diff --git a/gui-libs/wlroots/Manifest b/gui-libs/wlroots/Manifest
index 0f28ed9b5070a..13acf74fe9ca2 100644
--- a/gui-libs/wlroots/Manifest
+++ b/gui-libs/wlroots/Manifest
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ DIST wlroots-0.19.1.tar.gz 670534 BLAKE2B 09903c35420edf98b8a4e42b098c23ac1603dc
 DIST wlroots-0.19.1.tar.gz.sig 566 BLAKE2B 3ff9aa20b3b18d0da5db9fb560e8159b29c64980d879317036cab52b6ad83b0466940d0a923c3144ef0edfc72da8dd4ba19826763bdd0fa9ba2006273a97adc7 SHA512 60f53a1304106c8fb694048101c6ad881c52213681285cfd17505446659d90c033c5d79fe574a2296dd4a6e6cde71cb9737d030374f254b44407f853196ed475
 DIST wlroots-0.19.2.tar.gz 670983 BLAKE2B b1feba85ea31a1ded7ab13429aeac7d7f8aa44ee831b0031b9befa9354e9c3eadc82d7ecb7f2362c2a1d6bcaf92c14844491e5cc3256bbb06835b2861370c7dd SHA512 8228bdd463f3b79c02cc36311f93eb3a2fe2c8406222316a9996abebfbefa39cc4a9587ea800d677961d59b27c82ae906e538dceaf565403bbb3f2b1ae19eff1
 DIST wlroots-0.19.2.tar.gz.sig 566 BLAKE2B abe564e95a94f2b331513e3711ac97b9fb335de377b9c84c512248f6227ce5a9826587341213a63f8aebc21c7ce4bcc7cd2164d16c4102c0691c4bc8dd043398 SHA512 c9f2bc6413c19e1fd52f151779a80513a72f0b9d1df706ad3d77df74f0736c22e12122fe08c3f24c908649ca1f3adad5aee8f8cc65fa0b24155353ca66f6e240
+DIST wlroots-0.20.0.tar.gz 700447 BLAKE2B 3844a9dfd5168fd4484115a826d240bc685fd8d39b48fe96a686cb6463b5cf1a124ae7bbe1bb84db2513b6ab9038fb519145bb3f5f1baf9ca3757f9167070acf SHA512 c951c9f6f9d720f994ee49a937ae8ed63f733a4fa1ce71f7e6ce1513f2cd91616ce8bd8cbb844aa1e46e62f3b46b028f3004bab94eca5ef8899cbaa3134ac314
+DIST wlroots-0.20.0.tar.gz.sig 566 BLAKE2B ec1361cf826a6e7c3c584d99d6049331bc12d49745bf0dfe89ff883dbea238ba043ef0268535ea4e06ce7b9aa65ed24e5f99dc442ac249066ac645dd7bc97394 SHA512 9241568120700b7dadd92ee212ee7c78d1d1fcfe3873250d09c97b9207a7cb8687b393ce8ce9f258698c17caf924ff2c91571e235580fcd7b8618d68e87e690b
diff --git a/gui-libs/wlroots/wlroots-0.20.0.ebuild b/gui-libs/wlroots/wlroots-0.20.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..245aa80ebd365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui-libs/wlroots/wlroots-0.20.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit meson
+
+DESCRIPTION="Pluggable, composable, unopinionated modules for building a Wayland compositor"
+HOMEPAGE="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots"
+
+if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/${PN}/${PN}.git"
+	inherit git-r3
+	SLOT="0.21"
+else
+	inherit verify-sig
+	SRC_URI="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/${PN}/${PN}/-/releases/${PV}/downloads/${P}.tar.gz
+		https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/${PN}/${PN}/-/releases/${PV}/downloads/${P}.tar.gz.sig"
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
+	SLOT="$(ver_cut 1-2)"
+fi
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+IUSE="liftoff +libinput +drm +session lcms vulkan x11-backend xcb-errors X"
+REQUIRED_USE="
+	drm? ( session )
+	libinput? ( session )
+	liftoff? ( drm )
+	xcb-errors? ( || ( x11-backend X ) )
+"
+
+DEPEND="
+	>=dev-libs/wayland-1.24.0
+	media-libs/libglvnd
+	>=media-libs/mesa-24.1.0_rc1[opengl]
+	>=x11-libs/libdrm-2.4.129
+	>=x11-libs/libxkbcommon-1.8.0
+	>=x11-libs/pixman-0.43.0
+	drm? (
+		media-libs/libdisplay-info:=
+		sys-apps/hwdata
+		liftoff? ( >=dev-libs/libliftoff-0.4 )
+	)
+	lcms? ( media-libs/lcms:2 )
+	libinput? ( >=dev-libs/libinput-1.19.0:= )
+	session? (
+		sys-auth/seatd:=
+		virtual/libudev
+	)
+	vulkan? (
+		dev-util/glslang:=
+		dev-util/vulkan-headers
+		media-libs/vulkan-loader
+	)
+	xcb-errors? ( x11-libs/xcb-util-errors )
+	x11-backend? (
+		x11-libs/libxcb:=
+		x11-libs/xcb-util-renderutil
+	)
+	X? (
+		x11-libs/libxcb:=
+		x11-libs/xcb-util-wm
+		x11-base/xwayland
+	)
+"
+RDEPEND="
+	${DEPEND}
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	>=dev-libs/wayland-protocols-1.47
+	dev-util/wayland-scanner
+	virtual/pkgconfig
+"
+
+if [[ ${PV} != 9999 ]]; then
+	BDEPEND+=" verify-sig? ( sec-keys/openpgp-keys-emersion )"
+	VERIFY_SIG_OPENPGP_KEY_PATH="/usr/share/openpgp-keys/emersion.asc"
+fi
+
+src_configure() {
+	# assert SLOT matches the version
+	grep -q -e "version.*${SLOT}" meson.build || die "SLOT ${SLOT} does not match the version in meson.build"
+
+	local backends=(
+		$(usev drm)
+		$(usev libinput)
+		$(usev x11-backend 'x11')
+	)
+	local meson_backends=$(IFS=','; echo "${backends[*]}")
+	local emesonargs=(
+		$(meson_feature xcb-errors)
+		-Dexamples=false
+		-Drenderers=$(usex vulkan 'gles2,vulkan' gles2)
+		$(meson_feature X xwayland)
+		-Dbackends=${meson_backends}
+		$(meson_feature session)
+		$(meson_feature lcms color-management)
+		$(meson_feature liftoff libliftoff)
+	)
+
+	meson_src_configure
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	meson_src_install
+	dodoc docs/*
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	if use !session; then
+		elog "You must be in the input group to allow your compositor"
+		elog "to access input devices via libinput."
+	fi
+}