diff --git a/dev-embedded/fwup/Manifest b/dev-embedded/fwup/Manifest
index b788e5a277..c080b93d78 100644
--- a/dev-embedded/fwup/Manifest
+++ b/dev-embedded/fwup/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST fwup-1.15.1.tar.gz 25588820 BLAKE2B 0b030a76c3f7699fa6a2ea7fd1f8e8391d8a62ad874f3f26ab39380ec9ec6727483659726ffd1894a9751e76c71a7c8e194b4b9af88ee39ff28187b96b16e572 SHA512 7b80a10a805a9023b5fc6103c3165f84cba2ac563ee58feb27d99589797551250522fe152f01be899d79e6d07d9eb7a07c7745bf634f5828e886f386fa2ba454
+DIST fwup-1.16.0.tar.gz 25593107 BLAKE2B 6d7e350e636457f830c3ca94e110c08a3f00d287008257e5a00cb102fd90bda01a167177436bbdd06fd5eaf99f22e5921f58b068436a0c8bbb9e52e64b435e8e SHA512 e9bb6503ed4169407dbe7325afd53c61715b18f3fbea55d15d364b6c64ae104e80f7b4831ac58531a81670cc7597dcf8cacde95dd953fcfb8e4ea495438739f3
diff --git a/dev-embedded/fwup/fwup-1.16.0.ebuild b/dev-embedded/fwup/fwup-1.16.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..10b3732a88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-embedded/fwup/fwup-1.16.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DESCRIPTION="Configurable embedded Linux firmware update creator and runner"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/fwup-home/fwup"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/fwup-home/fwup/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=app-arch/libarchive-3.7.9
+	app-arch/zip
+	>=dev-libs/confuse-2.8
+	dev-util/xdelta:3
+	sys-fs/dosfstools
+	sys-fs/mtools
+	sys-fs/squashfs-tools
+"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+	./autogen.sh
+}
+
+src_test() {
+	# The fwup tests do not like the portage sandbox. Make them play nice.
+
+	# Modify tests/common.sh to ensure $WRITE_SHIM and $MOUNT_SHIM point to
+	# files that don't exist. This is needed to ensure tests don't try to use
+	# LD_PRELOAD.
+	sed -i 's/^\(WRITE\|MOUNT\)_SHIM=".*"/\1_SHIM=""/' 'tests/common.sh' \
+		|| die 'Could not sed tests/common.sh'
+
+	# set VERIFY_SYSCALLS_DISABLE, to disable tracing
+	VERIFY_SYSCALLS_DISABLE="" emake check
+}