diff --git a/dev-util/hare-update/Manifest b/dev-util/hare-update/Manifest
index afd11d25bb..53b2c434ba 100644
--- a/dev-util/hare-update/Manifest
+++ b/dev-util/hare-update/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST hare-update-0.25.2.0.tar.gz 59682 BLAKE2B cf7e74faffb4a8ef11d238bc837bd359dbe0f0e272a69e19b441168d09d66e8106a93c8ad0b3cbe9a568f2e80d5563f7ec0299f9059de98b752784d4ed2a814c SHA512 bbae0b07f6eb8fb8a50598cfff7d4932811a37f185a8f7e13a41045080338363bfb38599f5605350f9b82a04bb2876741b9623d1efb3e92bda396d7f41c213c9
+DIST hare-update-0.26.0.0.tar.gz 130064 BLAKE2B 52785c9784284b3c202af72d16d17e49d0653157cd3484ab525f489a14dbd580ababb3e7eb874a48a9ea80e54dd487216dac0567d90565b0cbc50c8f020c0aad SHA512 0e76ea2614a56de5fab88581ea2701e3aa8e5de41061042e2f862982151d34405aff5b7dc37605114021a9586df8ee9431ba471ec8650e494ef44c15e0801943
diff --git a/dev-util/hare-update/hare-update-0.26.0.0.ebuild b/dev-util/hare-update/hare-update-0.26.0.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28ad632be6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/hare-update/hare-update-0.26.0.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Copyright 2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+if [[ "${PV}" = "9999" ]]; then
+	inherit git-r3
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/hare-update"
+	DEPEND="dev-lang/hare:="
+else
+	SRC_URI="https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/hare-update/archive/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~riscv"
+	DEPEND="~dev-lang/hare-$(ver_cut 1-3):="
+fi
+
+DESCRIPTION="assist in upgrading a codebase to a newer Hare release"
+HOMEPAGE="https://sr.ht/~sircmpwn/hare-update"
+LICENSE="EUPL-1.2"
+SLOT="0"
+
+# binaries are hare-built
+QA_FLAGS_IGNORED="usr/bin/.*"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+
+	sed -i "s;^PREFIX=.*;PREFIX=${EPREFIX}/usr;" Makefile || die
+}