diff --git a/dev-vcs/lazygit/Manifest b/dev-vcs/lazygit/Manifest
index d76ba99873..8fbb72867d 100644
--- a/dev-vcs/lazygit/Manifest
+++ b/dev-vcs/lazygit/Manifest
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ DIST lazygit-0.58.0.tar.gz 5449815 BLAKE2B ab63ca05728c01e25535949a79a368673b336
 DIST lazygit-0.58.1.tar.gz 5452321 BLAKE2B aeb3364cdc94d4f35cbb80c56668b8a0526f1df7c89a64d54a85b458e486a2f1d7c1ce6a1d81150322b40103b074fa76667a1838d54f804ae465498b080cbce0 SHA512 d4802b16432b26220c3ff1576eafbca1b095a82c703e2cb46f72cea6d255caa52a9c428aa98c5ff794e56fdeac1f5fc85f491717b9caf28d8db24d6c50eb103b
 DIST lazygit-0.59.0.tar.gz 5456484 BLAKE2B 5f43c161197a2fa8f2a627ccf069975fcdbc4bb4c088c2607e329c2b78c76d14172885d165bbfe590b61a2f25dcf3cc330217065019d3246c174160b6f7e0fd3 SHA512 747dd840cc9154b450f62a4475cba745d91ecec8f6f04ca745e1789e9369e22cd4c6ffb38d3980280f173322d30cc387cc064aa566f8612b19d309d12797a70a
 DIST lazygit-0.60.0.tar.gz 5136464 BLAKE2B 68ff1be80096c2375bc0693ebcc65acfaa1c7b1736df030b6753f7c41f4bb4a13efca0942d5d578e9e2032e76225d7a51e77540f0b54c1d011dfb8bd2eda2e4e SHA512 08859cfe00267aed718d4ed0e7bf01109ddd189f7ce6668932d4a2b8dc72bf0ff813a33e209c9d616c2dc9d6f95d03f658c5f340df34fc31c62b96e5fa1f5864
+DIST lazygit-0.61.1.tar.gz 4157837 BLAKE2B ee81a42d2fced530621b9e6affd418346908ccaa9f0ec9e8f312e8a6d71c5118f91f8288e473ff00c05b7e5197c1fab205843d422085547beb8517bbca82de08 SHA512 0f44ec7cfdb189474caab820dbd95ff1d3d5bfa0c23015b245b8d1211217dfa4bdfdc292f0865b4d93fd766b429fed7c321e783bf7947c9e255698ba412a8bd6
diff --git a/dev-vcs/lazygit/lazygit-0.61.1.ebuild b/dev-vcs/lazygit/lazygit-0.61.1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..98c25b364c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-vcs/lazygit/lazygit-0.61.1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit go-module
+
+DESCRIPTION="Simple terminal UI for git commands"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit"
+if [[ "${PV}" == 9999 ]]; then
+	inherit git-r3
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/jesseduffield/${PN}.git"
+else
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+	SRC_URI="https://github.com/jesseduffield/${PN}/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+fi
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+# dependency licenses:
+LICENSE+=" Apache-2.0 BSD-2 BSD ISC MIT Unlicense "
+SLOT="0"
+BDEPEND=">=dev-lang/go-1.25.0"
+RDEPEND="dev-vcs/git"
+
+DOCS=( {CODE-OF-CONDUCT,CONTRIBUTING,README}.md docs )
+
+src_unpack() {
+	if [[ "${PV}" == 9999 ]];then
+		git-r3_src_unpack
+	else
+		default
+	fi
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	ego build -o "bin/${PN}" \
+		-ldflags "-X main.version=${PV}"
+}
+
+src_test() {
+	ego test ./... -short
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	dobin "bin/${PN}"
+	einstalldocs
+}