diff --git a/x11-terms/mate-terminal/Manifest b/x11-terms/mate-terminal/Manifest
index 81374fd87572b..9b98c5cb4b090 100644
--- a/x11-terms/mate-terminal/Manifest
+++ b/x11-terms/mate-terminal/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST mate-terminal-1.12.1.tar.xz 1143628 SHA256 d4e16a7b2742e0a904e304b2251fb8e5028833a6813e75bd8214ee542cd86c0e SHA512 c37b725db1522153fcb4dc596205f9382605bf981504217c8b087a4d7e6086a5c40644cdab1eb3c0593632d4f38d45fbcdfd763cb1ef62ff7359335c54b6ff42 WHIRLPOOL 8e0dc57b48e19cab8f821e922519045dd97bf9c3b18052aa3aad81ce2d238a8f1c513e2cf5ca426b7b87cbfeb184c02cd02ecd2f2c1c63a912856860d53c2813
 DIST mate-terminal-1.14.1.tar.xz 1313612 SHA256 248f8e4db544a76a521e7e80cceb3e6736b60c64880376b08f552cb66c378b29 SHA512 e7c68dfce1e9b886449774567f225cf267366ab857e510de3bae9867442306defe0b1d86bc90782326f4c252620311f6846a50b89a3f8939e8cfb816e25db209 WHIRLPOOL fc1337b2f270ccc7bab7d3887ef3afb3e50b917995133d44497e276e395670564d5c20289ce114f1da71105ebd535cd815037d66266d942f4e0d183a2a0d7e9d
+DIST mate-terminal-1.16.1.tar.xz 1269040 SHA256 c032a11a6a4f5ccb84c3453cedba6c0b7100858cf1a2fa5d7f97173d4c33bccc SHA512 28505ba425ecdcacb33a49b082101887ee012b37026d92a2ec666f5251ca28fb6c039c1066c55d533cad195c75577c00d93a2b3fad08d20f3619891596e6c2e1 WHIRLPOOL caf3607c674a8ee62b417ae02dd9acf30e1d6b1726b0c2485889071eb8e946f66f31333c0191ba0d67e83eb9450ef5eeda0c066fb92ddc6bbb601e5fcad0d272
diff --git a/x11-terms/mate-terminal/mate-terminal-1.16.1.ebuild b/x11-terms/mate-terminal/mate-terminal-1.16.1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c1bd26424dc04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11-terms/mate-terminal/mate-terminal-1.16.1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Id$
+
+EAPI=6
+
+inherit mate
+
+if [[ ${PV} != 9999 ]]; then
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~x86"
+fi
+
+DESCRIPTION="The MATE Terminal"
+LICENSE="GPL-3"
+SLOT="0"
+
+IUSE=""
+
+COMMON_DEPEND="dev-libs/atk:0
+	>=dev-libs/glib-2.36:2
+	>=gnome-base/dconf-0.13.4:0
+	x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf:2
+	x11-libs/libICE:0
+	x11-libs/libSM:0
+	x11-libs/libX11:0
+	x11-libs/pango:0
+	>=x11-libs/gtk+-3.14:3
+	>=x11-libs/vte-0.38:2.91"
+
+RDEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}"
+
+DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
+	app-text/rarian:0
+	>=app-text/scrollkeeper-dtd-1:1.0
+	app-text/yelp-tools:0
+	>=dev-util/intltool-0.50.1:*
+	sys-devel/gettext:*
+	virtual/pkgconfig:*"