diff --git a/net-irc/irssi/Manifest b/net-irc/irssi/Manifest
index d02e285e59ab5..ff8da361891f9 100644
--- a/net-irc/irssi/Manifest
+++ b/net-irc/irssi/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST irssi-1.4.5.tar.xz 1215688 BLAKE2B 573d8552137cb09c152fe0d1f9196c966bc0afb23e8817fed7315a07d2fc36b3ffabf5e8384bb80a48aa24cf57e5d336f40e708a4c9ef6bad3ec8ce10125f196 SHA512 5d80107ad625feb6d2b3ac807f517c5cfeae58986d3fbfe53ea82f2dee70396f5092abdc6ef137c5651e4515e081591079b37f0e428f69990db493cfe14e4f36
+DIST irssi-1.4.5.tar.xz.asc 195 BLAKE2B 7865a15b6745902ece25c9151ce68d6a50c056dd41ab020003fa0f0fb0b499baac746e5d537db07fe4db12565555965c6770f9909d809cbbd497d997a0fc49dc SHA512 8a4df3fabdc3d96b409f2b96da752cc5c3e6912b593499bc4b55600c5a81df05a4d6b0547aae1e2e252b53f6aeae29a44a9cc27335eaa0c6cd8bb3b3ec8feacb
diff --git a/net-irc/irssi/irssi-1.4.5-r2.ebuild b/net-irc/irssi/irssi-1.4.5-r2.ebuild
index 1ff7f9d58f23b..5de87707bf5e4 100644
--- a/net-irc/irssi/irssi-1.4.5-r2.ebuild
+++ b/net-irc/irssi/irssi-1.4.5-r2.ebuild
@@ -16,8 +16,16 @@ else
 	# Keep for _rc compability
 	MY_P="${P/_/-}"
 
-	SRC_URI="https://github.com/${PN}/${PN}/releases/download/${PV/_/-}/${MY_P}.tar.xz"
+	VERIFY_SIG_OPENPGP_KEY_PATH=/usr/share/openpgp-keys/irssi.asc
+	inherit verify-sig
+
+	SRC_URI="
+		https://github.com/${PN}/${PN}/releases/download/${PV/_/-}/${MY_P}.tar.xz
+		verify-sig? ( https://github.com/${PN}/${PN}/releases/download/${PV/_/-}/${MY_P}.tar.xz.asc )
+	"
 	KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris"
+
+	BDEPEND=" verify-sig? ( sec-keys/openpgp-keys-irssi )"
 fi
 
 LICENSE="GPL-2"
@@ -38,7 +46,8 @@ RDEPEND="
 	)
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
-BDEPEND="dev-lang/perl
+BDEPEND+="
+	dev-lang/perl
 	virtual/pkgconfig"
 RDEPEND+=" selinux? ( sec-policy/selinux-irc )"
 
diff --git a/net-irc/irssi/irssi-9999.ebuild b/net-irc/irssi/irssi-9999.ebuild
index 8ffc187060b98..6958199caca89 100644
--- a/net-irc/irssi/irssi-9999.ebuild
+++ b/net-irc/irssi/irssi-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -16,8 +16,16 @@ else
 	# Keep for _rc compability
 	MY_P="${P/_/-}"
 
-	SRC_URI="https://github.com/${PN}/${PN}/releases/download/${PV/_/-}/${MY_P}.tar.xz"
+	VERIFY_SIG_OPENPGP_KEY_PATH=/usr/share/openpgp-keys/irssi.asc
+	inherit verify-sig
+
+	SRC_URI="
+		https://github.com/${PN}/${PN}/releases/download/${PV/_/-}/${MY_P}.tar.xz
+		verify-sig? ( https://github.com/${PN}/${PN}/releases/download/${PV/_/-}/${MY_P}.tar.xz.asc )
+	"
 	KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris"
+
+	BDEPEND=" verify-sig? ( sec-keys/openpgp-keys-irssi )"
 fi
 
 LICENSE="GPL-2"
@@ -38,7 +46,8 @@ RDEPEND="
 	)
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
-BDEPEND="dev-lang/perl
+BDEPEND+="
+	dev-lang/perl
 	virtual/pkgconfig"
 RDEPEND+=" selinux? ( sec-policy/selinux-irc )"