ffb7136194ef676d4f5e98f52dbef2dfdd92dda65960ec2 SHA512 d3533a12b1f54494492a54f20ddf943c669bc7c8e35e16cd5496d9d1819393ddd47af6ed0ae25f9e70b9980ca0f0a3d58ec057caa26f0f02df282ac00929997b
 DIST openrc-0.62.2.tar.gz 262191 BLAKE2B ba93e925416f1b5c2e5aa3cf46cbfa8f524534792958fd97c26f7fe793a0a481846a64f142eaee8ef8086770544fda9ae5917e9f29f67770af2c7c1b41c72e89 SHA512 f5c3f59519a2c2a4db47bb9ef05d52661945944b6538915326bebfc8fe3d6c58059a2192c4c2613ed7832c97b3bba031afa6ed90d224155bf8892828015cbced
 DIST openrc-0.62.3.tar.gz 262256 BLAKE2B 947a465d71e9f5853c031720b82eb419192c04b3682bff877c082bc30341b0f92db1796331cb3b899a1e3204006d3b528c5447a542cc86baf68e45155639b298 SHA512 e9ba0a61f2a031773ee23042a06d5d266cd2ea3bc12c6f86760a4137014a5bcde1762174db99a3484772caa0db40c7f872001231a26f5feaf8460a5d6d56d01c
+DIST openrc-0.62.4.tar.gz 262322 BLAKE2B 1e18e354f5d1e668d65590853589b382acd24fd3b925a400083dee34b9cef03c9bbb83dc3275eedea7d2e3877e588ee280f9c0e0305b83e8cb8c95c2ad92b1a5 SHA512 840607d2c2d79f4d5b0e1162eda0cb77a6acf6e8a61e51a6d828a880a447f8c8f9bdb10dfb650eff40110425a86f1e1e1a1d36621e493ab4df26f259536b4306
diff --git a/sys-apps/openrc/openrc-0.62.4.ebuild b/sys-apps/openrc/openrc-0.62.4.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6e1cab8b75a77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-apps/openrc/openrc-0.62.4.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit eapi9-ver meson pam
+
+DESCRIPTION="OpenRC manages the services, startup and shutdown of a host"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/openrc/openrc/"
+
+if [[ ${PV} =~ ^9{4,}$ ]]; then
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/OpenRC/${PN}.git"
+	inherit git-r3
+else
+	SRC_URI="https://github.com/OpenRC/openrc/archive/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+	KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86"
+fi
+
+LICENSE="BSD-2"
+SLOT="0"
+IUSE="audit bash debug pam newnet +netifrc selinux s6 +sysvinit sysv-utils unicode"
+
+COMMON_DEPEND="
+	sys-libs/libcap
+	sys-process/psmisc
+	pam? ( sys-libs/pam )
+	audit? ( sys-process/audit )
+	selinux? (
+		sys-apps/policycoreutils
+		>=sys-libs/libselinux-2.6
+	)"
+DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
+	virtual/os-headers"
+RDEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
+	bash? ( app-shells/bash )
+	sysv-utils? (
+		!sys-apps/systemd[sysv-utils(-)]
+		!sys-apps/sysvinit
+	)
+	!sysv-utils? (
+		sysvinit? ( >=sys-apps/sysvinit-2.86-r6[selinux?] )
+		s6? ( sys-apps/s6-linux-init[sysv-utils(-)] )
+	)
+	virtual/tmpfiles
+	selinux? (
+		>=sec-policy/selinux-base-policy-2.20170204-r4
+		>=sec-policy/selinux-openrc-2.20170204-r4
+	)
+"
+
+PDEPEND="netifrc? ( net-misc/netifrc )"
+
+src_configure() {
+	local emesonargs=(
+	--bindir=/bin
+	--sbindir=/sbin
+		$(meson_feature audit)
+		"-Dbranding=\"Gentoo Linux\""
+		$(meson_use newnet)
+		-Dos=Linux
+		$(meson_use pam)
+		-Dpam_libdir="$(getpam_mod_dir)"
+		$(meson_feature selinux)
+		-Dshell=$(usex bash /bin/bash /bin/sh)
+		$(meson_use sysv-utils sysvinit)
+	)
+	# export DEBUG=$(usev debug)
+	meson_src_configure
+}
+
+# set_config <file> <option name> <yes value> <no value> test
+# a value of "#" will just comment out the option
+set_config() {
+	local file="${ED}/$1" var=$2 val com
+	eval "${@:5}" && val=$3 || val=$4
+	[[ ${val} == "#" ]] && com="#" && val='\2'
+	sed -i -r -e "/^#?${var}=/{s:=([\"'])?([^ ]*)\1?:=\1${val}\1:;s:^#?:${com}:}" "${file}"
+}
+
+set_config_yes_no() {
+	set_config "$1" "$2" YES NO "${@:3}"
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	meson_install
+
+	keepdir /lib/rc/tmp
+
+	# Setup unicode defaults for silly unicode users
+	set_config_yes_no /etc/rc.conf unicode use unicode
+
+	# Cater to the norm
+	set_config_yes_no /etc/conf.d/keymaps windowkeys '(' use x86 '||' use amd64 ')'
+
+	# On HPPA, do not run consolefont by default (bug #222889)
+	if use hppa; then
+		rm -f "${ED}"/etc/runlevels/boot/consolefont
+	fi
+
+	# Support for logfile rotation
+	insinto /etc/logrotate.d
+	newins "${FILESDIR}"/openrc.logrotate openrc
+
+	if use pam; then
+		# install gentoo pam.d files
+		newpamd "${FILESDIR}"/start-stop-daemon.pam start-stop-daemon
+		newpamd "${FILESDIR}"/start-stop-daemon.pam supervise-daemon
+		pamd_mimic system-local-login openrc-user session
+	fi
+
+	# install documentation
+	dodoc *.md
+}
+
+pkg_preinst() {
+	# avoid default thrashing in conf.d files when possible #295406
+	if [[ -e "${EROOT}"/etc/conf.d/hostname ]] ; then
+		(
+		unset hostname HOSTNAME
+		source "${EROOT}"/etc/conf.d/hostname
+		: ${hostname:=${HOSTNAME}}
+		[[ -n ${hostname} ]] && set_config /etc/conf.d/hostname hostname "${hostname}"
+		)
+	fi
+
+	# set default interactive shell to sulogin if it exists
+	set_config /etc/rc.conf rc_shell /sbin/sulogin "#" test -e /sbin/sulogin
+	return 0
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	if use hppa; then
+		elog "Setting the console font does not work on all HPPA consoles."
+		elog "You can still enable it by running:"
+		elog "# rc-update add consolefont boot"
+	fi
+
+	if ! use newnet && ! use netifrc; then
+		ewarn "You have emerged OpenRc without network support. This"
+		ewarn "means you need to SET UP a network manager such as"
+		ewarn "	net-misc/netifrc, net-misc/dhcpcd, net-misc/connman,"
+		ewarn " net-misc/NetworkManager, or net-vpn/badvpn."
+		ewarn "Or, you have the option of emerging openrc with the newnet"
+		ewarn "use flag and configuring /etc/conf.d/network and"
+		ewarn "/etc/conf.d/staticroute if you only use static interfaces."
+		ewarn
+	fi
+
+	if use newnet && [ ! -e "${EROOT}"/etc/runlevels/boot/network ]; then
+		ewarn "Please add the network service to your boot runlevel"
+		ewarn "as soon as possible. Not doing so could leave you with a system"
+		ewarn "without networking."
+		ewarn
+	fi
+
+	# added for 0.45 to handle seedrng/urandom switching (2022-06-07)
+	if ver_replacing -lt 0.45 && ! [[ -x $(type rc-update) ]]; then
+		if rc-update show boot | grep -q urandom; then
+			rc-update del urandom boot
+			rc-update add seedrng boot
+		fi
+	fi
+}