diff --git a/sys-kernel/vanilla-kernel/Manifest b/sys-kernel/vanilla-kernel/Manifest
index e08c58dea153e..fffb86c7106fd 100644
--- a/sys-kernel/vanilla-kernel/Manifest
+++ b/sys-kernel/vanilla-kernel/Manifest
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+DIST linux-6.12.35.tar.sign 991 BLAKE2B 893a49d03dd208c6222ed921aa419e2a479f4955a45ee72990d9c812fcd84f0816c45a34705919d44fd2c8af05fb7ff2c5025fa6ec1f227280cd0a21d550d8a5 SHA512 ae13ffe2e00b6d23f9e0e23836f7415687e2a352eb6554e6ec167ac2e9eb6184ef1e0acbed3142257d9e4c6aaa96c716fa429a9302965503bebccb1c96a466b0
+DIST linux-6.12.35.tar.xz 148182928 BLAKE2B 87048a310dca3841f8ad31267e52992ac4c84c8e39b5500743ae07a39f52126c85ddba924f6aa478b8a3adc6dbbe9dbf5fa265b4587e5b7f1e970c11b150747c SHA512 3697bf2c9525c8d11f7e821fa080d8c366ae751af02b471a506224002abe6b23b0ccf17d9694c7590c1b07002289eb19003ba8677bbb0bb09d54458495964188
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 DIST linux-6.14.11.tar.sign 991 BLAKE2B a2715d3cc0eacaf18230dc314b7eb91be098de35cfc2cbbb6796cebc11fb047b4600f92258ec033b3b0a88b3b571d23d3ca0bff0f4434562f23365415a217a6b SHA512 067c53f655017f604361d1b00cce1b0d7361fbb9c35d67249be83b6b63c36bc42056f46c6eda9c4f4956eb418f5a67ddae924b6b45fd6173bdabdbda53933e69
diff --git a/sys-kernel/vanilla-kernel/vanilla-kernel-6.12.35.ebuild b/sys-kernel/vanilla-kernel/vanilla-kernel-6.12.35.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..016e2ab1addc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-kernel/vanilla-kernel/vanilla-kernel-6.12.35.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+# Copyright 2020-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+KERNEL_IUSE_GENERIC_UKI=1
+KERNEL_IUSE_MODULES_SIGN=1
+
+inherit kernel-build toolchain-funcs verify-sig
+
+MY_P=linux-${PV}
+# https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=8
+# forked to https://github.com/projg2/fedora-kernel-config-for-gentoo
+CONFIG_VER=6.12.8-gentoo
+GENTOO_CONFIG_VER=g16
+
+DESCRIPTION="Linux kernel built from vanilla upstream sources"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Distribution_Kernel
+	https://www.kernel.org/
+"
+SRC_URI+="
+	https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v$(ver_cut 1).x/${MY_P}.tar.xz
+	https://github.com/projg2/gentoo-kernel-config/archive/${GENTOO_CONFIG_VER}.tar.gz
+		-> gentoo-kernel-config-${GENTOO_CONFIG_VER}.tar.gz
+	verify-sig? (
+		https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v$(ver_cut 1).x/${MY_P}.tar.sign
+	)
+	amd64? (
+		https://raw.githubusercontent.com/projg2/fedora-kernel-config-for-gentoo/${CONFIG_VER}/kernel-x86_64-fedora.config
+			-> kernel-x86_64-fedora.config.${CONFIG_VER}
+	)
+	arm64? (
+		https://raw.githubusercontent.com/projg2/fedora-kernel-config-for-gentoo/${CONFIG_VER}/kernel-aarch64-fedora.config
+			-> kernel-aarch64-fedora.config.${CONFIG_VER}
+	)
+	ppc64? (
+		https://raw.githubusercontent.com/projg2/fedora-kernel-config-for-gentoo/${CONFIG_VER}/kernel-ppc64le-fedora.config
+			-> kernel-ppc64le-fedora.config.${CONFIG_VER}
+	)
+	x86? (
+		https://raw.githubusercontent.com/projg2/fedora-kernel-config-for-gentoo/${CONFIG_VER}/kernel-i686-fedora.config
+			-> kernel-i686-fedora.config.${CONFIG_VER}
+	)
+"
+S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~ppc ~ppc64 ~x86"
+IUSE="debug hardened"
+REQUIRED_USE="arm? ( savedconfig )"
+
+BDEPEND="
+	debug? ( dev-util/pahole )
+	verify-sig? ( sec-keys/openpgp-keys-kernel )
+"
+PDEPEND="
+	>=virtual/dist-kernel-${PV}
+"
+
+VERIFY_SIG_OPENPGP_KEY_PATH=/usr/share/openpgp-keys/kernel.org.asc
+
+src_unpack() {
+	if use verify-sig; then
+		verify-sig_uncompress_verify_unpack \
+			"${DISTDIR}"/linux-${PV}.tar.{xz,sign}
+		unpack "gentoo-kernel-config-${GENTOO_CONFIG_VER}.tar.gz"
+	else
+		default
+	fi
+}
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+
+	local biendian=false
+
+	# prepare the default config
+	case ${ARCH} in
+		arm | hppa | loong)
+			> .config || die
+		;;
+		amd64)
+			cp "${DISTDIR}/kernel-x86_64-fedora.config.${CONFIG_VER}" .config || die
+			;;
+		arm64)
+			cp "${DISTDIR}/kernel-aarch64-fedora.config.${CONFIG_VER}" .config || die
+			biendian=true
+			;;
+		ppc)
+			# assume powermac/powerbook defconfig
+			# we still package.use.force savedconfig
+			cp "${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}/arch/powerpc/configs/pmac32_defconfig" .config || die
+			;;
+		ppc64)
+			cp "${DISTDIR}/kernel-ppc64le-fedora.config.${CONFIG_VER}" .config || die
+			biendian=true
+			;;
+		x86)
+			cp "${DISTDIR}/kernel-i686-fedora.config.${CONFIG_VER}" .config || die
+			;;
+		*)
+			die "Unsupported arch ${ARCH}"
+			;;
+	esac
+
+	local myversion="-dist"
+	use hardened && myversion+="-hardened"
+	echo "CONFIG_LOCALVERSION=\"${myversion}\"" > "${T}"/version.config || die
+	local dist_conf_path="${WORKDIR}/gentoo-kernel-config-${GENTOO_CONFIG_VER}"
+
+	local merge_configs=(
+		"${T}"/version.config
+		"${dist_conf_path}"/base.config
+		"${dist_conf_path}"/6.12+.config
+	)
+	use debug || merge_configs+=(
+		"${dist_conf_path}"/no-debug.config
+	)
+	if use hardened; then
+		merge_configs+=( "${dist_conf_path}"/hardened-base.config )
+
+		tc-is-gcc && merge_configs+=( "${dist_conf_path}"/hardened-gcc-plugins.config )
+
+		if [[ -f "${dist_conf_path}/hardened-${ARCH}.config" ]]; then
+			merge_configs+=( "${dist_conf_path}/hardened-${ARCH}.config" )
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	# this covers ppc64 and aarch64_be only for now
+	if [[ ${biendian} == true && $(tc-endian) == big ]]; then
+		merge_configs+=( "${dist_conf_path}/big-endian.config" )
+	fi
+
+	use secureboot && merge_configs+=( "${dist_conf_path}/secureboot.config" )
+
+	kernel-build_merge_configs "${merge_configs[@]}"
+}