diff --git a/dev-libs/s2n-tls/Manifest b/dev-libs/s2n-tls/Manifest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e5cc0832fbe2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/s2n-tls/Manifest
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DIST s2n-tls-1.6.0.tar.gz 5108926 BLAKE2B 3ba2e31607bf9807caa715f526171e930c10e8a308b7b5a451b737ec19c43688ab2641d82e201e584daa7273da88f7288d2e44b1c814cf016f922eb008b92973 SHA512 6675edc33284c04e9d2197079dcfec3c4327dcc54b9c330509fc3080b5fa699da2e28239939ef135f2d1c567d304ce5c604f78dde7b6ee483bd33e0efb920ba6
diff --git a/dev-libs/s2n-tls/files/s2n-tls-1.6.0-cmake_LDFLAGS.patch b/dev-libs/s2n-tls/files/s2n-tls-1.6.0-cmake_LDFLAGS.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1351e425a5468
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/s2n-tls/files/s2n-tls-1.6.0-cmake_LDFLAGS.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- s2n-tls-1.6.0.o/CMakeLists.txt	2025-11-09 18:51:50.702558827 +0200
++++ s2n-tls-1.6.0/CMakeLists.txt	2025-11-09 19:58:52.216551406 +0200
+@@ -176,10 +176,6 @@
+     endif()
+ endif()
+ 
+-if(NOT APPLE)
+-    set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS -Wl,-z,noexecstack,-z,relro,-z,now)
+-endif()
+-
+ # Whether to fail the build when compiling s2n's portable C code with non-portable assembly optimizations. Doing this
+ # can lead to runtime crashes if build artifacts are built on modern hardware, but deployed to older hardware without
+ # newer CPU instructions. s2n, by default, should be backwards compatible with older CPU types so this flag should be
diff --git a/dev-libs/s2n-tls/files/s2n-tls-1.6.0-cmake_version.patch b/dev-libs/s2n-tls/files/s2n-tls-1.6.0-cmake_version.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c2517a813efa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/s2n-tls/files/s2n-tls-1.6.0-cmake_version.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+From: Jaco Kroon <jkroon@gentoo.org>
+
+Upstream report: https://github.com/aws/s2n-tls/issues/5607
+
+--- s2n-tls-1.6.0.o/CMakeLists.txt	2025-11-09 13:01:09.058447600 +0200
++++ s2n-tls-1.6.0/CMakeLists.txt	2025-11-09 13:02:29.498612435 +0200
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.9)
++cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.10..3.31)
+ project (s2n C)
+ 
+ if(POLICY CMP0077)
diff --git a/dev-libs/s2n-tls/metadata.xml b/dev-libs/s2n-tls/metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2862214012509
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/s2n-tls/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="person">
+		<email>jkroon@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Jaco Kroon</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="github">aws/s2n-tls</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-libs/s2n-tls/s2n-tls-1.6.0.ebuild b/dev-libs/s2n-tls/s2n-tls-1.6.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6112c2e65adc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/s2n-tls/s2n-tls-1.6.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Copyright 2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DESCRIPTION="s2n-tls is a C99 implementation of the TLS/SSL protocols"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/aws/s2n-tls"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/aws/s2n-tls/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+
+inherit cmake
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="$(ver_cut 1)"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+
+IUSE="test"
+
+DEPEND="dev-libs/openssl:="
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}/s2n-tls-1.6.0-cmake_version.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/s2n-tls-1.6.0-cmake_LDFLAGS.patch"
+)
+
+src_configure()
+{
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		-DBUILD_TESTING=$(usex test ON OFF)
+	)
+
+	cmake_src_configure
+}