diff --git a/app-admin/monit/Manifest b/app-admin/monit/Manifest
index a743bd28e47a6..1935817ff747c 100644
--- a/app-admin/monit/Manifest
+++ b/app-admin/monit/Manifest
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ DIST monit-5.34.0.tar.gz 1486962 BLAKE2B e49e271f981d76b5d1f71818b7e6e1b1a2de56d
 DIST monit-5.34.3.tar.gz 1518592 BLAKE2B 444bc0918fefc59214f9513fa134d4abea9cb0bbfc3e71fa4c3d76d9134821a54e1949bf89a4dc483593862a629a03ac347df9c12f07476c1fcbf2c2e2d4d507 SHA512 77a3837dec02c2008a7d460f553da18691c1e42f2c0f1baa34b7e1547d0dccadd38cd67c827ea380e26c5e15a89e87439c26ae52b4266d944898ce25153a2fa5
 DIST monit-5.34.4.tar.gz 1664299 BLAKE2B a61a63eab320cb39d9d90a877fa6d2f9c326e9629847c235cb44061ad69d9ae561d1c05c5ca0b50e263d3539ed39db64602741e88aa20697209c62bdb53f7516 SHA512 e9ff0c5e5823542fd60ff25ecd53850cc37c1b76c2108e9c09c4eeb137a1b7a844b4cbe0075eaf13a5d28991e1214d3ab08bf2902f375e3118af0b98fd879d98
 DIST monit-5.35.2.tar.gz 1526704 BLAKE2B 36ffdf106ac1c800817fd45bd41e444bfbfc483e13a6743ad2b7167e0e5efe612649c90ca7be2a58e6741c6b297c8677e337d9f1b6b451aadbea62eab7ac561a SHA512 5368a2096ae0ace59b4836a87d2758d11b550e6231a706f8e62ce0bcb2439895c9d1c41c0b0677a5112e30f4d809c95ddd039efdb60d9d4db826ab80d49179e5
+DIST monit-6.0.0.tar.gz 1545908 BLAKE2B 45202fa13503e485a72267fc22115427155095d5fbc3d289fa6b9a9861d37d2f05b5fef7906b9a6c2d7a286b75055a0d8462407761e7a3e1cc385205a398e2f9 SHA512 4dcaaad3b88d83af7a1634e84238cb7f3437e0c64bcfc65c1b1bf17e10279d60309e7feaeb6cf887cc9c0911f486f58ac1602770e73457244511448ec0ed880a
diff --git a/app-admin/monit/monit-6.0.0.ebuild b/app-admin/monit/monit-6.0.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a330002c9f271
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-admin/monit/monit-6.0.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# Copyright 2021-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit bash-completion-r1 pam systemd
+
+DESCRIPTION="Monitoring and managing daemons or similar programs running on a Unix system"
+HOMEPAGE="http://mmonit.com/monit/"
+SRC_URI="http://mmonit.com/monit/dist/${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="AGPL-3"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
+IUSE="pam selinux ssl"
+
+RDEPEND="virtual/zlib:=
+	virtual/libcrypt:=
+	pam? ( sys-libs/pam )
+	ssl? ( dev-libs/openssl:0= )
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+RDEPEND+=" selinux? ( sec-policy/selinux-monit )"
+BDEPEND="
+	app-alternatives/yacc
+	app-alternatives/lex
+"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+	sed -i -e '/^INSTALL_PROG/s/-s//' Makefile.in || die
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	local myeconfargs=(
+		$(use_with pam)
+		$(use_with ssl)
+	)
+	econf "${myeconfargs[@]}"
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	default
+
+	insinto /etc/logrotate.d
+	newins "${FILESDIR}"/monit.logrotate monit
+
+	insinto /etc; insopts -m600; doins monitrc
+	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/monit.initd-5.0-r1 monit
+	systemd_dounit system/startup/${PN}.service
+
+	use pam && newpamd "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.pamd ${PN}
+
+	dobashcomp system/bash/monit
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	elog "Sample configurations are available at:"
+	elog "http://mmonit.com/monit/documentation/"
+}