diff --git a/sys-apps/turnstile/Manifest b/sys-apps/turnstile/Manifest
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+DIST turnstile-0.1.11.tar.gz 41799 BLAKE2B d5de1bc65b71a1025cd4c6c458dcabc0fe2f8a3371ec55acadaf081d1af7d133fab16cf694399ebee2ada90ce842fa46b0a1bc56636deffc3b2fe602f091ebe9 SHA512 dc53396e3fe4eb2155d1d10680e22696f69f57a2b345fac541671618a8db9a7c24cf937ae4454598aa67c025da698d4bc14dc34b2b77b59b53328c157315b92c
diff --git a/sys-apps/turnstile/metadata.xml b/sys-apps/turnstile/metadata.xml
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+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<maintainer type="person">
+		<email>reedy.sailors.8t@icloud.com</email>
+		<name>Emi</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="github">chimera-linux/turnstile</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+	<use>
+		<flag name="dinit">Install Dinit-related backend and data</flag>
+		<flag name="runit">Install runit-related backend and data</flag>
+		<flag name="rundir">Enable rundir management by default</flag>
+	</use>
+	<longdescription>
+		Turnstile is a work in progress effort to create a session/login tracker to serve as a
+		fully featured alternative to the logind subproject from systemd,
+		and to provide a neutral API to both our session tracker and to logind itself.
+	</longdescription>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/sys-apps/turnstile/turnstile-0.1.11.ebuild b/sys-apps/turnstile/turnstile-0.1.11.ebuild
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+# Copyright 2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+inherit meson
+
+DESCRIPTION="Independent session/login tracker"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/chimera-linux/turnstile"
+
+if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
+	inherit git-r3
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/chimera-linux/${PN}.git"
+else
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+	SRC_URI="https://github.com/chimera-linux/turnstile/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+fi
+
+LICENSE="BSD-2"
+SLOT="0"
+
+DEPEND="
+	sys-libs/pam
+	app-text/scdoc
+	dinit? (
+		sys-apps/dinit
+		sys-apps/dinit-services
+	)
+	runit? (
+		sys-process/runit
+	)
+"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+
+IUSE="dinit runit rundir man"
+
+src_configure() {
+	local emesonargs=(
+		$(meson_feature dinit dinit)
+		$(meson_feature runit runit)
+		$(meson_use rundir manage_rundir)
+		$(meson_use man man)
+	)
+	meson_src_configure
+}
diff --git a/sys-apps/turnstile/turnstile-9999.ebuild b/sys-apps/turnstile/turnstile-9999.ebuild
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+# Copyright 2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+inherit meson
+
+DESCRIPTION="Independent session/login tracker"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/chimera-linux/turnstile"
+
+if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
+	inherit git-r3
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/chimera-linux/${PN}.git"
+else
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+	SRC_URI="https://github.com/chimera-linux/turnstile/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+fi
+
+LICENSE="BSD-2"
+SLOT="0"
+
+DEPEND="
+	sys-libs/pam
+	app-text/scdoc
+	dinit? (
+		sys-apps/dinit
+		sys-apps/dinit-services
+	)
+	runit? (
+		sys-process/runit
+	)
+"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+
+IUSE="dinit runit rundir man"
+
+src_configure() {
+	local emesonargs=(
+		$(meson_feature dinit dinit)
+		$(meson_feature runit runit)
+		$(meson_use rundir manage_rundir)
+		$(meson_use man man)
+	)
+	meson_src_configure
+}