diff --git a/media-radio/svxlink/Manifest b/media-radio/svxlink/Manifest
index 38d363e42bde3..277b4c1bdd149 100644
--- a/media-radio/svxlink/Manifest
+++ b/media-radio/svxlink/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST svxlink-25.05.1_p20250929.tgz 19320626 BLAKE2B 6edca5e57e2667c16981b349a393e0391a1862c09c1a294bcc95b43e8c9c5df7224d66c7114d023342645e6a473a340f1b8e3993533606e1fe47b22532a00cb2 SHA512 c5bef7d38fbc38e9abae5cf8feea1f67f60c48336ddafbace1e6e1325e9b182064006d4fbd4de1db9cdbf1d1601841d881d07418e32f85bd03e87bc95909e266
+DIST svxlink-26.05.tar.gz 2069313 BLAKE2B 8bf2e3f851030859d5f5af8ad16d95b40a097ea755e701d27aa4b44eaed4bce39375b67cb09fe0b15e263518fc77e8ce37ed3a827142e5abf6541e415f10fffa SHA512 e0b8ef8237ab08220026da835e4d153e7fcd3090e7933897c20f5dce4bfdd6ea4bc59d71c4644c44d240a88129755cb27bad9aee153abdd6d249e0af4f24dcfb
diff --git a/media-radio/svxlink/svxlink-26.05.ebuild b/media-radio/svxlink/svxlink-26.05.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..323e4afa9cefe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-radio/svxlink/svxlink-26.05.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+CMAKE_MAKEFILE_GENERATOR=emake
+
+inherit cmake flag-o-matic systemd xdg-utils
+
+CMAKE_USE_DIR="${S}/src"
+
+DESCRIPTION="Multi Purpose Voice Services System, including Qtel for EchoLink"
+HOMEPAGE="https://www.svxlink.org"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/sm0svx/${PN}/archive/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2 LGPL-2.1"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+IUSE="ogg qt6 rtlsdr"
+
+DEPEND="dev-lang/tcl:=
+	dev-libs/jsoncpp:=
+	dev-libs/libgcrypt:=
+	=dev-libs/libgpiod-1*:=
+	dev-libs/libsigc++:3
+	dev-libs/openssl:=
+	dev-libs/popt
+	media-libs/alsa-lib
+	media-libs/opus
+	media-libs/speex
+	media-sound/gsm
+	net-misc/curl
+	ogg? ( media-libs/libogg )
+	rtlsdr? ( net-wireless/rtl-sdr:= )
+	qt6? (
+		dev-qt/qtbase:6[gui,network,widgets]
+		dev-qt/qt5compat
+	)"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
+	acct-group/svxlink
+	acct-user/svxlink"
+BDEPEND="
+	virtual/pkgconfig
+	qt6? ( dev-qt/qttools:6[linguist] )"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	# fix build for MUSL (bug #936813, #942749)
+	if use elibc_musl ; then
+		eapply -p1 "${FILESDIR}/${P}-musl.patch"
+		eapply -p1 "${FILESDIR}/${P}-musl-2.patch"
+	fi
+	if ! use ogg ; then
+		# drop automatic discovery of dependency
+		sed -i -e "s/find_package(OGG)/#/g" \
+				src/async/audio/CMakeLists.txt || die
+	fi
+	if ! use rtlsdr ; then
+		# drop automatic discovery of dependency
+		sed -i -e "s/find_package(RtlSdr)/#/g" \
+				src/svxlink/trx/CMakeLists.txt || die
+	fi
+	cmake_src_prepare
+	# drop deprecated desktop category (bug #475730)
+	sed -i -e "s:Categories=Application;:Categories=:g" src/qtel/qtel.desktop || die
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	# -Wodr warnings, see bug #860414
+	filter-lto
+
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		-DUSE_QT="$(usex qt6)"
+		-DSYSCONF_INSTALL_DIR=/etc
+		-DLOCAL_STATE_DIR=/var
+		-DUSE_OSS=NO
+	)
+	cmake_src_configure
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	cmake_src_install
+
+	fowners -R svxlink:svxlink /var/spool/svxlink
+
+	doman src/doc/man/*.1 src/doc/man/*.5
+
+	insinto /etc/logrotate.d
+	doins   distributions/gentoo/etc/logrotate.d/*
+
+	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/remotetrx.init remotetrx
+	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/svxlink.init svxlink
+	newconfd "${FILESDIR}"/remotetrx.rc remotetrx
+	newconfd "${FILESDIR}"/svxlink.rc svxlink
+
+	systemd_dounit "${FILESDIR}"/remotetrx.service
+	systemd_dounit "${FILESDIR}"/svxlink.service
+
+	keepdir /var/lib/${PN}/pki
+	keepdir /var/spool/${PN}/propagation_monitor
+	keepdir /var/spool/${PN}/qso_recorder
+	keepdir /var/spool/${PN}/voice_mail
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	xdg_icon_cache_update
+}
+
+pkg_postrm() {
+	xdg_icon_cache_update
+}