diff --git a/app-arch/clzip/Manifest b/app-arch/clzip/Manifest
index 9cc787781464d..b843dd838dc25 100644
--- a/app-arch/clzip/Manifest
+++ b/app-arch/clzip/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 DIST clzip-1.15.tar.gz 117173 BLAKE2B 0a56db3ee0cc5a5407401d79524453607a0ef752268f2df6621cfedcdb3808f06eba26497da1d1f33a6cb24156fdf73f19a848eda71bfc976ba8cf910d3340df SHA512 9b17ff8e35990db2d71a29153dadd909abfee062803f354affe4e4e2f64c9e726b45480bcdfbd45c40e32347d9af8dee18ba1c3f18cb062bc5bd374dfb9891d3
 DIST clzip-1.15.tar.gz.sig 72 BLAKE2B 3fb13ba9fb1907457c17858c09994f750930d64d8deec3799f04002ecd68b20ec8da6a97bcfd16af7739c80a8fb2ce6f41e90c88e06d6603d1020bf942dc02b8 SHA512 bf5c8ac6628d52a3b4dd62aa9b1b36e8f1d156cf28ebae81e32ef0688a83daa38d63b4c4493947a5730968b9e27f35ff07da4bd93fdab84b977deeb3b0ff5225
+DIST clzip-1.16.tar.gz 121858 BLAKE2B 40a93a5eef3abd8e7787c89751588b25ffc24d15a602d71aed9fbdd5355bf332b4fa92cea33bd6777b2e2b5d0f13e79ee6de21c0b6daedeeb9d7930b94c6a9d1 SHA512 9469dd8814626ff130c2eb235e682147a47c75e8712f02e64f7440399cff7abccdf67af2ef88188e2ba9dbd1e1d01d5a4971f75b5b78b11ed28f6225cb80dc28
+DIST clzip-1.16.tar.gz.sig 543 BLAKE2B c99b60585f628dfa1b01fcc47bf801af8793daee6c267e68d7d710f0cf8d7d1c546dbb444ed919cdd0d03d5116b191aa3865bfa2bebdef74ed5198e27e17dd83 SHA512 fb3e2ca63bdd2cb9d75433e2b96388a067c726fcb3329eb8579f8b13a01eae8eb89e4dafa2e73e0419615d4ec0922fb9a5e7f68ed642d17b5f4e0e2d8f339c96
diff --git a/app-arch/clzip/clzip-1.16.ebuild b/app-arch/clzip/clzip-1.16.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8a94f8161cb2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-arch/clzip/clzip-1.16.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=9
+
+VERIFY_SIG_OPENPGP_KEY_PATH=/usr/share/openpgp-keys/antoniodiazdiaz.asc
+inherit toolchain-funcs verify-sig
+
+DESCRIPTION="C language version of lzip"
+HOMEPAGE="https://www.nongnu.org/lzip/clzip.html"
+SRC_URI="https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/lzip/clzip/${P/_/-}.tar.gz"
+SRC_URI+=" verify-sig? ( https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/lzip/${PN}/${P/_/-}.tar.gz.sig )"
+S="${WORKDIR}/${P/_/-}"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2+"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+
+BDEPEND="verify-sig? ( sec-keys/openpgp-keys-antoniodiazdiaz )"
+
+src_configure() {
+	# not autotools-based
+	local myconf=(
+		--prefix="${EPREFIX}"/usr
+		CC="$(tc-getCC)"
+		CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS}"
+		CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
+		LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
+	)
+
+	./configure "${myconf[@]}" || die
+}