diff --git a/dev-util/forgejo-runner/Manifest b/dev-util/forgejo-runner/Manifest
index b373f686ae..e3ff6906f4 100644
--- a/dev-util/forgejo-runner/Manifest
+++ b/dev-util/forgejo-runner/Manifest
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ DIST forgejo-runner-12.5.3-deps.tar.xz 54999260 BLAKE2B 59d88a51db7812c8b5083627
 DIST forgejo-runner-12.5.3.tar.gz 3476349 BLAKE2B 343acfc40cb137fc9111b38e4a07776cab6a8f125425b5d1125065c743336f23268d0dd608b8cc2e3a51055a7d954f9c428c050efa8c3e50baa1ec7369f7f5fd SHA512 e55a5042cdb9c1e8325d0f111f8d9bdc5640c7ed1ed0cfd6e7b6bd383fbf08677d877212733eab2d2736c58c9b051074d0921a2022deeb110e77347b70a88832
 DIST forgejo-runner-12.6.1-deps.tar.xz 54995188 BLAKE2B bbc273aaa5a7ec4f071f2309070957a4f4d53581baaa498065b03aba0e2b7eb7564c25627a8bb2dd0d803190bd8c4b25ac34f5d40bfb0ca0f66d7c999eac140c SHA512 a4fa6b42d79b3eb5230ce65a44fbf8057d11705b409a5fba4e19ea05e4cd12eadd17f0ad675bcfb23c0ed48f378ed2223b1c2f7b662e19c7c080f01bf86b96ba
 DIST forgejo-runner-12.6.1.tar.gz 3481504 BLAKE2B 7dd5c22097ec46935af2854a8fd676564ec07bc06eb626a94ca89cc12af00fc35fac169495e92126d9be5dc294e928dee1b79f8a4f41bb9eed81c1653f106f6c SHA512 99f111bde4829c2292273dc5083f2499102e024b903e49de9094005ffe78db403f90af9b62e487d52e2bfb340e53a796bad73b4206a2487c9cec73049aff1c4c
+DIST forgejo-runner-12.7.2-deps.tar.xz 96855144 BLAKE2B 9eab44901f3b0648315ecec10348c3679c6200cc7b09f3a151ec0b483e43e0780311d7f972a15765abf983ce3f7bc7f65ed893ebcd1057e7c1529c760d151cb4 SHA512 e8ae9c21c5b4f4ac60d2b13bbeafffc1dcf2869bbe2f4319f521e5e03005133d3fdf9656c3692b119614521baae6cca78d706638ba285d9c1c5c1ee9d9554419
+DIST forgejo-runner-12.7.2.tar.gz 3500658 BLAKE2B 5ced7426cc6c2783e4d8c1f6fa12e3be39daa821d0edbbda6c36440426032f521631ca01b4ccdbb28d43fb64704bbcd74e5b26aaf8b1b361cbf328ca7b2f39da SHA512 20be1d9c2be48197008dc4d8ce6d950b62fc09e43e7105fd509d5e67f261acaf5470a504a6c3d09c076c6f3971a2d16f1a8d4aefadee3041ae203af21d1ebe1c
diff --git a/dev-util/forgejo-runner/forgejo-runner-12.7.2.ebuild b/dev-util/forgejo-runner/forgejo-runner-12.7.2.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..00723ae467
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/forgejo-runner/forgejo-runner-12.7.2.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+# Copyright 2024-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+inherit go-module systemd
+
+DESCRIPTION="A daemon that connects to a Forgejo instance and runs jobs for CI"
+HOMEPAGE="https://code.forgejo.org/forgejo/runner https://forgejo.org/docs/next/admin/actions/"
+
+if [[ "${PV}" == *9999* ]]; then
+	inherit git-r3
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://code.forgejo.org/forgejo/runner.git"
+else
+	SRC_URI="
+		https://code.forgejo.org/forgejo/runner/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz
+		https://github.com/gentoo-golang-dist/${PN}/releases/download/v${PV}/${P}-deps.tar.xz
+	"
+	S="${WORKDIR}/runner"
+
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64"
+fi
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+IUSE="examples"
+RESTRICT="test"
+
+DEPEND="
+	>=dev-lang/go-1.25.8
+"
+
+src_unpack() {
+	if [[ "${PV}" == *9999* ]]; then
+		git-r3_src_unpack
+		go-module_live_vendor
+	else
+		go-module_src_unpack
+	fi
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	# export version information
+	# https://github.com/gentoo/guru/pull/205
+	# https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-8831646.html
+	local VERSION
+	if [[ "${PV}" == *9999* ]]; then
+		VERSION="$(
+			git describe --tags --first-parent --abbrev=7 --long --dirty --always \
+			| sed -e "s/^v//g"
+		)"
+	else
+		VERSION="${PVR}"
+	fi
+
+	local EXTRA_GOFLAGS_LD=(
+		# "-w" # disable DWARF generation
+		# "-s" # disable symbol table
+		"-X=code.forgejo.org/forgejo/runner/v11/internal/pkg/ver.version=v${VERSION}"
+	)
+
+	GOFLAGS+=" '-ldflags=${EXTRA_GOFLAGS_LD[*]}'"
+
+	ego build -tags 'netgo osusergo' -o forgejo-runner
+
+	# Makefile does this
+	# emake forgejo-runner
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	dobin forgejo-runner
+
+	systemd_dounit "contrib/forgejo-runner.service"
+
+	dodoc "README.md"
+	if use examples; then
+		dodoc -r "examples"
+		docompress -x "/usr/share/doc/${PF}/examples"
+	fi
+}