diff --git a/dev-debug/bpftrace/Manifest b/dev-debug/bpftrace/Manifest
index 15560f276ae37..dfed204a87b30 100644
--- a/dev-debug/bpftrace/Manifest
+++ b/dev-debug/bpftrace/Manifest
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ DIST bpftrace-0.24.2.tar.gz 1375106 BLAKE2B c397eb7ded3a72ea0805487db66f422bda9a
 DIST bpftrace-0.25.0-man.tar.xz 44292 BLAKE2B e3ad8255b74836c9947595cd3c39caa201ccc420e573376ea7a144c499f4f74349911df87618f98a877d797b6d3b0c54f0117292537d03e184d2669b8a1331a5 SHA512 343fadffec5d2a6f702e2fe67087718c909f32cd6440dabc0fa93d2c0b8264ceda7d7a1eee7f79b4be2365318170c4eff7582453ec8ff4e15343ce2cb056b2ea
 DIST bpftrace-0.25.1-man.tar.xz 44300 BLAKE2B 54ed5e0e04f74d7c310d14a2d624238d9d7f42a4abab101272693caf714020bb420a221793ea8bef0bd1490cd47e6cc87ed4e75d187c7127c99b2ef771df208a SHA512 d9b28a4e4705714ba38af0dcda6eb78379cb44da5dd2de47cca1061bc2b020b97aca4fd09cb734932a5f925b31b34aa266e4ff2a54ac438715543c054340cd8d
 DIST bpftrace-0.25.1.tar.gz 1486111 BLAKE2B f2b9f2f9d44faa47f846c3c14800424d27dca0d210672cc03f60e5aadfe789fb4842bddfca4a4d73b3714a8d817710cedb66b055f8477e58f1202b64a188a444 SHA512 abe7bfab906894de889c958020b2dcc65bdc0b5c3d8986846ef41a9d593ca16075632916cf281154630221c6e511a11e3139a09bb641570277a44bd47299bbe6
+DIST bpftrace-0.26.0-man.tar.xz 44688 BLAKE2B bf91c1683eb5702a1ba878e769cac1466522198d644b5a2c5674b15d1bccb8f3e9b28fd7ab5ba3664146056e23edcc1615954a11f1e8fbfc85cac872daa2f6d1 SHA512 64bfdfa49ba840fd58b22dc97b3ae666115cb11ff7378bf7c72d0c963903f3fa69fd116d190c7c92a0472d3ef3f46ebe2c081c1701c4b7355fc1b4b346ec2d08
+DIST bpftrace-0.26.0.tar.gz 1548610 BLAKE2B 366d6013c3166662b5a2c86c564710d88c3a1efa5a0df8d280347cd52750fbbe0d73bdccbacaec5d6cd1e0e4f0bc06ef7e53eb0cb826c0d4ff578876ea4286c8 SHA512 6eba698091d1e363bf7e963eeb3b318a7aee76ec4ec7644cbfee5d3c45f8341c05daacd2c407bc1b2c832d544d5a40d7e8f797bd24233dfe753510d929ef7ec1
diff --git a/dev-debug/bpftrace/bpftrace-0.26.0.ebuild b/dev-debug/bpftrace/bpftrace-0.26.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..726742c759d6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-debug/bpftrace/bpftrace-0.26.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+# Copyright 2019-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+LLVM_COMPAT=( {18..22} )
+RUST_MIN_VER="1.85.0"
+RUST_OPTIONAL=1
+
+inherit cmake flag-o-matic linux-info llvm-r2 rust
+
+DESCRIPTION="High-level tracing language for eBPF"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/bpftrace/bpftrace"
+MY_PV="${PV//_/}"
+
+if [[ ${PV} == *9999* ]] ; then
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/bpftrace/bpftrace"
+	EGIT_BRANCH="master"
+	inherit git-r3
+	# use a released man page for git
+	MAN_V="0.25.0"
+else
+	SRC_URI="https://github.com/bpftrace/bpftrace/archive/v${MY_PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64"
+	# the man page version may trail the release
+	#MAN_V="0.25.0"
+fi
+
+SRC_URI+=" https://github.com/bpftrace/bpftrace/releases/download/v${MAN_V:-${PV}}/man.tar.xz -> bpftrace-${MAN_V:-${PV}}-man.tar.xz"
+
+S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${MY_PV:-${PV}}"
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+
+IUSE="pcap systemd test"
+
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-libs/blazesym_c-0.1.1
+	>=dev-libs/libbpf-1.6:=[static-libs]
+	>=dev-util/bcc-0.25.0
+	$(llvm_gen_dep '
+		llvm-core/clang:${LLVM_SLOT}=
+		llvm-core/llvm:${LLVM_SLOT}=[llvm_targets_BPF(+)]
+	')
+	sys-libs/binutils-libs:=
+	virtual/libelf:=
+	systemd? ( sys-apps/systemd:= )
+	pcap? ( net-libs/libpcap:= )
+	virtual/zlib:=
+"
+DEPEND="
+	${RDEPEND}
+	dev-libs/cereal:=
+	test? ( dev-cpp/gtest )
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	app-arch/xz-utils
+	app-alternatives/lex
+	app-alternatives/yacc
+	dev-libs/cereal
+	dev-util/bpftool
+	|| ( dev-util/xxd app-editors/vim-core )
+	test? (
+		${RUST_DEPEND}
+		dev-lang/go
+		dev-util/pahole
+	)
+	virtual/pkgconfig
+"
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}/0.11.4-old-kernels.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/0.21.0-dont-compress-man.patch"
+)
+
+pkg_pretend() {
+	local CONFIG_CHECK="
+		~BPF
+		~BPF_EVENTS
+		~BPF_JIT
+		~BPF_SYSCALL
+		~DEBUG_INFO_BTF
+		~DEBUG_INFO_BTF_MODULES
+		~FTRACE_SYSCALLS
+		~HAVE_EBPF_JIT
+	"
+
+	check_extra_config
+
+	if use test; then
+		if ! linux_config_exists ; then
+			die "Unable to check your kernel for BTF support: tests cannot run."
+		elif ! linux_chkconfig_present DEBUG_INFO_BTF ; then
+			die "CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF is not set: tests cannot run."
+		fi
+	fi
+}
+
+pkg_setup() {
+	llvm-r2_pkg_setup
+	use test && rust_pkg_setup
+}
+
+# git-r3 overrides automatic SRC_URI unpacking
+src_unpack() {
+	default
+
+	if [[ ${PV} == *9999* ]] ; then
+		git-r3_src_unpack
+	fi
+}
+
+src_prepare() {
+	# create a usable version from git
+	if [[ ${PV} == *9999* ]] ; then
+		local rev=$(git branch --show-current | sed -e 's/* //g' -e 's/release\///g')-$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
+		sed -i "/configure_file/i set (BPFTRACE_VERSION \"${rev}\")" cmake/Version.cmake || die
+	fi
+
+	cmake_src_prepare
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	# suppress one remaining and benign ODR violation warning due to
+	# a generated libbpf header used by the tests, see:
+	# https://github.com/bpftrace/bpftrace/issues/4591
+	use test && append-flags -Wno-odr
+
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		# DO dynamically link the bpftrace executable
+		-DSTATIC_LINKING=OFF
+		# DO NOT build the internal libs as shared
+		-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
+		-DBUILD_TESTING=$(usex test)
+		# we use the pregenerated man page
+		-DENABLE_MAN=OFF
+		-DENABLE_SKB_OUTPUT=$(usex pcap)
+		-DENABLE_SYSTEMD=$(usex systemd)
+		# always use system libbpf
+		-DUSE_SYSTEM_LIBBPF=ON
+	)
+
+	# enable UBSAN only when enabled in the toolchain
+	if is-flagq -fsanitize=undefined; then
+		filter-flags -fsanitize=undefined
+		mycmakeargs+=( -DBUILD_UBSAN=ON )
+	fi
+
+	cmake_src_configure
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	cmake_src_install
+	doman man/man8/*.?
+	gunzip "${WORKDIR}/man/man8/bpftrace.8.gz" || die
+	doman "${WORKDIR}/man/man8/bpftrace.8"
+}