diff --git a/sys-kernel/asahi-kernel/Manifest b/sys-kernel/asahi-kernel/Manifest
index 0ba0cc06..ea9f2df4 100644
--- a/sys-kernel/asahi-kernel/Manifest
+++ b/sys-kernel/asahi-kernel/Manifest
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ DIST gentoo-kernel-config-g11.tar.gz 5077 BLAKE2B dc17ded74f79baddd703a78084113b
 DIST kernel-aarch64-16k-fedora.config-6.6.3-414-gentoo 272164 BLAKE2B 27de91eb46c467015d18eac1fe3c96c71112caae73c9818ee4a5c476f57732e7a7b1fd18feaf008e61d1fc775e1b1cb32b32c0fdda3b3ebfeb8e6f7e79a34e6d SHA512 e4196f46f92e5c8d0e681d42fe6392ac2a150530a71e189d7abeff877c76a0a86c4619d794f181ea784f12ad0a1d1f6d639bbcd4209396436b03b5baa4d6998b
 DIST kernel-aarch64-16k-fedora.config-6.8.7-402-gentoo 279185 BLAKE2B 84ce67080186723d9a8a47141d7a66e031fc39f6f02ac55352f34e05e7d5a288354c046fb87a8c21b04870736ec0d813173a05cefa7a24598d07fd30393b36a7 SHA512 ff8e0ac754ade12fcdfe96fa98318c8b42e21da3ed165ed28808752212f0507a0d94e4a0b54ee992a307577e02a10696d3a0cd2d74cfa9840eb634bbbd3217fe
 DIST linux-asahi-6.8.6-4.tar.gz 235255308 BLAKE2B 47b789a1cd0284d722937001ce934ef4ed0eab3f25dbc6f1add5fdf2aac58c60b2c9b24f71d34f2f1cc7044c1bca50fa0cab2d2d6f2d7acc0789c0ae05be778d SHA512 a3b2041754ae7b73a8612b3623683229788744652037983bc092f77dc9371938a82f4641a93e4f909d5cd4b0ea25d77714ffe05f686ff92a96efbe23e3dfe4c6
+DIST linux-asahi-6.8.8-2.tar.gz 235265018 BLAKE2B cf543955971865d65c048b7021a8bf4d9711294afd49e4ce31bf3e4761dea8724950a52a7b6b852645760e0abb1ca2abe1ac6c3feafbcb933a53e56dcc4044e4 SHA512 101566de3777517d151effcdd2e38b6a5d5961754734cdabfae7c359bbf0f35e2c7a4ecb912d4c300adb3f09ecaa31eafaf076d849171e0e5244ec29a0bf30a4
diff --git a/sys-kernel/asahi-kernel/asahi-kernel-6.8.8_p2.ebuild b/sys-kernel/asahi-kernel/asahi-kernel-6.8.8_p2.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a51fcfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-kernel/asahi-kernel/asahi-kernel-6.8.8_p2.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+# Copyright 2023-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI="8"
+K_SECURITY_UNSUPPORTED="1"
+ETYPE="sources"
+#K_WANT_GENPATCHES="base extras experimental"
+#K_GENPATCHES_VER="5"
+K_NODRYRUN="1"
+
+inherit kernel-build
+
+if [[ ${PV} != ${PV/_rc} ]] ; then
+	# $PV is expected to be of following form: 6.0_rc5_p1
+	MY_TAG="$(ver_cut 6)"
+	MY_P="asahi-$(ver_rs 2 - $(ver_cut 1-4))-${MY_TAG}"
+else
+	# $PV is expected to be of following form: 5.19.0_p1
+	MY_TAG="$(ver_cut 5)"
+	if [[ "$(ver_cut 3)" == "0" ]] ; then
+		MY_P="asahi-$(ver_cut 1-2)-${MY_TAG}"
+	else
+		MY_P="asahi-$(ver_cut 1-3)-${MY_TAG}"
+	fi
+fi
+CONFIG_VER=6.8.7-402-gentoo
+GENTOO_CONFIG_VER=g11
+FEDORA_CONFIG_DISTGIT="copr-dist-git.fedorainfracloud.org/cgit/@asahi/kernel"
+# FEDORA_CONFIG_DISTGIT="copr-dist-git.fedorainfracloud.org/cgit/ngompa/fedora-asahi-dev"
+FEDORA_CONFIG_SHA1=647ffd915dc8351fd69790ee708b1ae8638ccc95
+
+DESCRIPTION="Asahi Linux kernel sources"
+HOMEPAGE="https://asahilinux.org"
+KERNEL_URI="https://github.com/AsahiLinux/linux/archive/refs/tags/${MY_P}.tar.gz -> linux-${MY_P}.tar.gz"
+SRC_URI="${KERNEL_URI}
+	https://github.com/projg2/gentoo-kernel-config/archive/${GENTOO_CONFIG_VER}.tar.gz
+		-> gentoo-kernel-config-${GENTOO_CONFIG_VER}.tar.gz
+	https://${FEDORA_CONFIG_DISTGIT}/kernel.git/plain/kernel-aarch64-16k-fedora.config?id=${FEDORA_CONFIG_SHA1}
+		-> kernel-aarch64-16k-fedora.config-${CONFIG_VER}
+"
+
+S="${WORKDIR}/linux-${MY_P}"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2"
+KEYWORDS="~arm64"
+
+IUSE="debug"
+
+# Rust is non-negotiable for the dist kernel
+DEPEND="
+	${DEPEND}
+	virtual/rust
+	|| (
+			>=dev-lang/rust-bin-1.76[rust-src,rustfmt]
+			>=dev-lang/rust-1.76[rust-src,rustfmt]
+		)
+	dev-util/bindgen
+	debug? ( dev-util/pahole )
+"
+
+PDEPEND="
+	~virtual/dist-kernel-${PV}
+"
+
+QA_FLAGS_IGNORED="
+	usr/src/linux-.*/scripts/gcc-plugins/.*.so
+	usr/src/linux-.*/vmlinux
+	usr/src/linux-.*/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.*/vdso.*.so.dbg
+"
+
+PATCHES=(
+		"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-$(ver_cut 1-2)-enable-speakers.patch"
+)
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+
+	# prepare the default config
+	cp "${DISTDIR}/kernel-aarch64-16k-fedora.config-${CONFIG_VER}" ".config" || die
+
+	# ensure a consistant version across kernel and gentoo
+	# this passes the ${PV}-as-release check in kernel-install_pkg_preinst()
+	# override "-asahi" in localversion.05-asahi with "_pX" to override the
+	# kernel's base varsion to gentoo's ${PV}
+	echo "-p${MY_TAG}" > localversion.05-asahi
+	# use CONFIG_LOCALVERSION to provide "asahi" and "dist" annotations.
+	local myversion="-asahi-dist"
+	echo "CONFIG_LOCALVERSION=\"${myversion}\"" > "${T}"/version.config || die
+	local dist_conf_path="${WORKDIR}/gentoo-kernel-config-${GENTOO_CONFIG_VER}"
+
+	local merge_configs=(
+		"${T}"/version.config
+		"${dist_conf_path}"/base.config
+	)
+	use debug || merge_configs+=(
+		"${dist_conf_path}"/no-debug.config
+	)
+
+	# deselect all non APPLE arm64 ARCHs
+	merge_configs+=(
+		"${FILESDIR}"/linux-$(ver_cut 1-2)_arm64_deselect_non_apple_arch.config
+	)
+	# adjust base config for Apple silicon systems
+	merge_configs+=(
+		"${FILESDIR}"/linux-$(ver_cut 1-2)_arch_apple_overrides.config
+	)
+
+	kernel-build_merge_configs "${merge_configs[@]}"
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	# call kernel-build's scr_install
+	kernel-build_src_install
+
+	# symlink installed *.dtbs back into kernel "source" directory
+	local dir_ver=${PV}${KV_LOCALVERSION}
+	local kernel_dir=/usr/src/linux-${dir_ver}
+	local relfile=${ED}${kernel_dir}/include/config/kernel.release
+	local module_ver
+	module_ver=$(<"${relfile}") || die
+
+	for dtb in /boot/dtbs/${module_ver}/apple/*.dtb; do
+		dosym ${dtb} /${kernel_dir}/arch/arm64/boot/dts/apple/$(basename ${dtb})
+	done
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	einfo "For more information about Asahi Linux please visit ${HOMEPAGE},"
+	einfo "or consult the Wiki at https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki."
+	kernel-build_pkg_postinst
+}
diff --git a/virtual/dist-kernel/dist-kernel-6.8.8_p2.ebuild b/virtual/dist-kernel/dist-kernel-6.8.8_p2.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..321b24d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/virtual/dist-kernel/dist-kernel-6.8.8_p2.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Copyright 2021-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DESCRIPTION="Virtual to depend on any Distribution Kernel"
+SLOT="0/${PVR}"
+KEYWORDS="~arm64"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	~sys-kernel/asahi-kernel-${PV}
+"