diff --git a/games-misc/xcowsay/Manifest b/games-misc/xcowsay/Manifest
index a9444f62857a2..49d77a08a571a 100644
--- a/games-misc/xcowsay/Manifest
+++ b/games-misc/xcowsay/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST xcowsay-1.5.1.tar.gz 101281 BLAKE2B 568f6ad7225cd859c37d79bf3ddf66c184f47d8feb6dedbafbd29ca4e05d97d883c6d6e4f4d60cebe107f1527e1ff01e17ec61430a3e55e2f504c2c00e402488 SHA512 55c165b5b2c01b11463af0eeb13fd646ea50138e2938ddfc25d44f1a704b7473d047bc7c95165f449a600de51ee005904f007843e33a8ef02c725b827eaec616
+DIST xcowsay-1.6.tar.gz 292845 BLAKE2B 88597063616928edfc74830171b287b676163faca0b3545dc4495cb0faee810ca7867f36223bba726074866de7fb3458621670265250c846ce94c035a0ad0828 SHA512 53016e1b2790b8bc213702f1b99a0ca0cacc57ef1c2cf821814ecb4aff68df05c98b279a1f39718f4fcee771e1397b27ad43123314b1f04dd442ddc0520a9f98
diff --git a/games-misc/xcowsay/xcowsay-1.6.ebuild b/games-misc/xcowsay/xcowsay-1.6.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d88c858a28ffc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games-misc/xcowsay/xcowsay-1.6.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit autotools
+
+DESCRIPTION="Displays a cute cow and message on your desktop"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/nickg/xcowsay
+	https://www.doof.me.uk/xcowsay/
+"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/nickg/${PN}/releases/download/v${PV}/${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-3+"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+IUSE="dbus fortune nls"
+RESTRICT="test"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-libs/glib:2
+	x11-libs/cairo
+	x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf:2
+	x11-libs/gtk+:3
+	x11-libs/pango
+	dbus? (	dev-libs/dbus-glib )
+	fortune? ( games-misc/fortune-mod )
+"
+
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+
+BDEPEND="
+	sys-devel/gettext
+	virtual/pkgconfig
+"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+
+	if ! use fortune; then
+		sed -e 's/xcowfortune//g' -i src/Makefile.am || die
+	fi
+
+	eautoreconf
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	local myeconfargs=(
+		--disable-rpath
+		$(use_enable dbus)
+		$(use_enable nls)
+	)
+
+	econf ${myeconfargs[@]}
+}