diff --git a/dev-ruby/maxitest/Manifest b/dev-ruby/maxitest/Manifest
index 531293831e949..e689f490795bc 100644
--- a/dev-ruby/maxitest/Manifest
+++ b/dev-ruby/maxitest/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 DIST maxitest-5.5.0.tar.gz 65102 BLAKE2B 46c7d0c9bcc794066316cc244f4628771a14224903416c4547b9c6d3f58aabae3597db93034a35f40140ee0bc443419d7e856d7a99f91565e8d6c3bbaa71a86c SHA512 331fd82a069494fbf2d1e2874de1c4bc5fe9b1ee430505e43aab4d1049f2e9dcf9c50bfcee8f8b897b881c2e859dbd7fe66d9d98c13b0cbc637cd8f87715abf7
 DIST maxitest-5.7.1.tar.gz 65849 BLAKE2B c377923ae8e9a27bc57fba4a672deed04fbf397e518aa5ed33e63885176b8c2e6aff59b8eab2e2c7d6ba972ed4cde1033c5bc3017864c910275fcbdd7ecb967d SHA512 6b030a1d47e4c3c6502dc672d7aa0277965aadf371ba2037c7e9e21f5e305a71b3e19d7e67fd6adabe84f6c9686e28e6e2697fb1c4350915c2bdf58a7eef857c
 DIST maxitest-5.8.0.tar.gz 66194 BLAKE2B 3110fe8c000c54ff2cf66dabfd1f9a12a327330e8195138f1af2e98f0e2fc8f0a13cc97cf3cd9334a6ea221aded63b9fe425cadd870a15b6969ef4b662b509a6 SHA512 07e0828717b3d672398bfd76279707943983b319a068c1e07e20d807dcf7deeda3e98cc7a4314bdbfe6f534b9909aa551ec54f60c61e5c43147707370ed03e33
+DIST maxitest-6.0.0.tar.gz 65875 BLAKE2B 7108c344f7a2ce6cd3e718dc46b2931886dda6d6df844e14cd418e44054864df9e9f7a5ea0669468355fb0edc5297e320bbae7d45d81c560f486f1d9b4c6b675 SHA512 b8ce6f50d13d598596dd4c51781d0a79d48af8796509c9442ae3d65fbb9bd9086a880130a7b36eacddcc5c8399f19f86ed7de56feec528f679f3a7360f4a22a2
diff --git a/dev-ruby/maxitest/maxitest-6.0.0.ebuild b/dev-ruby/maxitest/maxitest-6.0.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..33388f4d858c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-ruby/maxitest/maxitest-6.0.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+USE_RUBY="ruby32 ruby33 ruby34"
+
+RUBY_FAKEGEM_EXTRADOC="CHANGELOG.md README.md"
+
+RUBY_FAKEGEM_RECIPE_TEST="rspec3"
+
+RUBY_FAKEGEM_GEMSPEC="${PN}.gemspec"
+
+inherit ruby-fakegem
+
+DESCRIPTION="Minitest + all the features you always wanted"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/grosser/maxitest"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/grosser/maxitest/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="1"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~ppc-macos ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris"
+IUSE="test"
+
+ruby_add_rdepend ">=dev-ruby/minitest-5.20.0:* <dev-ruby/minitest-5.26.0:*"
+
+ruby_add_bdepend "test? ( dev-ruby/bundler >=dev-ruby/minitest-5.21.0 )"
+
+all_ruby_prepare() {
+	rm -f Gemfile.lock || die
+	# Remove developer-only gems from the gemspec and avoid git issues
+	sed -e 's:_relative ": "./:' \
+		-i ${RUBY_FAKEGEM_GEMSPEC} || die
+	sed -e '/\(debug\|bump\)/ s:^:#:' \
+		-i Gemfile || die
+
+	sed -e '/shows backtrace for/askip' \
+		-e '/describe.*line/ s/describe/xdescribe/' \
+		-e '/describe.*color/ s/describe/xdescribe/' \
+		-i spec/maxitest_spec.rb || die
+}
+
+each_ruby_prepare() {
+	# Use the correct target
+	sed -e '/\(run_cmd\|sh\)/ s:ruby:'${RUBY}':' \
+		-e '/\(run_cmd\|sh\)/ s:mtest:'${RUBY}' -rmaxitest/version -S bin/mtest:' \
+		-i spec/maxitest_spec.rb || die
+
+	case ${RUBY} in
+		*ruby34)
+			# Avoid test failing due to changed messages in Ruby.
+			sed -e '/stops on ctrl+c and prints errors/ s/it/xit/' \
+				-e '/shows backtraces when in verbose mode/ s/it/xit/' \
+				-i spec/maxitest_spec.rb || die
+			;;
+	esac
+}
+
+each_ruby_test() {
+	PATH="${S}/bin:${PATH}" RUBYLIB="${S}/lib" RSPEC_VERSION=3 ruby-ng_rspec spec
+}