diff --git a/dev-python/nuitka/Manifest b/dev-python/nuitka/Manifest
index ef2e2ddce4d14..5ed1700fcb537 100644
--- a/dev-python/nuitka/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/nuitka/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST nuitka-4.0.5.tar.gz 4420878 BLAKE2B 5e63688afcf533f58c345b110b9710b38fb0a27fcde5fcfe22e71a761bd2e958ebcfaea920f0bd4b468c12fc7a81d18d38d7e193187af03e133e171b668bb49e SHA512 1b2563d06e3585bfc0ad109e0acc076abb75ad2e259eef7fe7ffb504185d15283c9056d9781496a34cb470632e0f834f05526efe32bb222affcbe76975a228c7
+DIST nuitka-4.0.6.tar.gz 4421620 BLAKE2B 65ea4fa6b008f52ac0441e44c948e254592b7a67100a2ff7c3fcc1c7b73a7ebda09efd929f0f608fea4ec8b43161057491da1d8fb22a6dba5ff2931fef31af4d SHA512 f4fea6ed273d27086ddc6b9805aae3d5ed341dada0ad798b1a778598fdd6bcc28c24452201bbb13d8e8a0be61421be43389550158ac8af542d82f736a21aa120
diff --git a/dev-python/nuitka/nuitka-4.0.6.ebuild b/dev-python/nuitka/nuitka-4.0.6.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..395b0323c88f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/nuitka/nuitka-4.0.6.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYPI_PN=${PN^}
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..13} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1 flag-o-matic optfeature pypi
+
+DESCRIPTION="Python to native compiler"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://nuitka.net/
+	https://github.com/Nuitka/Nuitka/
+	https://pypi.org/project/Nuitka/
+"
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~loong ~x86"
+IUSE="test"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-build/scons[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/ordered-set-4.1.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/zstandard-0.15[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	${RDEPEND}
+	test? ( dev-util/ccache )
+"
+
+distutils-r1_src_prepare() {
+	# remove vendored version of SCons that is Python2 only
+	# this should be removed when upstream removes support for Python2
+	rm -vR "nuitka/build/inline_copy/lib/scons-2.3.2/SCons" || die
+	eapply_user
+}
+
+python_install() {
+	distutils-r1_python_install
+	doman doc/nuitka.1 doc/nuitka-run.1
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	append-ldflags -Wl,--no-warn-search-mismatch
+	./tests/basics/run_all.py search || die
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	optfeature "support for stand-alone executables" dev-util/patchelf
+}