diff --git a/net-news/feedreader/ChangeLog b/net-news/feedreader/ChangeLog
index dbf83c4..374be1b 100644
--- a/net-news/feedreader/ChangeLog
+++ b/net-news/feedreader/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+*feedreader-1.6_beta1 (10 Jul 2016)
+
+  10 Jul 2016; Manuel Friedli <manuel@fritteli.ch> +feedreader-1.6_beta1.ebuild:
+  net-news/feedreader:  added ebuild for version 1.6_beta1
+
   07 Jun 2016; Manuel Friedli <manuel@fritteli.ch> +ChangeLog:
   Added ChangeLog
-
diff --git a/net-news/feedreader/Manifest b/net-news/feedreader/Manifest
index 64696fe..682e9a1 100644
--- a/net-news/feedreader/Manifest
+++ b/net-news/feedreader/Manifest
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 DIST FeedReader-1.2.1.tar.gz 970118 SHA256 cb24d6dcef46080f2aa61fdc1b0187a8c52aedf913e6f63325ee46c631e5c87a SHA512 386c4c137bb4abba918e4f987666358ebe3926b0d4d3b466648d2679efd218376baf1ff58c987dfff953e9b6f084a47db34df8044a3a64ecb1f8e560f0f09e74 WHIRLPOOL 3e6f62c18ffb1dbe669f969b76de496463a49804c3da5d9e35e8726e4cef45552291c94b33cf3129805720cacc51953d60dfb4b54658344c261b412f29ab847f
 DIST FeedReader-1.4.3.tar.gz 1097255 SHA256 e43ceb9eb866c2e8e16d460b6914e6450b2c97fe62f0730a2ec67a3c7d7f0a3c SHA512 bb4057608bbc7c5c5e92decc3222950f13cf6dc5fb1338f661b3f990a68b3ff28f7ecd3b68a90139fc4d4f90c0fa7b193a94a8819e10092a3d37f33a284640be WHIRLPOOL 316a8b6f599dd4c64800e040ebe11f7e9b702a1f2a762b32c0f35ca8098ef3fd35a1ca7ea77c362b0a0eb6450f42d39b1a8c112e8096d1b4af98b2e372b2d23f
+DIST v1.6-beta-1.tar.gz 1064393 SHA256 6d02d2b41adf24beae64c6d4fcc266b875fb07cbad3fd90c2a6cc07ff2dd7b6d SHA512 f9a4b06d3cb6e28425e09d19e2cd17404ad5546defb1f4a451fac1f72ea1a7695d33865d2d6bb84b56531d89e3dcf3b7cc91d33057056821989c9addb5dc93c4 WHIRLPOOL 9eb1ad1b3f0e01dcb4627662321d6933da6d33d99ed0cc3a32fbad5ff524a634e6c97bfdf956c4e84824c058d8a366086b71e740bce4bd79a7dc5a4256ed7aa8
 EBUILD feedreader-1.2.1-r1.ebuild 1443 SHA256 eb134c2603b871ae9b84796985056189156eb519b1d6a4e56e19a1e22ccf40a7 SHA512 c2d46936133aee10000d5d076908334587d968ca75bdb92b7735564620407287c964201298e661f2e0be704d80e44ae68ecd46418ec4c3de16dd6b326a1e41a7 WHIRLPOOL ae9ae971caac69a136fc3ea5f0103c89c2e7d935dc0589a07a15e5dcc57d46dc0ccd1edca5f6699dadbf2c676db17db60b6da95fa8c143746e6cc2281ec49a39
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+EBUILD feedreader-1.6_beta1.ebuild 1520 SHA256 a4c39b8151bf34e2970fe445e2ee0edbbcaa3271c8587a11b9d573f0cba554ed SHA512 ce9967894ed3e31e5c3f97792817ff17b9d42aededb553b361e1ecc6559e31d6dadeeca06b6cea3ce1672cac95503e555ea4495e0bb0d3bd82fe2263b36ed957 WHIRLPOOL a96af91f2b9ba1cfdcc210f85a9febea47563c1cf05896bf5774ab7f32ff515f45059a9fdcc1225459182a891dbc50edb25b773d6cdfe68ccd1388fc12f45c59
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diff --git a/net-news/feedreader/feedreader-1.6_beta1.ebuild b/net-news/feedreader/feedreader-1.6_beta1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87e5d29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-news/feedreader/feedreader-1.6_beta1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Id$
+
+EAPI="5"
+
+inherit cmake-utils gnome2 vala
+
+CMAKE_MIN_VERSION="2.6"
+VALA_MIN_API_VERSION="0.26"
+
+MY_PN="FeedReader"
+MY_PV="${PV/_beta1/-beta-1}"
+MY_P="${MY_PN}-${MY_PV}"
+
+DESCRIPTION="Simple News Feed Reader for feeds aggregated by Tiny Tiny RSS or feedly"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/jangernert/${MY_PN}"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/jangernert/${MY_PN}/archive/v${MY_PV}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+
+IUSE="+gnome webkit4"
+
+
+# from old ebuild 1.4.3
+#	app-text/html2text
+#	gnome? ( gnome-base/gnome-keyring )
+
+RDEPEND=">=x11-libs/gtk+-3.12:3
+	$(vala_depend)
+	dev-libs/json-glib
+	dev-libs/libgee:0.8
+	net-libs/libsoup:2.4
+	dev-libs/gobject-introspection
+	dev-db/sqlite:3
+	app-crypt/libsecret
+	x11-libs/libnotify
+	dev-libs/libxml2
+	net-libs/rest:0.7
+	!webkit4? ( net-libs/webkit-gtk:3 )
+	webkit4? ( net-libs/webkit-gtk:4 )"
+
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	dev-util/intltool
+	virtual/pkgconfig"
+
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	vala_src_prepare
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		-DWITH_LIBUNITY=OFF
+		-DVALA_EXECUTABLE="${VALAC}"
+		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="${PREFIX}"
+		-DGSETTINGS_LOCALINSTALL=OFF
+		$(cmake-utils_use_use webkit4 WEBKIT_4)
+	)
+	cmake-utils_src_configure
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	cmake-utils_src_compile
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	cmake-utils_src_install
+}
+
+pkg_preinst() {
+	gnome2_pkg_preinst
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	gnome2_pkg_postinst
+}
+
+pkg_postrm() {
+	gnome2_pkg_postrm
+}