diff --git a/app-containers/netavark/Manifest b/app-containers/netavark/Manifest
index cf3aac523d5ec..2304d8acd94ea 100644
--- a/app-containers/netavark/Manifest
+++ b/app-containers/netavark/Manifest
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 DIST netavark-1.17.1.crate 174659 BLAKE2B a31fd13f31b671274000ae6a43ceefb0b0d1cd32026fd86ac01dc30acb55cf25b28016e5a8e7c91760384e61bb62d6edfcd48b163abc2000ff43201edac7e054 SHA512 dff64afaf982ba38c8a991ffafffbba2dce7abf70b4763eba662ef82f01629f265e2421d622a27a1db9e26ea44f33b5c8dbab2fdcf9b643b3d845b8ca624ba57
 DIST netavark-1.17.2.crate 175788 BLAKE2B 94f6f202eca445267f063d53a47e572055fa6a7b2839d5e95246ff93dad0c55866571456459600cd57f42001dd75b4ae5bbdad6e7b95fa9b95616137fd87f03d SHA512 7a6a12fb58a190462d6a2171ac28df03686d09d371cb84e702278cda190111c24603060048f8cf7bd9a8ad334dc056efaa901604d08145009adf9e10eabf1aee
 DIST netavark-2.0.0.crate 185348 BLAKE2B 591e413e2058c2df3b66fa06eb8d13f0d19a7b9b8c29cc804cd1c38932f7e1df4c6ac9033b3ed40b494053c1decb4a8d703404b13a89123ddbfb4d4ad1ad2511 SHA512 384940e713162f149ca8ebb8c03e4ac505cab8482155fbd622091d165ceb0f0101842e87fb11b57e57ed677cd31ce3a77f140b2cb8b2852754d31eea3962895a
+DIST netavark-2.1.0.crate 188118 BLAKE2B 2a1cf5a4236428f356635551a15f65e1d3604257a816c45641ac4d99a4aba09c85a69ea82e468d8f1bac7f5f4431e65b410e69e17c34145ebb48301e80b726b7 SHA512 68ebb930e96e5d3b2cbeb2f7fa42fcb98cc53dc0e9bccdba07c4927cf0c3ec8d5d6480fff5aa99265ee8cc41739499c554f91b1ff8b3d4ffa3cd263889467bf5
 DIST netavark-v1.17.1-vendor.tar.gz 17711446 BLAKE2B d3b7030d411a4bd848127508e43a65e278a75a1ffcdca7b9e8ea46180d2e8da26be5e4eaa21fad22197f9eb9fd28413dc21a7d10b42f98d882990eeb750bb737 SHA512 9f7e5ee54b776ec27511a937e6ebb30b70a527f9232d635a9755459afee569fc37d715626b92ea2aa08637d6e63dada4f55ad6757f3a0a7aae753637349f6193
 DIST netavark-v1.17.2-vendor.tar.gz 17711355 BLAKE2B a4967f3496635da375aa9adb22b9d5cdef2b5463b53b7bb31c1d0236c84edb36727a391cdbf8c81a7b2caa2675c173ff01ee3974465d4143c139d956951ff774 SHA512 2d34a237c540acd05590c09f07e57b1b0a765b746332cbc27337a4c31e2db4b92861629b1418a9c3990a0f25c659d537a8c7b7d2e63247fa3df39c092e80a59d
 DIST netavark-v2.0.0-vendor.tar.gz 20282162 BLAKE2B bed4a1023d20c88985fd8ad07e24a051f37483fab12e1770bf62a01cd092f1329b47a876fe989839db1543de317d16cbf985fd9730767908e0a0f1b5c970407b SHA512 125dcded2218e183020582c2bb1778667d812cb5009c6264fec14b0500329c493a57a01f0c72e1e2d7cc2cfef4462b0ccc68af1b4f745e35bddbcc1550835509
+DIST netavark-v2.1.0-vendor.tar.gz 20936193 BLAKE2B 12e94fb0b6f3af2f3128d5864ce6a371e4e901389e65ad6ba2dde44f713573cc7292ccc598e47e21ab27944d6c6edb5a39adf115bf35767e7dcef273851fdaa7 SHA512 175a93d38579bee64a9dcc1b834f5d229a8e3129184076ffe7e164a4a71ada514828ff8a63a78eaec0b607d89cabb045363ee86e11695122d76f99cc7bef1151
diff --git a/app-containers/netavark/netavark-2.1.0.ebuild b/app-containers/netavark/netavark-2.1.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9d93db474e950
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-containers/netavark/netavark-2.1.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+[[ ${PV} == 9999* ]] || CRATES="${PN}@${PV}"
+RUST_MIN_VER="1.88.0"
+
+inherit cargo systemd
+
+DESCRIPTION="A container network stack"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/containers/netavark"
+
+if [[ ${PV} == 9999* ]]; then
+	inherit git-r3
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/containers/netavark.git"
+else
+	SRC_URI="${CARGO_CRATE_URIS} https://github.com/containers/netavark/releases/download/v${PV}/${PN}-v${PV}-vendor.tar.gz"
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc64 ~riscv"
+fi
+
+# main
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+# deps
+LICENSE+=" Apache-2.0-with-LLVM-exceptions BSD BSD-2 Boost-1.0 MIT Unicode-DFS-2016 Unlicense ZLIB"
+SLOT="0"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=app-containers/aardvark-dns-2.0.0
+	net-firewall/nftables[json]
+	!<app-containers/buildah-1.44.0
+	!<app-containers/podman-6.0.0
+"
+BDEPEND="dev-go/go-md2man
+	dev-libs/protobuf[protoc(+)]"
+
+QA_FLAGS_IGNORED="usr/libexec/podman/${PN}"
+QA_PRESTRIPPED="usr/libexec/podman/${PN}"
+
+ECARGO_VENDOR="${WORKDIR}/vendor"
+
+src_unpack() {
+	if [[ ${PV} == 9999* ]]; then
+		git-r3_src_unpack
+		cargo_live_src_unpack
+	else
+		cargo_src_unpack
+	fi
+}
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+	sed -i -e "s|m0755 bin|m0755 $(cargo_target_dir)|g;" Makefile || die
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	cargo_src_compile
+	export PREFIX="${EPREFIX}"/usr SYSTEMDDIR="$(systemd_get_systemunitdir)"
+	emake docs
+}
+
+# Following is needed because we want to use `make install` instead of `cargo install` (exported by cargo.eclass)
+src_install() {
+	default
+}