diff --git a/net-dns/dnscrypt-proxy/Manifest b/net-dns/dnscrypt-proxy/Manifest
index 09b1a797ea643..c6b84c95f3f6f 100644
--- a/net-dns/dnscrypt-proxy/Manifest
+++ b/net-dns/dnscrypt-proxy/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST dnscrypt-proxy-1.4.2.tar.gz 1592962 SHA256 1d519068c30868bb60a151908f0e300a1754b234f7bc2ad1d749ad9d0d977076 SHA512 ecb81b5d20cf88a610421bb1266861a2f5dd34d0ce916c54507507ca5dbe5d9e49e95916f76fa7997b112860f2bc37793f075ed812c75b2904adf6cdf32cac17 WHIRLPOOL ddfa3da3de933f6cbb8721ccd6435e97b9e893d32311e1c3badbc23b6a0547b6cb0f8d6037baaf0027ca1eb972c4be167dc9ce56194f7f6fa54fac974ca0bd24
 DIST dnscrypt-proxy-1.4.3.tar.gz 1560345 SHA256 f10f10c18e25ced3c5ec5d0c4145d33270f9cfa991fd1b18d5d9af00e4d9b68e SHA512 3aae9f20bc06087b0860a24488bcda117010a34218d7aef3c68a0f155f8164ce06a88865a9caf1ce5c5eaa8588518ccc2c8a61a97cc39f527f7b2b14cdf8c118 WHIRLPOOL 49915b0f95d340828c79febc9b7d94c4f0c444e016b9f78d134e05f43945b446ab71bbc6a230d6e15d5f1f4c0b97d9f671b6001314cc157cdcd419b01bf23550
+DIST dnscrypt-proxy-1.6.0.tar.gz 1579293 SHA256 7703a41a1040fc30b19fdfbbaba36b411e66d998584b0e2fa5088f734f4f86be SHA512 1937a80ab0e6e5786b0d004fef1c007d9d8a4df335542ae6f96c1eac7739920f2ff4b469d30abac774c12a41d275c2a8bf31b5514d7af446028cedeeb3efcf02 WHIRLPOOL b24eb58bca1ff8fa55fec3836399a3ee5c66823d8b459e5f8ce7aa653454407dc3b80d7dc050b76e5c0595fc0e2d854478a6f949ef859b149f6b20e127c98274
diff --git a/net-dns/dnscrypt-proxy/dnscrypt-proxy-1.6.0.ebuild b/net-dns/dnscrypt-proxy/dnscrypt-proxy-1.6.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1957f9fdab538
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-dns/dnscrypt-proxy/dnscrypt-proxy-1.6.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2015 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Id$
+
+EAPI=5
+
+inherit systemd user
+
+DESCRIPTION="A tool for securing communications between a client and a DNS resolver"
+HOMEPAGE="http://dnscrypt.org/"
+SRC_URI="http://download.dnscrypt.org/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="ISC"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+IUSE="+plugins systemd"
+
+CDEPEND="
+	dev-libs/libsodium
+	net-libs/ldns
+	systemd? ( sys-apps/systemd )"
+RDEPEND="${CDEPEND}"
+DEPEND="${CDEPEND}
+	virtual/pkgconfig"
+
+DOCS="AUTHORS ChangeLog NEWS README* TECHNOTES THANKS"
+
+pkg_setup() {
+	enewgroup dnscrypt
+	enewuser dnscrypt -1 -1 /var/empty dnscrypt
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	econf \
+		$(use_enable plugins) \
+		$(use_with systemd)
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	default
+
+	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.initd ${PN}
+	newconfd "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.confd ${PN}
+	systemd_dounit "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.service
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	elog "After starting the service you will need to update your"
+	elog "/etc/resolv.conf and replace your current set of resolvers"
+	elog "with:"
+	elog
+	elog "nameserver <DNSCRYPT_LOCALIP>"
+	elog
+	elog "where <DNSCRYPT_LOCALIP> is what you supplied in"
+	elog "/etc/conf.d/dnscrypt-proxy, default is \"127.0.0.1\"."
+	elog
+	elog "Also see https://github.com/jedisct1/dnscrypt-proxy#usage."
+}