diff --git a/dev-python/pytest-rerunfailures/Manifest b/dev-python/pytest-rerunfailures/Manifest
index 465d21db259e2..c2f9541e6592e 100644
--- a/dev-python/pytest-rerunfailures/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/pytest-rerunfailures/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST pytest_rerunfailures-15.1.tar.gz 26981 BLAKE2B 78413183180edccbd9be6ca85ef05be7a1cce96470cf086a056b21231f84a9c7af4a3923fcb18f2081f14e53f6aea7a97807f7c311323cd5b99ff740c9aefedd SHA512 6344d625829038978f9cf224d59d3de07b1afcc6dcea578b22cdff8faefdbcacfaa54d6fc142351f9f5af6bacf6c2bda0e3f62013439b0276e1d48d6c30e8fe0
 DIST pytest_rerunfailures-16.0.1.tar.gz 27612 BLAKE2B 4b0271ae5158fbc44d770c5fc46d9e27cf456a70fa54c1f194fce71b97b786c625a56f5cbb2c3e74a14207b1817e1e026ac0f2743f4d7a75d39d467763eb97bb SHA512 2c8c95c451ffbf86f99ff5862c75bf45b754e68e1e41d5cdd65ceead4e7619637ad1ec75c0c7c0efab1f842ee8544ea7d68b17912acfccf8da573a9365d88bd5
+DIST pytest_rerunfailures-16.1.tar.gz 30889 BLAKE2B 05e4f4a209371b33acfc469a95e5b9ca6a80f97f7529355bf315a78f384e79c60895f6aace0df223591d041015bb280c3ee4c24db9fb97eb44a5b6268042d60c SHA512 ad5d55b7d7dfa9ea3f488a021b1ab3624f297ff723ee99f7a4bf77c402f7e9770b81d7590d6e2701c19fa744b8e1695c96b8272d9c2de0625309489a4337a223
diff --git a/dev-python/pytest-rerunfailures/pytest-rerunfailures-16.1.ebuild b/dev-python/pytest-rerunfailures/pytest-rerunfailures-16.1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3e84560a60dc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/pytest-rerunfailures/pytest-rerunfailures-16.1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} python3_{13,14}t pypy3_11 )
+
+inherit distutils-r1 pypi
+
+DESCRIPTION="pytest plugin to re-run tests to eliminate flaky failures"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-rerunfailures/
+	https://pypi.org/project/pytest-rerunfailures/
+"
+
+LICENSE="MPL-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/packaging-17.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGIN_LOAD_VIA_ENV=1
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=( "${PN}" )
+EPYTEST_XDIST=1
+distutils_enable_tests pytest