diff --git a/sys-kernel/linux-next/linux-next-9999.ebuild b/sys-kernel/linux-next/linux-next-9999.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..302a8eb1494ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-kernel/linux-next/linux-next-9999.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Copyright 2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit git-r3
+
+EGIT_REPO_URI="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git -> linux-next-${P}.git"
+EGIT_CLONE_TYPE="shallow"
+
+DESCRIPTION="Linux kernel and patches aimed at the next kernel merge window"
+HOMEPAGE="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2+"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS=""
+
+src_unpack() {
+	git-r3_src_unpack
+}
+
+src_prepare() {
+	eapply_user
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	:;
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	dodir /usr/src/
+	cp -R "${S}/" "${D}/usr/src/" || die "Install failed!"
+}
diff --git a/sys-kernel/linux-next/metadata.xml b/sys-kernel/linux-next/metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3335b243cbff6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-kernel/linux-next/metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+  <maintainer type="project">
+    <email>kernel@gentoo.org</email>
+    <name>Gentoo Kernel Project</name>
+  </maintainer>
+  <upstream>
+    <remote-id type="cpe">cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel</remote-id>
+  </upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>