diff --git a/app-emacs/vertico/Manifest b/app-emacs/vertico/Manifest
index 1f14738efe9c..aa02396bbe51 100644
--- a/app-emacs/vertico/Manifest
+++ b/app-emacs/vertico/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST vertico-2.5.gh.tar.gz 51483 BLAKE2B 2c24e31708626933bb3563ab7ca4473289240e0190c578102776986ad2923c53c261b2ff9d5e75a144810444fa70f69e3450964a8e527e30d032d496dc6fd5a9 SHA512 08fc0762a4443f68a3fdf9ef3f5a0950b7b46cb34335f259d906ef670724285d11e943bd1f3765a652da2e3d802bf60d8a2cb3a7779581dbb3cdf830e6dd9815
+DIST vertico-2.6.gh.tar.gz 51445 BLAKE2B 1d61bc741ea35accf3545b24b941c5ec3a6c5fcc04d85c4f9f343665e76d535c750fb333bd0fec806848f6707bd661940eae592421f47e0d4c8d38bcf816cd5d SHA512 ebe83ee5ad39e43828b6cb7ff23d0329e9c3d5fb6c8d3f635fdd951c3ab5d9df6d87d9b5919b53d606368babb5a5656a7101362f1e1a8e405df9053b11c24134
diff --git a/app-emacs/vertico/vertico-2.6.ebuild b/app-emacs/vertico/vertico-2.6.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..49dee1806f65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-emacs/vertico/vertico-2.6.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+NEED_EMACS="28.1"
+
+inherit elisp
+
+DESCRIPTION="Vertical interactive completion"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/minad/vertico/"
+
+if [[ "${PV}" == *9999* ]] ; then
+	inherit git-r3
+
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/minad/${PN}"
+else
+	SRC_URI="https://github.com/minad/${PN}/archive/${PV}.tar.gz
+		-> ${P}.gh.tar.gz"
+
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+fi
+
+LICENSE="GPL-3+"
+SLOT="0"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=app-emacs/compat-30.0.2.0
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	${RDEPEND}
+"
+
+DOCS=( CHANGELOG.org README.org )
+SITEFILE="50${PN}-gentoo.el"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+
+	mv ./extensions/*.el ./ || die
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	elisp_src_compile
+	elisp-make-autoload-file
+}