diff --git a/dev-libs/vali/Manifest b/dev-libs/vali/Manifest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9b4543801896b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/vali/Manifest
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DIST vali-v0.1.1.tar.bz2 25436 BLAKE2B b790c52220dbccf120848338bac1aea4f82e15eeaf65e10ba22ff853c6bd65c0b5f91d7f3cb180fe8730a3d20ebe0da5ddcfdbaa353d879c647692b4e2973ed1 SHA512 9dc13eda130f4d7df852a144230669bea7ac9a71a600d7adcc00330cdbbb273b37c57239273be7e6fabb34d13e40810e889082f5eff0f9a7040cfc06275e60fb
diff --git a/dev-libs/vali/metadata.xml b/dev-libs/vali/metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/dev-libs/vali/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<maintainer type="person">
+		<email>arthurzam@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Arthur Zamarin</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="freedesktop-gitlab">emersion/vali</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-libs/vali/vali-0.1.1.ebuild b/dev-libs/vali/vali-0.1.1.ebuild
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index 0000000000000..fcc7d4ccf79db
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+# Copyright 2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit meson
+
+DESCRIPTION="C library and code generator for Varlink"
+HOMEPAGE="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/emersion/vali"
+SRC_URI="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/emersion/vali/-/archive/v${PV}/vali-v${PV}.tar.bz2"
+S=${WORKDIR}/${PN}-v${PV}
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~x86"
+
+DEPEND="
+	dev-libs/aml
+	dev-libs/json-c:=
+"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"