diff --git a/app-admin/run0edit/Manifest b/app-admin/run0edit/Manifest
index ff9d1b7e3d..24c4255a97 100644
--- a/app-admin/run0edit/Manifest
+++ b/app-admin/run0edit/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST run0edit-0.5.8.tar.gz 61440 BLAKE2B dabb11034e380e9ed38d837fd68088f8db641b16a57685fd765dff2f7cebb2be089435450b4d5e9f9ca25a549a8e9ade111e35dcb734461c7b82d45460d20eb3 SHA512 af324e18bd2cee60e72eb557c5b64f062d315a2ba3e30a314cc1879a993e1d4f8d446510e8669df92f1f306104c6b52dc14adc80e4a8e7622a1dba1aa2b07f86
+DIST run0edit-0.5.9.tar.gz 61440 BLAKE2B ca86288b8af51bf615893840eb0fa848b6c245098989ec115459d7315686f296e0c82bed62a3b3821bbbe9ffd2984cb5954d00812eed76d4d6b63724c8a4b261 SHA512 6f0a4943a65514a6d42e2bfd0fad488c44b83f71118c6f1f1970c8874794ca0b10aaaf4e7acc1d5e02ad146a0c3b149ecf43714cc16739780ce652f636aba857
diff --git a/app-admin/run0edit/run0edit-0.5.9.ebuild b/app-admin/run0edit/run0edit-0.5.9.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bdf7abd4bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-admin/run0edit/run0edit-0.5.9.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+# Copyright 2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{12..14} )
+inherit python-single-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Script to edit a single file as root using run0"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/HastD/run0edit"
+
+if [[ ${PV} == *9999 ]]; then
+	inherit git-r3
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/HastD/run0edit.git"
+else
+	SRC_URI="https://github.com/HastD/run0edit/releases/download/v${PV}/run0edit-${PV}.tar.gz"
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+fi
+
+LICENSE="|| ( Apache-2.0 MIT )"
+SLOT="0"
+
+REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
+RDEPEND="
+	${PYTHON_DEPS}
+	>=sys-apps/systemd-256:=
+"
+
+DOCS=( {CHANGELOG,SECURITY,README}.md )
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+
+	python_fix_shebang run0edit_main.py run0edit_inner.py
+
+	local b2=$(b2sum "${S}"/run0edit_inner.py | cut -d' ' -f1)
+	local sitedir=$(python_get_sitedir)
+
+	# patch hard-coded variables to work
+	sed -i \
+		-e "s|^INNER_SCRIPT_PATH:.*|INNER_SCRIPT_PATH: Final[str] = \"${sitedir}/run0edit_inner.py\"|" \
+		-e "/^INNER_SCRIPT_B2:/{
+			N
+			s|^.*|INNER_SCRIPT_B2: Final[str] = \"${b2}\"|
+		}" \
+		run0edit_main.py || die
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	python_domodule run0edit_inner.py
+
+	python_newscript run0edit_main.py run0edit
+
+	einstalldocs
+}