diff --git a/sys-apps/systemd-initctl/Manifest b/sys-apps/systemd-initctl/Manifest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..995a5e08ff4dd
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+++ b/sys-apps/systemd-initctl/Manifest
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DIST systemd-initctl-2.tar.gz 10016 BLAKE2B 5b0c9884df2aa4b70d0327283db262ef0f555feaeccf5ce08215995615e18ccced7e05322545147be690910a140f5369aea1b6932ce172ff35a3a1babef82c8b SHA512 f3e0f5a3eb89ebf1fb95f9f9c1bcb2a7add8a90ca3647a17d2320fd00a9def9b18e94b9b05cad8d641ff66446e11af45879b79a7b193f006aaae94279f95538e
diff --git a/sys-apps/systemd-initctl/metadata.xml b/sys-apps/systemd-initctl/metadata.xml
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index 0000000000000..5ac7eea864965
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+++ b/sys-apps/systemd-initctl/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>floppym@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Mike Gilbert</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="github">systemd/systemd-initctl</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/sys-apps/systemd-initctl/systemd-initctl-2.ebuild b/sys-apps/systemd-initctl/systemd-initctl-2.ebuild
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index 0000000000000..4f0b69a117ccf
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+++ b/sys-apps/systemd-initctl/systemd-initctl-2.ebuild
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+# Copyright 2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit meson
+
+DESCRIPTION="initctl Compatibility Daemon"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/systemd/systemd-initctl"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/systemd/systemd-initctl/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+
+DEPEND="
+	sys-apps/systemd:0=
+"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
+	!<sys-apps/systemd-258
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	virtual/pkgconfig
+"