diff --git a/dev-util/forgejo-runner/Manifest b/dev-util/forgejo-runner/Manifest
index 3e84fbc24f..44a7a7dad3 100644
--- a/dev-util/forgejo-runner/Manifest
+++ b/dev-util/forgejo-runner/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 DIST forgejo-runner-12.10.2-deps.tar.xz 41852292 BLAKE2B bac2447f40db70fba40c46424f6ac72f925c9f17efd7b3a999cd0fb63db209f640f765885947e2f71211ea81416dea3953f9f3998c8af1aae4e06433a7840bc3 SHA512 240651ec8029c252a3e1205d7a4a0a9652e78f1ac1b4fd64db0dd4d5fbee3cdee0a5027668cf5a7ffafca7b09eb72bbe9e52283e4727598a691228bd4a9853cc
 DIST forgejo-runner-12.10.2.tar.gz 3529492 BLAKE2B b405b21ba1f36d68a2a28d76294084543a10e2be658ce011e34f0a465d2a55e0704705951de090cec2446dd25cc3d11377adcbfbd2518b919d9cb958d4263008 SHA512 b121611069f5bfdb709f5b61e739c9c94ed3950c96cf8fee29ebe735a302cbac152c39062ec37739db68efa4421da51909f0a7aa64b2032f4c559a300935e6ec
+DIST forgejo-runner-12.11.1-deps.tar.xz 41852968 BLAKE2B cc96d61ae38866b06ef0928cb533b03b283462deb2468e13a672df84d3bb2680e73b8a0817411af20a37678eba2b8cbf7112109a2c8c7bff35912cac06c40f93 SHA512 77e52efb6460dba07cd8381c3b39e73c54f5f3e008aa09b8b25db743b5e938c607649da631e03e063c870fa9047a0316f56462b02f8f526e13328c00ad551fed
+DIST forgejo-runner-12.11.1.tar.gz 3535351 BLAKE2B 887c9eb5dd85b30287f7211e175cda99ab01a9678632c2394498cf5ca2e55a5ab8e5b4b391299ef5a90c31fed625275e9ce310acf9349efada25fbd01b670e99 SHA512 dd70fc0509ca819b9027155788e35b80a810d54d78831e1d6ebfaa6bde6e1d171290e184ec53ca0e260df4f9f39447b02ee4e8391900f88c248866c6cee7343a
diff --git a/dev-util/forgejo-runner/forgejo-runner-12.11.1.ebuild b/dev-util/forgejo-runner/forgejo-runner-12.11.1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2e0ea71b6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/forgejo-runner/forgejo-runner-12.11.1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+# 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="${WORKDIR}/runner"
+
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64"
+fi
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+IUSE="examples +docker podman lxc"
+RESTRICT="mirror test"
+REQUIRED_USE="|| ( docker podman lxc )"
+
+DEPEND="
+	>=dev-lang/go-1.25.11
+"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	acct-user/${PN}[docker=,podman=,lxc=]
+"
+
+src_unpack() {
+	if [[ "${PV}" == *9999* ]]; then
+		git-r3_src_unpack
+		go-module_live_vendor
+	else
+		go-module_src_unpack
+	fi
+}
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+
+	sed \
+		-e "/ExecStart=/s#=.*#=${EPREFIX}/usr/bin/forgejo-runner daemon -c %h/runner-config.yml#g" \
+		-e "/ExecReload=/s#=#=${EPREFIX}#g" \
+		-e "/User=/s#=.*#=${PN}#g" \
+		-e '/WorkingDirectory=/s#=.*#=~#g' \
+		-i contrib/forgejo-runner.service || die
+}
+
+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
+}