diff --git a/www-client/zen-bin/Manifest b/www-client/zen-bin/Manifest
index b8f6f3bcea..25e4a5fac0 100644
--- a/www-client/zen-bin/Manifest
+++ b/www-client/zen-bin/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST zen-bin-1.0.2_beta4.tar.bz2 96413786 BLAKE2B c8ae66a891e5984b96f793f1e8838c643f2d28de7248b7b5b96baebe643562bf7e105fcd94d98d07f0aadb5876b7ae0610bf1e93d49e83694754c8b7e2bf64ca SHA512 991c5e1ddae259300414f4689aac95d1f0afb7b412865b01d460958182190f235e24f80f2877fc55ea63354e2642ceebf18a4eab0f2fe35ab5a6d4b168ce0c9f
 DIST zen-bin-1.0.2_beta5.tar.bz2 96534293 BLAKE2B 1e1d1d7f81bcea155645714272e9d1ec49a0a193cf5e1dce06683e830a72e6125a41a9050cd948e33ff429b7809d132f9dc5691868173b7ae93a8d86aa21bc99 SHA512 0080070f97795434cf2141a7cb4d806e8bfb802e8b73447afa24239fa97d99e8ef96cbc6b060329ecaba2dcf5c090887b0e2d6427a6b9d05e648148efb7773d9
+DIST zen-bin-1.6_beta.tar.bz2 96688357 BLAKE2B cf440416dfe92ff313532deb9526e5ae21d687a91b9e13702088873fbc0d331bbe766ba6e230aeffe67e518bf264b000bfd5aa3d3cb227f984b19e130fa717c9 SHA512 50168487a16b4fb5cdb86405594c7957b71cbfb222af558a655dcf2e65edb12d29b975fca641be39cced9a33db01628a7e7f8f7d57c347eb8092ca5d7f6b9c07
diff --git a/www-client/zen-bin/zen-bin-1.6_beta.ebuild b/www-client/zen-bin/zen-bin-1.6_beta.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cf0469c019
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www-client/zen-bin/zen-bin-1.6_beta.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit xdg-utils desktop
+
+MY_PV="${PV/_beta/b}"
+MY_P="zen"
+
+DESCRIPTION="Zen Browser - A Firefox-based browser focused on privacy"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/zen-browser/desktop"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/zen-browser/desktop/releases/download/${MY_PV}/${MY_P}.linux-x86_64.tar.bz2 -> ${P}.tar.bz2"
+
+S="${WORKDIR}"
+LICENSE="MPL-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-libs/expat
+	dev-libs/glib:2
+	dev-libs/nspr
+	dev-libs/nss
+	media-libs/alsa-lib
+	media-libs/fontconfig
+	media-libs/freetype
+	media-libs/mesa
+	net-print/cups
+	sys-apps/dbus
+	sys-libs/glibc
+	x11-libs/cairo
+	x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf
+	x11-libs/gtk+:3
+	x11-libs/libX11
+	x11-libs/libXcomposite
+	x11-libs/libXcursor
+	x11-libs/libXdamage
+	x11-libs/libXext
+	x11-libs/libXfixes
+	x11-libs/libXi
+	x11-libs/libXrandr
+	x11-libs/libXrender
+	x11-libs/libXtst
+	x11-libs/pango
+"
+
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+
+QA_PREBUILT="opt/zen/*"
+
+src_install() {
+	#create dest dir
+	local destdir="/opt/zen"
+	dodir "${destdir}"
+	#copy files into dest dir
+	cp -a "${S}/zen"/* "${ED}${destdir}" || die
+	#create a symlink to the binary
+	dosym "${destdir}/zen-bin" "/usr/bin/zen-bin" || die
+	#add icons
+	local icon_dir="${ED}${destdir}/browser/chrome/icons/default"
+	if [[ -d "${icon_dir}" ]]; then
+		for size in 16 32 48 64 128; do
+			if [[ -f "${icon_dir}/default${size}.png" ]]; then
+				newicon -s ${size} "${icon_dir}/default${size}.png" zen.png
+			fi
+		done
+	else
+		ewarn "Icon directory not found, skipping icon installation"
+	fi
+	#create desktop file
+	make_desktop_entry zen-bin "Zen" zen "Network;WebBrowser"
+	#handle permissions of destdir files
+	fperms 0755 "${destdir}"/{zen-bin,updater,glxtest,vaapitest}
+	fperms 0750 "${destdir}"/pingsender
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	xdg_icon_cache_update
+	xdg_desktop_database_update
+	elog "For optimal performance and compatibility, please ensure"
+	elog "that you have the latest graphics drivers installed."
+}
+
+pkg_postrm() {
+	xdg_icon_cache_update
+	xdg_desktop_database_update
+}