diff --git a/sys-kernel/git-sources/Manifest b/sys-kernel/git-sources/Manifest
index da16ef5632e98..a11bd27d9847d 100644
--- a/sys-kernel/git-sources/Manifest
+++ b/sys-kernel/git-sources/Manifest
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 DIST linux-6.14.tar.xz 149408504 BLAKE2B 11835719804b406fe281ea1c276a84dc0cbaa808552ddcca9233d3eaeb1c001d0455c7205379b02de8e8db758c1bae6fe7ceb6697e63e3cf9ae7187dc7a9715e SHA512 71dcaa3772d8d9797c3ae30cae9c582b11a7047a3bbcb8dfd479a4dffb40ff0da74cf3d45175f50cc9992e338bcadd46c9c570f54054ca3bde6661768d3d22eb
+DIST linux-6.15.tar.xz 151168812 BLAKE2B 465596c6dc053ff3a3966302a906d3edb4f7ee1ef82f8c20b96360196d3414f5b1deeafa67b8340fcdecd3617280ba9b756d7073ad15c707865e256397b4af53 SHA512 d03788ffa8d8ae1b84ef1286bb44a08fc01432e509dfec6cccae5c5a5a47201d378aec2bcd21e6f0bbd1e625b26f47780c06ee9c1cef3775358f98b160923f30
 DIST patch-6.15-rc1.patch 58578176 BLAKE2B 514699096a84d68fe6966dc847cc1db871f003a24f544fed1f88a68fe4b3b584c51cc3443a758db6d64fb53a8a488b37b54638b156a6130929e9c632ce952280 SHA512 74e0a4b9f40009823e92b78569efb3a3affc4cbf5743fea16c7995d1875413c25895105212eba2f98d4e70fa7cde70bd6268ccabef4abc6821664d007919a8c2
 DIST patch-6.15-rc2.patch 59080214 BLAKE2B 2baa517836bfad9a6f98e501cd922c4123f7f78553e4e23bb76c5926eafc21b4dd9ffa15cefe3adea0abed0c8dd36e71911fe734221a4f4fa1b22f13fd15f755 SHA512 fde99296752645e9a5da063e29982d76667f61912bdeff67c302eee326f783cf9eed2951103015e33ec9af22cf34439a6c879273e9fcb0cecd0ddf3ac5f06029
 DIST patch-6.15-rc3.patch 59540648 BLAKE2B 75b8996089d49368325954111ade0d8c97486bebf33f8bd484fb30e170b75fd3e50756b6e8ac1e026571045a27a0663571b1877716b65d2c21cb4d734659467a SHA512 12fed19a0726395825a54004dc74f057a370a84e8b4768b4d815110b8d474188919b102d29fb8d8e66d15587b4ed67985ce340402f7a740fce5ebba28f321467
@@ -6,3 +7,4 @@ DIST patch-6.15-rc4.patch 59839201 BLAKE2B 2e1fb03b7b7096e9566de9476c099a2715f31
 DIST patch-6.15-rc5.patch 60081073 BLAKE2B a31d2fbef146fdab17f5bc74cce689c2b6ff97fe68258cc9624105a9a378a9af8bac755dba8f4d9164df22dc2fe352b7cf76881327c457a00f88890983d651a8 SHA512 6be02e6bf06108e6e7be541ae775adcf5fea06df0ae804a1fc6e75ce69029c9c59b264362b49362f2101cc636ae9aed421d07f5b466c9e0f59ee224da7c462c5
 DIST patch-6.15-rc6.patch 60387963 BLAKE2B f4dabb875a617484aaa4f764fa1c1f45b2287cbe3f254c1cf52f268f57e0e2b893602d510887d02d917474f72a3be3bfe4ec15e6d65dd9ef9bf47c73d5f3cff3 SHA512 bfbb58b5a9ee1cfdc3c79d955540ec05749ed872f5fc167d9d773ec56475804bf631150e4fb465a252209625d42448dbc72b02eba341ae742f396b10bb478804
 DIST patch-6.15-rc7.patch 60749210 BLAKE2B 011f7a16439a527fff5ce583ef36d3042fad8c6f47a94eecaa782a910180041aab32edd83404b3d7903da5e97b074ca429b49d6adaf8f2c9b9da6452dafcf72e SHA512 662878cd885b83fe1a349100c8f5bd1bd002dd256cab095169e57baa9b142be96cb84f3bf1fd1eb60b16a7cdc69c321a485d9748744adb1d98b25006f517541a
+DIST patch-6.16-rc1.patch 49700531 BLAKE2B e67ea99f78bee4b4d72292ac825336a75f3f32421b545779f2a4fe934bac80b0766bd43daf8b923466af721d2aec85fbb34c4af2a611e7fb0aeb8adb0b44c506 SHA512 626ce51642d9c7befd92fdd63bc4b3197f94cd727df1369c637a9b829b596e89cf9056db76a0bfaf2bf6a6685584aa410383585c7360e8a14b028153c970de91
diff --git a/sys-kernel/git-sources/git-sources-6.16_rc1.ebuild b/sys-kernel/git-sources/git-sources-6.16_rc1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1ec2d34ec4430
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-kernel/git-sources/git-sources-6.16_rc1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI="8"
+UNIPATCH_STRICTORDER="yes"
+K_NOUSENAME="yes"
+K_NOSETEXTRAVERSION="yes"
+K_NOUSEPR="yes"
+K_SECURITY_UNSUPPORTED="1"
+K_BASE_VER="6.15"
+K_EXP_GENPATCHES_NOUSE="1"
+K_FROM_GIT="yes"
+K_NODRYRUN="yes"
+ETYPE="sources"
+CKV="${PVR/-r/-git}"
+
+# only use this if it's not an _rc/_pre release
+[ "${PV/_pre}" == "${PV}" ] && [ "${PV/_rc}" == "${PV}" ] && OKV="${PV}"
+inherit kernel-2
+detect_version
+
+DESCRIPTION="The very latest -git version of the Linux kernel"
+HOMEPAGE="https://www.kernel.org"
+SRC_URI="${KERNEL_URI}"
+
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~ppc ~ppc64 ~s390 ~sparc ~x86"
+
+K_EXTRAEINFO="This kernel is not supported by Gentoo due to its unstable and
+experimental nature. If you have any issues, try a matching vanilla-sources
+ebuild -- if the problem is not there, please contact the upstream kernel
+developers at https://bugzilla.kernel.org and on the linux-kernel mailing list to
+report the problem so it can be fixed in time for the next kernel release."
+
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	>=sys-devel/patch-2.7.6-r5"
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	postinst_sources
+}