diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/hardened/linux/amd64/23.0/binary/eapi b/profiles/pentoo/hardened/linux/amd64/23.0/binary/eapi
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7ed6ff82de6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/hardened/linux/amd64/23.0/binary/eapi
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+5
diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/hardened/linux/amd64/23.0/binary/parent b/profiles/pentoo/hardened/linux/amd64/23.0/binary/parent
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..018cfbb5346
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/hardened/linux/amd64/23.0/binary/parent
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pentoo:pentoo/binary
+..
diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/hardened/linux/amd64/23.0/bleeding_edge/eapi b/profiles/pentoo/hardened/linux/amd64/23.0/bleeding_edge/eapi
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7ed6ff82de6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/hardened/linux/amd64/23.0/bleeding_edge/eapi
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+5
diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/hardened/linux/amd64/23.0/bleeding_edge/parent b/profiles/pentoo/hardened/linux/amd64/23.0/bleeding_edge/parent
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6c5ce31da8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/hardened/linux/amd64/23.0/bleeding_edge/parent
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+..
+pentoo:pentoo/bleeding
diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/hardened/linux/amd64/23.0/eapi b/profiles/pentoo/hardened/linux/amd64/23.0/eapi
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7ed6ff82de6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/hardened/linux/amd64/23.0/eapi
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+5
diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/hardened/linux/amd64/23.0/make.defaults b/profiles/pentoo/hardened/linux/amd64/23.0/make.defaults
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..75a59344578
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/hardened/linux/amd64/23.0/make.defaults
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+PORTAGE_BINHOST="https://pentoo.glpgs.io/Packages/amd64-hardened/23.0/ https://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/pentoo.ch/Packages/amd64-hardened/23.0/ https://pentoo.osuosl.org/Packages/amd64-hardened/23.0/"
diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/hardened/linux/amd64/23.0/parent b/profiles/pentoo/hardened/linux/amd64/23.0/parent
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a78a2b52ac0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/hardened/linux/amd64/23.0/parent
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+gentoo:default/linux/amd64/23.0/hardened
+gentoo:targets/desktop
+pentoo:pentoo/arch/amd64
+../../base
+pentoo:pentoo/base
diff --git a/profiles/profiles.desc b/profiles/profiles.desc
index 2b5fdae35e8..e45e4991dcb 100644
--- a/profiles/profiles.desc
+++ b/profiles/profiles.desc
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ amd64	pentoo/hardened/linux/amd64_r1/bleeding_edge		dev
 amd64	pentoo/hardened/linux/amd64/23.0/split-usr/		exp
 #amd64	pentoo/hardened/linux/amd64/23.0/split-usr/binary	exp
 amd64	pentoo/hardened/linux/amd64/23.0/split-usr/bleeding_edge	exp
+#23.0 merged-usr
+amd64	pentoo/hardened/linux/amd64/23.0/			exp
+#amd64	pentoo/hardened/linux/amd64/23.0/binary			exp
+amd64	pentoo/hardened/linux/amd64/23.0/bleeding_edge		exp
 
 x86	pentoo/hardened/linux/x86				stable
 x86	pentoo/hardened/linux/x86/binary			stable