diff --git a/dev-erlang/ezlib/Manifest b/dev-erlang/ezlib/Manifest
index 4716c5ae956e3..0b1fc0020e0c4 100644
--- a/dev-erlang/ezlib/Manifest
+++ b/dev-erlang/ezlib/Manifest
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ DIST ezlib-1.0.12.tar.gz 49803 BLAKE2B 6541c51d53924dba646485c7f6ff9640d0b52a62a
 DIST ezlib-1.0.13.tar.gz 49817 BLAKE2B c61d514da71580e4e55f817f3e616c22094d5425e0aa8423f275bc94c52aefa74261a8bf5da4ca8600eccc84ba143290b4d6f7b5f7a6f8b23d508031e8d27af4 SHA512 947594a219c71a9afb792dc7766712694159cf7ed24df37c646ebbe8b366f82035067cb75ba00d7b9364e1ffc438090c54a93f41f67a57167c8ec4ab8f1ae663
 DIST ezlib-1.0.14.tar.gz 49820 BLAKE2B 36c82ea8b958313d8db2c3a403f87db89fc5906dfc14453da8b08b18b35cc98873e4c6087b0142a85f556d23707bcdc8e2f4fb7eecdb9c13f88240e65de540ac SHA512 9f433e703c656738ca0829e288e55b1c50912dc419990309a8a4cdea7adf05c2f6e47510ad0fefddf7d5adbf40520c1834f588d5d3e2a27f5806104a080504d4
 DIST ezlib-1.0.15.tar.gz 49862 BLAKE2B ff1e927e8456e864d9804b1639be011bc2717f6551cf0d724f39007f50f71878138bf39c9314dc59ef5833674d20b3920ede80c4379b3f426d8474b6a468c83a SHA512 ecdc551ccd93c483d1a7bcc2e3101527fa02d73ec751eea6fe8aa981df3239b18d6c0fb1d905478e9500ac8913aa9f45623160f592ed29f4afde0a169c4ff7da
+DIST ezlib-1.0.16.tar.gz 49925 BLAKE2B 57673fd5ddcee3bc2b652731adedd12a8289255fbd10ca853e3db13d8482eaca41811a2d0cd0e5a0040039db6883576910673b907b02dd70af9881a9a0bf26d2 SHA512 8c04b8735438998916378545144e0d00c1c29cc78287ffcf990547bc5a8f4d25b9b81598715df00911a080726a3793039a66c86ba432e8bd320ebe63c4499055
diff --git a/dev-erlang/ezlib/ezlib-1.0.16.ebuild b/dev-erlang/ezlib/ezlib-1.0.16.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e53ca83494c54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-erlang/ezlib/ezlib-1.0.16.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit rebar
+
+DESCRIPTION="Native zlib driver for Erlang and Elixir"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/processone/ezlib"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/processone/${PN}/archive/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~sparc ~x86"
+
+DEPEND="
+	>=dev-lang/erlang-17.1:=
+	>=dev-erlang/p1_utils-1.0.29
+	virtual/zlib:=
+"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+
+DOCS=( CHANGELOG.md README.md )