diff --git a/app-emulation/qemu/Manifest b/app-emulation/qemu/Manifest
index 70a4faa..55e23ad 100644
--- a/app-emulation/qemu/Manifest
+++ b/app-emulation/qemu/Manifest
@@ -1 +1 @@
-DIST qemu-2.5.0.tar.bz2 25464996 SHA256 3443887401619fe33bfa5d900a4f2d6a79425ae2b7e43d5b8c36eb7a683772d4 SHA512 12153f94cc7f834fd6a85f25690c36f2331d88d414426fb8b9ac20a34e6f9222b1eda30b727674af583580fae90dfd6d0614a905dce1567d94cd049d426b9dd3 WHIRLPOOL 8f5717989d8d234ecf1763ee386b2e1f20c3b17918de130c6dae255e4523a230b2b01a759eba25e4b9f604c680d9b868c56f58bd71b7c6c2c22a2e46804435ef
+DIST qemu-2.6.0.tar.bz2 25755267 SHA256 c9ac4a651b273233d21b8bec32e30507cb9cce7900841febc330956a1a8434ec SHA512 0d17075e52f7688cc05776ad7a76509d1f22ae8eda896fddb06c1fd6dea6da485422c8efb3ba118b054d9a413b7b02baba656a9131658dabdb71def50c92b215 WHIRLPOOL f9373bf66f67301787e7510ac161b0072ba7c7bc067e10215fb97a52524adaba0fcbc79a4c0cefac9c6e2b4e07380eb9d10f65ed6ce6867e43843043684231ed
diff --git a/app-emulation/qemu/files/qemu-2.5.0-CVE-2015-8558.patch b/app-emulation/qemu/files/qemu-2.5.0-CVE-2015-8558.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index fbc6a0a..0000000
--- a/app-emulation/qemu/files/qemu-2.5.0-CVE-2015-8558.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-https://bugs.gentoo.org/568246
-
-From 156a2e4dbffa85997636a7a39ef12da6f1b40254 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
-Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 09:21:23 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] ehci: make idt processing more robust
-
-Make ehci_process_itd return an error in case we didn't do any actual
-iso transfer because we've found no active transaction.  That'll avoid
-ehci happily run in circles forever if the guest builds a loop out of
-idts.
-
-This is CVE-2015-8558.
-
-Cc: qemu-stable@nongnu.org
-Reported-by: Qinghao Tang <luodalongde@gmail.com>
-Tested-by: P J P <ppandit@redhat.com>
-Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
----
- hw/usb/hcd-ehci.c | 5 +++--
- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/hw/usb/hcd-ehci.c b/hw/usb/hcd-ehci.c
-index 4e2161b..d07f228 100644
---- a/hw/usb/hcd-ehci.c
-+++ b/hw/usb/hcd-ehci.c
-@@ -1389,7 +1389,7 @@ static int ehci_process_itd(EHCIState *ehci,
- {
-     USBDevice *dev;
-     USBEndpoint *ep;
--    uint32_t i, len, pid, dir, devaddr, endp;
-+    uint32_t i, len, pid, dir, devaddr, endp, xfers = 0;
-     uint32_t pg, off, ptr1, ptr2, max, mult;
- 
-     ehci->periodic_sched_active = PERIODIC_ACTIVE;
-@@ -1479,9 +1479,10 @@ static int ehci_process_itd(EHCIState *ehci,
-                 ehci_raise_irq(ehci, USBSTS_INT);
-             }
-             itd->transact[i] &= ~ITD_XACT_ACTIVE;
-+            xfers++;
-         }
-     }
--    return 0;
-+    return xfers ? 0 : -1;
- }
- 
- 
--- 
-2.6.2
-
diff --git a/app-emulation/qemu/files/qemu-2.5.0-CVE-2015-8567.patch b/app-emulation/qemu/files/qemu-2.5.0-CVE-2015-8567.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e196043..0000000
--- a/app-emulation/qemu/files/qemu-2.5.0-CVE-2015-8567.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-https://bugs.gentoo.org/567868
-
-From aa4a3dce1c88ed51b616806b8214b7c8428b7470 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: P J P <ppandit@redhat.com>
-Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 12:27:54 +0530
-Subject: [PATCH] net: vmxnet3: avoid memory leakage in activate_device
-
-Vmxnet3 device emulator does not check if the device is active
-before activating it, also it did not free the transmit & receive
-buffers while deactivating the device, thus resulting in memory
-leakage on the host. This patch fixes both these issues to avoid
-host memory leakage.
-
-Reported-by: Qinghao Tang <luodalongde@gmail.com>
-Reviewed-by: Dmitry Fleytman <dmitry@daynix.com>
-Signed-off-by: Prasad J Pandit <pjp@fedoraproject.org>
-Cc: qemu-stable@nongnu.org
-Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
----
- hw/net/vmxnet3.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++--------
- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/hw/net/vmxnet3.c b/hw/net/vmxnet3.c
-index a5dd79a..9c1adfc 100644
---- a/hw/net/vmxnet3.c
-+++ b/hw/net/vmxnet3.c
-@@ -1194,8 +1194,13 @@ static void vmxnet3_reset_mac(VMXNET3State *s)
- 
- static void vmxnet3_deactivate_device(VMXNET3State *s)
- {
--    VMW_CBPRN("Deactivating vmxnet3...");
--    s->device_active = false;
-+    if (s->device_active) {
-+        VMW_CBPRN("Deactivating vmxnet3...");
-+        vmxnet_tx_pkt_reset(s->tx_pkt);
-+        vmxnet_tx_pkt_uninit(s->tx_pkt);
-+        vmxnet_rx_pkt_uninit(s->rx_pkt);
-+        s->device_active = false;
-+    }
- }
- 
- static void vmxnet3_reset(VMXNET3State *s)
-@@ -1204,7 +1209,6 @@ static void vmxnet3_reset(VMXNET3State *s)
- 
-     vmxnet3_deactivate_device(s);
-     vmxnet3_reset_interrupt_states(s);
--    vmxnet_tx_pkt_reset(s->tx_pkt);
-     s->drv_shmem = 0;
-     s->tx_sop = true;
-     s->skip_current_tx_pkt = false;
-@@ -1431,6 +1435,12 @@ static void vmxnet3_activate_device(VMXNET3State *s)
-         return;
-     }
- 
-+    /* Verify if device is active */
-+    if (s->device_active) {
-+        VMW_CFPRN("Vmxnet3 device is active");
-+        return;
-+    }
-+
-     vmxnet3_adjust_by_guest_type(s);
-     vmxnet3_update_features(s);
-     vmxnet3_update_pm_state(s);
-@@ -1627,7 +1637,7 @@ static void vmxnet3_handle_command(VMXNET3State *s, uint64_t cmd)
-         break;
- 
-     case VMXNET3_CMD_QUIESCE_DEV:
--        VMW_CBPRN("Set: VMXNET3_CMD_QUIESCE_DEV - pause the device");
-+        VMW_CBPRN("Set: VMXNET3_CMD_QUIESCE_DEV - deactivate the device");
-         vmxnet3_deactivate_device(s);
-         break;
- 
-@@ -1741,7 +1751,7 @@ vmxnet3_io_bar1_write(void *opaque,
-          * shared address only after we get the high part
-          */
-         if (val == 0) {
--            s->device_active = false;
-+            vmxnet3_deactivate_device(s);
-         }
-         s->temp_shared_guest_driver_memory = val;
-         s->drv_shmem = 0;
-@@ -2021,9 +2031,7 @@ static bool vmxnet3_peer_has_vnet_hdr(VMXNET3State *s)
- static void vmxnet3_net_uninit(VMXNET3State *s)
- {
-     g_free(s->mcast_list);
--    vmxnet_tx_pkt_reset(s->tx_pkt);
--    vmxnet_tx_pkt_uninit(s->tx_pkt);
--    vmxnet_rx_pkt_uninit(s->rx_pkt);
-+    vmxnet3_deactivate_device(s);
-     qemu_del_nic(s->nic);
- }
- 
--- 
-2.6.2
-
diff --git a/app-emulation/qemu/files/qemu-2.5.0-CVE-2015-8701.patch b/app-emulation/qemu/files/qemu-2.5.0-CVE-2015-8701.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0dab1c3..0000000
--- a/app-emulation/qemu/files/qemu-2.5.0-CVE-2015-8701.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-https://bugs.gentoo.org/570110
-
-From 007cd223de527b5f41278f2d886c1a4beb3e67aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Prasad J Pandit <pjp@fedoraproject.org>
-Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 16:24:08 +0530
-Subject: [PATCH] net: rocker: fix an incorrect array bounds check
-
-While processing transmit(tx) descriptors in 'tx_consume' routine
-the switch emulator suffers from an off-by-one error, if a
-descriptor was to have more than allowed(ROCKER_TX_FRAGS_MAX=16)
-fragments. Fix an incorrect bounds check to avoid it.
-
-Reported-by: Qinghao Tang <luodalongde@gmail.com>
-Cc: qemu-stable@nongnu.org
-Signed-off-by: Prasad J Pandit <pjp@fedoraproject.org>
-Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
----
- hw/net/rocker/rocker.c | 8 ++++----
- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/hw/net/rocker/rocker.c b/hw/net/rocker/rocker.c
-index c57f1a6..2e77e50 100644
---- a/hw/net/rocker/rocker.c
-+++ b/hw/net/rocker/rocker.c
-@@ -232,6 +232,9 @@ static int tx_consume(Rocker *r, DescInfo *info)
-         frag_addr = rocker_tlv_get_le64(tlvs[ROCKER_TLV_TX_FRAG_ATTR_ADDR]);
-         frag_len = rocker_tlv_get_le16(tlvs[ROCKER_TLV_TX_FRAG_ATTR_LEN]);
- 
-+        if (iovcnt >= ROCKER_TX_FRAGS_MAX) {
-+            goto err_too_many_frags;
-+        }
-         iov[iovcnt].iov_len = frag_len;
-         iov[iovcnt].iov_base = g_malloc(frag_len);
-         if (!iov[iovcnt].iov_base) {
-@@ -244,10 +247,7 @@ static int tx_consume(Rocker *r, DescInfo *info)
-             err = -ROCKER_ENXIO;
-             goto err_bad_io;
-         }
--
--        if (++iovcnt > ROCKER_TX_FRAGS_MAX) {
--            goto err_too_many_frags;
--        }
-+        iovcnt++;
-     }
- 
-     if (iovcnt) {
--- 
-2.6.2
-
diff --git a/app-emulation/qemu/files/qemu-2.5.0-CVE-2015-8743.patch b/app-emulation/qemu/files/qemu-2.5.0-CVE-2015-8743.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b2bca56..0000000
--- a/app-emulation/qemu/files/qemu-2.5.0-CVE-2015-8743.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-https://bugs.gentoo.org/570988
-
-From aa7f9966dfdff500bbbf1956d9e115b1fa8987a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Prasad J Pandit <pjp@fedoraproject.org>
-Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2015 17:05:27 +0530
-Subject: [PATCH] net: ne2000: fix bounds check in ioport operations
-
-While doing ioport r/w operations, ne2000 device emulation suffers
-from OOB r/w errors. Update respective array bounds check to avoid
-OOB access.
-
-Reported-by: Ling Liu <liuling-it@360.cn>
-Cc: qemu-stable@nongnu.org
-Signed-off-by: Prasad J Pandit <pjp@fedoraproject.org>
-Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
----
- hw/net/ne2000.c | 10 ++++++----
- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/hw/net/ne2000.c b/hw/net/ne2000.c
-index 010f9ef..a3dffff 100644
---- a/hw/net/ne2000.c
-+++ b/hw/net/ne2000.c
-@@ -467,8 +467,9 @@ static inline void ne2000_mem_writel(NE2000State *s, uint32_t addr,
-                                      uint32_t val)
- {
-     addr &= ~1; /* XXX: check exact behaviour if not even */
--    if (addr < 32 ||
--        (addr >= NE2000_PMEM_START && addr < NE2000_MEM_SIZE)) {
-+    if (addr < 32
-+        || (addr >= NE2000_PMEM_START
-+            && addr + sizeof(uint32_t) <= NE2000_MEM_SIZE)) {
-         stl_le_p(s->mem + addr, val);
-     }
- }
-@@ -497,8 +498,9 @@ static inline uint32_t ne2000_mem_readw(NE2000State *s, uint32_t addr)
- static inline uint32_t ne2000_mem_readl(NE2000State *s, uint32_t addr)
- {
-     addr &= ~1; /* XXX: check exact behaviour if not even */
--    if (addr < 32 ||
--        (addr >= NE2000_PMEM_START && addr < NE2000_MEM_SIZE)) {
-+    if (addr < 32
-+        || (addr >= NE2000_PMEM_START
-+            && addr + sizeof(uint32_t) <= NE2000_MEM_SIZE)) {
-         return ldl_le_p(s->mem + addr);
-     } else {
-         return 0xffffffff;
--- 
-2.6.2
-
diff --git a/app-emulation/qemu/files/qemu-2.5.0-CVE-2016-1568.patch b/app-emulation/qemu/files/qemu-2.5.0-CVE-2016-1568.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4ce9a35..0000000
--- a/app-emulation/qemu/files/qemu-2.5.0-CVE-2016-1568.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-https://bugs.gentoo.org/571566
-
-From 4ab0359a8ae182a7ac5c99609667273167703fab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Prasad J Pandit <pjp@fedoraproject.org>
-Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 14:10:42 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH] ide: ahci: reset ncq object to unused on error
-
-When processing NCQ commands, AHCI device emulation prepares a
-NCQ transfer object; To which an aio control block(aiocb) object
-is assigned in 'execute_ncq_command'. In case, when the NCQ
-command is invalid, the 'aiocb' object is not assigned, and NCQ
-transfer object is left as 'used'. This leads to a use after
-free kind of error in 'bdrv_aio_cancel_async' via 'ahci_reset_port'.
-Reset NCQ transfer object to 'unused' to avoid it.
-
-[Maintainer edit: s/ACHI/AHCI/ in the commit message. --js]
-
-Reported-by: Qinghao Tang <luodalongde@gmail.com>
-Signed-off-by: Prasad J Pandit <pjp@fedoraproject.org>
-Reviewed-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
-Message-id: 1452282511-4116-1-git-send-email-ppandit@redhat.com
-Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
----
- hw/ide/ahci.c | 1 +
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
-
-diff --git a/hw/ide/ahci.c b/hw/ide/ahci.c
-index dd1912e..17f1cbd 100644
---- a/hw/ide/ahci.c
-+++ b/hw/ide/ahci.c
-@@ -910,6 +910,7 @@ static void ncq_err(NCQTransferState *ncq_tfs)
-     ide_state->error = ABRT_ERR;
-     ide_state->status = READY_STAT | ERR_STAT;
-     ncq_tfs->drive->port_regs.scr_err |= (1 << ncq_tfs->tag);
-+    ncq_tfs->used = 0;
- }
- 
- static void ncq_finish(NCQTransferState *ncq_tfs)
--- 
-2.6.2
-
diff --git a/app-emulation/qemu/files/qemu-2.5.0-sysmacros.patch b/app-emulation/qemu/files/qemu-2.5.0-sysmacros.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2e766d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-emulation/qemu/files/qemu-2.5.0-sysmacros.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Linux C libs are moving away from implicit header pollution with sys/types.h
+
+--- a/include/qemu/osdep.h
++++ b/include/qemu/osdep.h
+@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ extern int daemon(int, int);
+ #include <assert.h>
+ #include <signal.h>
+ 
++#ifdef __linux__
++#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
++#endif
++
+ #ifdef __OpenBSD__
+ #include <sys/signal.h>
+ #endif
diff --git a/app-emulation/qemu/qemu-2.5.0-r1.ebuild b/app-emulation/qemu/qemu-2.6.0.ebuild
similarity index 92%
rename from app-emulation/qemu/qemu-2.5.0-r1.ebuild
rename to app-emulation/qemu/qemu-2.6.0.ebuild
index 646bdea..2bf8de2 100644
--- a/app-emulation/qemu/qemu-2.5.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/qemu/qemu-2.6.0.ebuild
@@ -1,25 +1,22 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2015 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-# $Id$
 
-EAPI=5
+EAPI="5"
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 )
 PYTHON_REQ_USE="ncurses,readline"
 
-inherit eutils flag-o-matic linux-info toolchain-funcs multilib python-r1 \
-	user udev fcaps readme.gentoo pax-utils
+PLOCALES="de_DE fr_FR hu it tr zh_CN"
 
-BACKPORTS=
+inherit eutils flag-o-matic linux-info toolchain-funcs multilib python-r1 \
+	user udev fcaps readme.gentoo pax-utils l10n
 
 if [[ ${PV} = *9999* ]]; then
 	EGIT_REPO_URI="git://git.qemu.org/qemu.git"
 	inherit git-2
 	SRC_URI=""
 else
-	SRC_URI="http://wiki.qemu-project.org/download/${P}.tar.bz2
-	${BACKPORTS:+
-		https://dev.gentoo.org/~cardoe/distfiles/${P}-${BACKPORTS}.tar.xz}"
+	SRC_URI="http://wiki.qemu-project.org/download/${P}.tar.bz2"
 	KEYWORDS="*"
 fi
 
@@ -82,8 +79,8 @@
 	fdt? ( >=sys-apps/dtc-1.4.0[static-libs(+)] )
 	glusterfs? ( >=sys-cluster/glusterfs-3.4.0[static-libs(+)] )
 	gnutls? (
-		dev-libs/nettle[static-libs(+)]
-		>=net-libs/gnutls-3.0[static-libs(+)]
+		dev-libs/nettle:=[static-libs(+)]
+		>=net-libs/gnutls-3.0:=[static-libs(+)]
 	)
 	gtk? (
 		gtk2? (
@@ -122,11 +119,7 @@
 			media-libs/libsdl2[static-libs(+)]
 		)
 	)
-	seccomp? (
-		arm? ( >=sys-libs/libseccomp-2.2.3[static-libs(+)] )
-		arm64? ( >=sys-libs/libseccomp-2.2.3[static-libs(+)] )
-		>=sys-libs/libseccomp-2.1.0[static-libs(+)]
-	)
+	seccomp? ( >=sys-libs/libseccomp-2.1.0[static-libs(+)] )
 	smartcard? ( >=app-emulation/libcacard-2.5.0[static-libs(+)] )
 	snappy? ( app-arch/snappy[static-libs(+)] )
 	spice? (
@@ -216,11 +209,14 @@
 DOC_CONTENTS="If you don't have kvm compiled into the kernel, make sure
 you have the kernel module loaded before running kvm. The easiest way to
 ensure that the kernel module is loaded is to load it on boot.\n
-For AMD CPUs the module is called 'kvm-amd'\n
-For Intel CPUs the module is called 'kvm-intel'\n
-Please review /etc/conf.d/modules for how to load these\n\n
+For AMD CPUs the module is called 'kvm-amd'.\n
+For Intel CPUs the module is called 'kvm-intel'.\n
+Please review /etc/conf.d/modules for how to load these.\n\n
 Make sure your user is in the 'kvm' group\n
-Just run 'gpasswd -a <USER> kvm', then have <USER> re-login."
+Just run 'gpasswd -a <USER> kvm', then have <USER> re-login.\n\n
+For brand new installs, the default permissions on /dev/kvm might not let you
+access it.  You can tell udev to reset ownership/perms:\n
+udevadm trigger -c add /dev/kvm"
 
 qemu_support_kvm() {
 	if use qemu_softmmu_targets_x86_64 || use qemu_softmmu_targets_i386 \
@@ -299,6 +295,29 @@
 	popd >/dev/null
 }
 
+handle_locales() {
+	# Make sure locale list is kept up-to-date.
+	local detected sorted
+	detected=$(echo $(cd po && printf '%s\n' *.po | grep -v messages.po | sed 's:.po$::' | sort -u))
+	sorted=$(echo $(printf '%s\n' ${PLOCALES} | sort -u))
+	if [[ ${sorted} != "${detected}" ]] ; then
+		eerror "The ebuild needs to be kept in sync."
+		eerror "PLOCALES: ${sorted}"
+		eerror " po/*.po: ${detected}"
+		die "sync PLOCALES"
+	fi
+
+	# Deal with selective install of locales.
+	if use nls ; then
+		# Delete locales the user does not want. #577814
+		rm_loc() { rm po/$1.po || die; }
+		l10n_for_each_disabled_locale_do rm_loc
+	else
+		# Cheap hack to disable gettext .mo generation.
+		rm -f po/*.po
+	fi
+}
+
 src_prepare() {
 	check_targets IUSE_SOFTMMU_TARGETS softmmu
 	check_targets IUSE_USER_TARGETS linux-user
@@ -308,19 +327,8 @@
 		-e 's/^(C|OP_C|HELPER_C)FLAGS=/\1FLAGS+=/' \
 		Makefile Makefile.target || die
 
-	# Cheap hack to disable gettext .mo generation.
-	use nls || rm -f po/*.po
-
 	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/qemu-2.5.0-cflags.patch
-	[[ -n ${BACKPORTS} ]] && \
-		EPATCH_FORCE=yes EPATCH_SUFFIX="patch" EPATCH_SOURCE="${S}/patches" \
-			epatch
-
-	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-CVE-2015-8567.patch #567868
-	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-CVE-2015-8558.patch #568246
-	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-CVE-2015-8701.patch #570110
-	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-CVE-2015-8743.patch #570988
-	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-CVE-2016-1568.patch #571566
+	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-2.5.0-sysmacros.patch
 
 	# Fix ld and objcopy being called directly
 	tc-export AR LD OBJCOPY
@@ -329,6 +337,9 @@
 	MAKEOPTS+=" V=1"
 
 	epatch_user
+
+	# Run after we've applied all patches.
+	handle_locales
 }
 
 ##