diff --git a/app-crypt/gpgme/Manifest b/app-crypt/gpgme/Manifest
index 3659ad377ce68..e92c185e0f956 100644
--- a/app-crypt/gpgme/Manifest
+++ b/app-crypt/gpgme/Manifest
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ DIST gpgme-2.0.1.tar.bz2 1392080 BLAKE2B b2dbc41abf6947b335307e5add09ff6104d3666
 DIST gpgme-2.0.1.tar.bz2.sig 147 BLAKE2B 3d2a6c19d052ba9885298bf90156cf43fda86b837902bf5ec74bb9bf2fdde693a2ef74fc533c0e8921fb6a24eafd5dac8bbfcd930aaf13656358e7db62333783 SHA512 53f45e0d61d3fca5965ecaf32fb8c0d75517d7267901da1f4facb664595d55713378161774415bbd5491f52d934944750478da8de9ddef0fec1d4702fac36100
 DIST gpgme-2.1.0.tar.bz2 1418236 BLAKE2B ed03f7603409e32b3a8792fe1515df09a9d16e94efd58aa070906c3c85b650723336559844321bce3665e12ce69d6bc9fe925ceb2f53304eedda3933568743d9 SHA512 78c4b6a93a648fd34e73cad6384a265a35842b9b3aaa68a511c5ee563605873a64f8438072c5a9cdfe399ccf0fe86f05e0ac3cf5e97cc76d6b5ddb41aaebadb8
 DIST gpgme-2.1.0.tar.bz2.sig 147 BLAKE2B 66a0f6536db3ab904311a230aa652ad6240f3c3599b5d902d80f73d537defb0133ff48ba3605f3b2b4e36d115b022fcfbd4cc1a67d3a54d8faf3141c20eccd46 SHA512 53dea5bdc4a46b64f7a7c0c363ecf6f596f52f61905e5f54eafd4d868edacc9259a8c3c3cb991d770a87090766e933ab1e1c1acab6e44db0b413229495efff57
+DIST gpgme-2.1.1.tar.bz2 1419085 BLAKE2B b70ba73898eab4a147f7af3af6d220be11a0ec1b473cd3a11d794c6bdc8dbc7f14800f679bb31c3cc856136d5219e1647c5b0991cc1975bb795fdbd608b53f24 SHA512 3bade9b29dd359c5ba13c8637a46a9bccadb0e4622d343f6de36f968be144c2a16f3cad5f494510f310d094aacfd8000f05d37bb94638b57d861bfe15c46a199
+DIST gpgme-2.1.1.tar.bz2.sig 147 BLAKE2B 139ca84d1b7130aa88b454b516d7084d172375cf06a76424a5d97fa142d62492cb679b56679c7a1cac8cbbf38ecfb73c45ee6d464b7dd29fd1c09b2d87767ef5 SHA512 d231f820b0339d8ae07d69edf5b2213dfc9ba61fe41dd77ecc057be34765d1ba114e9ce951e58118d43c10df8b7f6b075363a12134ab4931a665c045ea51ddb8
diff --git a/app-crypt/gpgme/gpgme-2.1.1.ebuild b/app-crypt/gpgme/gpgme-2.1.1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..cfb998de2ab51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-crypt/gpgme/gpgme-2.1.1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+# Maintainers should:
+# 1. Join the "Gentoo" project at https://dev.gnupg.org/project/view/27/
+# 2. Subscribe to release tasks like https://dev.gnupg.org/T6159
+# (find the one for the current release then subscribe to it +
+# any subsequent ones linked within so you're covered for a while.)
+
+# out-of-source b/c in-source builds are not supported:
+# * https://dev.gnupg.org/T6313#166339
+# * https://dev.gnupg.org/T6673#174545
+
+VERIFY_SIG_OPENPGP_KEY_PATH=/usr/share/openpgp-keys/gnupg.asc
+inherit libtool flag-o-matic out-of-source verify-sig
+
+DESCRIPTION="GnuPG Made Easy is a library for making GnuPG easier to use"
+HOMEPAGE="https://www.gnupg.org/related_software/gpgme"
+SRC_URI="
+	mirror://gnupg/gpgme/${P}.tar.bz2
+	verify-sig? ( mirror://gnupg/gpgme/${P}.tar.bz2.sig )
+"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2 LGPL-2.1"
+# Please check ABI on each bump, even if SONAMEs didn't change: bug #833355
+# Subslot: SONAME of each: <libgpgme.FUDGE>
+SLOT="1/45.0"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~arm64-macos ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris"
+IUSE="common-lisp static-libs test"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	|| (
+		app-alternatives/gpg[reference]
+		app-alternatives/gpg[freepg(-)]
+	)
+	>=dev-libs/libassuan-2.5.3:=
+	>=dev-libs/libgpg-error-1.46-r1:=
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+#doc? ( app-text/doxygen[dot] )
+BDEPEND="
+	verify-sig? ( sec-keys/openpgp-keys-gnupg )
+"
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-2.1.0-tests-start-stop-agent-use-command-v.patch
+)
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+
+	elibtoolize
+
+	# bug #697456
+	addpredict /run/user/$(id -u)/gnupg
+
+	local MAX_WORKDIR=66
+	if use test && [[ "${#WORKDIR}" -gt "${MAX_WORKDIR}" ]]; then
+		eerror "Unable to run tests as WORKDIR='${WORKDIR}' is longer than ${MAX_WORKDIR} which causes failure!"
+		die "Could not run tests as requested with too-long WORKDIR."
+	fi
+
+	# Make best effort to allow longer PORTAGE_TMPDIR as usock limitation
+	# fails build/tests.
+	ln -s "${P}" "${WORKDIR}/b" || die
+	S="${WORKDIR}/b"
+}
+
+my_src_configure() {
+	# bug #847955
+	append-lfs-flags
+
+	local languages=(
+		$(usev common-lisp 'cl')
+	)
+
+	local myeconfargs=(
+		--enable-languages="${languages[*]}"
+		$(use_enable static-libs static)
+		$(use_enable test gpgconf-test)
+		$(use_enable test gpg-test)
+		$(use_enable test gpgsm-test)
+		$(use_enable test g13-test)
+		GPGRT_CONFIG="${ESYSROOT}/usr/bin/${CHOST}-gpgrt-config"
+	)
+
+	ECONF_SOURCE="${S}" econf "${myeconfargs[@]}"
+}
+
+my_src_install() {
+	emake DESTDIR="${D}" install
+	find "${ED}" -type f -name '*.la' -delete || die
+}