diff --git a/dev-libs/weston/Manifest b/dev-libs/weston/Manifest
index baa1a780ccc90..e6c60466208ee 100644
--- a/dev-libs/weston/Manifest
+++ b/dev-libs/weston/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 DIST weston-14.0.2.tar.xz 2043392 BLAKE2B 5ba3a563925d966adf1fdb5f7e00f90ad0b27b0fdb3781f055f17f01e75ff234f9103529bd8a24d440047ec654db91f8f264da6228410dd2b668138ad458f6ae SHA512 e8214ec893e6c3ae94eb3c92feba104b0201843e9143f726a3e9a4d396d02523c94da706c1348cf934bc339fb1a4bc1fecdb865f0ea914115fd346d9eda091f5
 DIST weston-15.0.1.tar.xz 3324344 BLAKE2B db73348e230f7848e7f587f6bbb251202faf5b0b161c86b694174894a2ee80cc5d0f996fd4d2b6438b51738fc7353eabfb9d1603102f0946c080c2d15746582f SHA512 555731ddfaf7e3ef9bf43be682e20338ee207b434a72011b730c9b0ebde4daeaeb9cc9d09a707c32798f0184a55144f64e818551efe7e71413876e45e3cb3523
 DIST weston-15.0.93.tar.xz 3418696 BLAKE2B 4cf199b14560d82361a3d1a15f88ba36d565ba1784297c877c87cf9b67c3b6af41268fe65fb9ed75b78d290f9faebd0f995dca2dd64aacd919a2e41bbec4e733 SHA512 37da8ecac575e3d78622fd8d00fe73b9a5a3f04d0c02c5554ec4e6602a9575099ddd5d9f7a54fb63541ec1b7cdb81492181ea7cd4a94dc1e8fc7ac53ce1e2e19
+DIST weston-16.0.0.tar.xz 3418720 BLAKE2B fbc38f822903094edf182c4aaffe8a21c9a615e1f3962f4a79f71876dfaa905901dfe2c8c1f845404b14ca57b7f2c6892c766d6cbb37223c854c9e98e5d5240b SHA512 23b7a1138833f8aacc57758231d14c2f1bc9ec20ad2fef125ffffb8d63853968e8a8ed2d8bbf6ad1600d7f40358a705ca24838a683e01b1c84279cf8ae1cfe48
diff --git a/dev-libs/weston/weston-16.0.0.ebuild b/dev-libs/weston/weston-16.0.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..947ecb5a7bd4e
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+++ b/dev-libs/weston/weston-16.0.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+LUA_COMPAT=( lua5-4 )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..14} )
+
+inherit lua-single meson python-any-r1 readme.gentoo-r1 xdg-utils
+
+DESCRIPTION="Wayland reference compositor"
+HOMEPAGE="https://wayland.freedesktop.org"
+
+if [[ ${PV} = *9999* ]]; then
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/weston.git"
+	inherit git-r3
+else
+	SRC_URI="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/${PN}/-/releases/${PV}/downloads/${P}.tar.xz"
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
+fi
+
+LICENSE="MIT CC-BY-SA-3.0"
+SLOT="0"
+
+IUSE="+desktop +drm editor examples +gles2 headless ivi jpeg kiosk lcms lua pipewire rdp +resize-optimization +suid systemd test vnc vulkan wayland-compositor webp +X xwayland"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+REQUIRED_USE="
+	drm? ( gles2 )
+	lua? ( ${LUA_REQUIRED_USE} )
+	pipewire? ( drm )
+	test? ( headless )
+	wayland-compositor? ( gles2 )
+	|| ( drm headless rdp vnc wayland-compositor X )
+"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-libs/libinput-1.2.0
+	>=dev-libs/wayland-1.22.0
+	<media-libs/libdisplay-info-0.4.0:=
+	media-libs/libpng:0=
+	sys-auth/seatd:=
+	>=x11-libs/cairo-1.11.3
+	>=x11-libs/libdrm-2.4.130
+	>=x11-libs/libxkbcommon-0.5.0
+	>=x11-libs/pixman-0.25.2
+	x11-misc/xkeyboard-config
+	drm? (
+		>=media-libs/mesa-21.1.1
+		>=sys-libs/mtdev-1.1.0
+		>=virtual/udev-136
+	)
+	editor? ( x11-libs/pango )
+	examples? (
+		dev-libs/glib:2
+		x11-libs/pango
+		gles2? (
+			>=media-libs/mesa-21.1.1
+			>=virtual/udev-136
+		)
+	)
+	gles2? ( media-libs/libglvnd )
+	jpeg? ( media-libs/libjpeg-turbo:0= )
+	lcms? ( >=media-libs/lcms-2.9:2 )
+	lua? ( ${LUA_DEPS} )
+	pipewire? ( >=media-video/pipewire-0.3:= )
+	rdp? ( >=net-misc/freerdp-3[server] )
+	systemd? ( sys-apps/systemd )
+	vnc? (
+		=dev-libs/aml-1*:=
+		=gui-libs/neatvnc-1*:=
+		sys-libs/pam
+	)
+	vulkan? (
+		>=media-libs/mesa-21.1.1
+		media-libs/vulkan-loader
+	)
+	webp? ( media-libs/libwebp:0= )
+	X? (
+		>=x11-libs/libxcb-1.9
+		x11-libs/libX11
+	)
+	xwayland? (
+		x11-base/xwayland
+		x11-libs/cairo[X,xcb(+)]
+		>=x11-libs/libxcb-1.9
+		x11-libs/libXcursor
+		>=x11-libs/xcb-util-cursor-0.1.4
+	)
+"
+DEPEND="
+	${RDEPEND}
+	>=dev-libs/wayland-protocols-1.46
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	${PYTHON_DEPS}
+	dev-util/wayland-scanner
+	virtual/pkgconfig
+	vulkan? ( dev-util/glslang )
+"
+
+pkg_setup() {
+	python-any-r1_pkg_setup
+	use lua && lua-single_pkg_setup
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	local emesonargs=(
+		$(meson_use drm backend-drm)
+		$(meson_use headless backend-headless)
+		$(meson_use pipewire backend-pipewire)
+		$(meson_use rdp backend-rdp)
+		$(meson_use vnc backend-vnc)
+		$(meson_use vulkan renderer-vulkan)
+		$(meson_use wayland-compositor backend-wayland)
+		$(meson_use X backend-x11)
+		-Dbackend-default=auto
+		$(meson_use gles2 renderer-gl)
+		$(meson_use xwayland)
+		$(meson_use systemd)
+		$(meson_use desktop shell-desktop)
+		$(meson_use ivi shell-ivi)
+		$(meson_use lua shell-lua)
+		$(meson_use kiosk shell-kiosk)
+		$(meson_use lcms color-management-lcms)
+		$(meson_use jpeg image-jpeg)
+		$(meson_use webp image-webp)
+		-Dtools=debug,info,terminal
+		$(meson_use examples demo-clients)
+		-Dsimple-clients=$(usev examples all)
+		$(meson_use resize-optimization resize-pool)
+		$(meson_use test tests)
+		-Dtest-junit-xml=false
+		"${myconf[@]}"
+	)
+	meson_src_configure
+}
+
+src_test() {
+	xdg_environment_reset
+	addwrite /dev/dri/
+
+	# xwayland test can fail if X11 socket already exists.
+	cd "${BUILD_DIR}" || die
+	meson test $(meson test --list | grep -Exv "weston:xwayland") || die
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	meson_src_install
+	readme.gentoo_create_doc
+}