diff --git a/net-misc/xh/Manifest b/net-misc/xh/Manifest
index 1b5a42c210..b9ad17a30b 100644
--- a/net-misc/xh/Manifest
+++ b/net-misc/xh/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 DIST xh-0.25.3-crates.tar.xz 24541944 BLAKE2B f6b8113708c418afc3f530485c4f29a0260fc6e747acab4405dbe6c15ffc5e028c679d71496ba8bd939f591defeeed7d8b2e8fe7eec476007e26d4b8bacd7f09 SHA512 1a15480d8951ce084f65a2c2323c89d9a1b697e51961f67e200b9d0f4092e5403d62eac95884761979ebb7b6b16ebd8df5832e3768182b7465a5ae8203a5b4ea
 DIST xh-0.25.3.tar.gz 311659 BLAKE2B 9b12109ae02c631564dc9fdd3462beeb5dbafc13da9387ac10af827c7eec5fb7fe6f2d7523f3ae0497eb0e9e1d7dce066f3794139334601e5689bc5247fa9c6a SHA512 e49eb9bc2bbab8ee7436fd97d4acd1c09bb44dc20174040400f2fe4a8d7d0c3fa0bdd97a3c54d2095b385b6bdcc1b39720a8706d6a1597dabe600f7205cfe3fb
+DIST xh-0.26.1-crates.tar.xz 29379900 BLAKE2B 1923e961c3b7553b00e92dee24047146cd173f5e927f27121985cc72116dae0a6735a4fa371ae87f6f6e69b7e8667ad7255ab4667e582396b8ca258a728d2505 SHA512 5a8a318746e6aaf2d4c9279327fe74723f09f17d3545be5b2bdac562e22ab156ea4843bb6c926843a35b2ea776402f5aee265fef798362b91dd213aecb55a1b8
+DIST xh-0.26.1.tar.gz 332762 BLAKE2B 5d1ab808fd82b66e335e5f20d2fa5ba17db5c1fccce95894ca4f3a1422903fccec674f7cf2807b8657229140a1e57911608d7a764a61bd62872acde216d2f582 SHA512 6446ce0c213bc901893d85f691de41f667c9b94ee04aa6359827397695e2e272ce0fb4d8cb85d0d985b063b3217688d3469bc8f8a600404829159ddd395de4df
diff --git a/net-misc/xh/xh-0.26.1.ebuild b/net-misc/xh/xh-0.26.1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..db4de1b108
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-misc/xh/xh-0.26.1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# Copyright 2024-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+RUST_MIN_VER=1.85.0
+
+inherit cargo shell-completion
+
+DESCRIPTION="Friendly and fast tool for sending HTTP requests"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/ducaale/xh"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/ducaale/${PN}/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+SRC_URI+=" https://github.com/gentoo-crate-dist/${PN}/releases/download/v${PV}/${P}-crates.tar.xz"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+# Dependent crate licenses
+LICENSE+=" Apache-2.0 BSD ISC MIT MPL-2.0 Unicode-DFS-2016"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+RESTRICT="test"
+
+DEPEND="
+	dev-libs/oniguruma:=
+	dev-libs/openssl:0=
+"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+
+DOCS=( {CHANGELOG,README}.md )
+
+QA_FLAGS_IGNORED="usr/bin/${PN}"
+
+src_configure() {
+	# high magic to allow system-libs
+	export OPENSSL_NO_VENDOR=true
+	export RUSTONIG_SYSTEM_LIBONIG=1
+
+	myfeatures=(
+		native-tls
+	)
+
+	cargo_src_configure --no-default-features
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	cargo_src_install
+
+	# See https://github.com/ducaale/xh#making-https-requests-by-default
+	dosym "${PN}" "/usr/bin/${PN}s"
+
+	einstalldocs
+	doman "doc/${PN}.1"
+
+	newbashcomp "completions/${PN}.bash" "${PN}"
+	dozshcomp "completions/_${PN}"
+	dofishcomp "completions/${PN}.fish"
+}