diff --git a/meta-chromium/conf/layer.conf b/meta-chromium/conf/layer.conf
index d2de2af72..51facae73 100644
--- a/meta-chromium/conf/layer.conf
+++ b/meta-chromium/conf/layer.conf
@@ -9,6 +9,17 @@ BBFILE_PATTERN_chromium-browser-layer := "^${LAYERDIR}/"
 BBFILE_PRIORITY_chromium-browser-layer = "7"
 
 LAYERVERSION_chromium-browser-layer = "1"
-LAYERSERIES_COMPAT_chromium-browser-layer = "scarthgap styhead walnascar"
+CHROMIUM_LEGACY_COMPAT = "scarthgap styhead walnascar"
+CHROMIUM_COMPAT = "whinlatter"
+LAYERSERIES_COMPAT_chromium-browser-layer = "${CHROMIUM_LEGACY_COMPAT} ${CHROMIUM_COMPAT}"
+WHINLATTER_OR_NEWER = "${@bb.utils.contains_any('LAYERSERIES_CORENAMES', d.getVar('CHROMIUM_COMPAT'), '1', '0', d)}"
+LAYERDEPENDS_chromium-browser-layer = "${@ '' if d.getVar('WHINLATTER_OR_NEWER') == '1' else 'clang-layer'} core openembedded-layer"
 
-LAYERDEPENDS_chromium-browser-layer = "clang-layer core openembedded-layer"
+# In whinlatter the UNPACKDIR location has changed, and paths created using
+# the ${WORKDIR} variable are not valid anymore. However older versions still
+# require these.
+
+WHINLATTER_S_PARENT = "${UNPACKDIR}"
+NON_WHINLATTER_S_PARENT = "${WORKDIR}"
+
+CORRECT_S_PARENT = "${@d.getVar('WHINLATTER_S_PARENT') if d.getVar('WHINLATTER_OR_NEWER') == '1' else d.getVar('NON_WHINLATTER_S_PARENT')}"
diff --git a/meta-chromium/recipes-browser/chromium/chromium-gn.inc b/meta-chromium/recipes-browser/chromium/chromium-gn.inc
index 640ede0a8..4d4b0eea0 100644
--- a/meta-chromium/recipes-browser/chromium/chromium-gn.inc
+++ b/meta-chromium/recipes-browser/chromium/chromium-gn.inc
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ SRC_URI += "\
     file://0005-avoid-link-latomic-failure-on-CentOS-8-host.patch \
     file://0006-Don-t-pass-unknown-LLVM-options.patch \
     file://0007-Fix-constexpr-variable-must-be-initialized-by-a-cons.patch \
-    file://0008-Use-the-correct-path-to-libclang_rt.builtins.a.patch \
-    file://0009-Adjust-the-Rust-build-to-our-needs.patch \
+    ${@'' if d.getVar('WHINLATTER_OR_NEWER') == '1' else 'file://0008-Use-the-correct-path-to-libclang_rt.builtins.a.patch'} \
+    ${@'' if d.getVar('WHINLATTER_OR_NEWER') == '1' else 'file://0009-Adjust-the-Rust-build-to-our-needs.patch'} \
     file://0010-Don-t-require-profiler_builtins.rlib.patch \
     file://0011-Revert-Allow-and-use-std-hardware_destructive_interf.patch \
     file://0012-Revert-Set-Rust-symbol-visibility-to-hidden-when-C-s.patch \
@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ SRC_URI += "\
     file://0014-Revert-Remove-libavif-based-AVIF-decoder.patch \
     file://0015-Revert-Remove-third_party-libavif.patch \
     file://0016-Disable-crabbyavif-to-fix-build-errors.patch \
-    file://0017-rust-Use-adler-instead-of-adler2.patch \
+    ${@'' if d.getVar('WHINLATTER_OR_NEWER') == '1' else 'file://0017-rust-Use-adler-instead-of-adler2.patch'} \
     file://0018-third_party-node-update_node_binaries-Update-nodejs-.patch \
     file://0019-Reduce-minimum-browser-window-width-to-480px.patch \
+    ${@'file://0020-Do-not-use-fuse-ld-option.patch' if d.getVar('WHINLATTER_OR_NEWER') == '1' else ''} \
 "
 
 # Missing third_party sources.
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ DEPENDS += " \
     rust-native \
     virtual/libgl \
 "
-DEPENDS:append:runtime-llvm = " compiler-rt compiler-rt-native libcxx-native"
+DEPENDS:append = " compiler-rt compiler-rt-native libcxx-native"
 DEPENDS:append:libc-musl = " libexecinfo"
 
 LDFLAGS:append:libc-musl = " -lexecinfo"
@@ -198,7 +199,7 @@ GN_ARGS += 'host_pkg_config="pkg-config-native"'
 GN_ARGS += "is_debug=false is_official_build=true"
 
 # Use lld linker its quicker see https://lld.llvm.org/#performance
-GN_ARGS += "use_lld=true use_gold=false"
+GN_ARGS += "${@'' if d.getVar('WHINLATTER_OR_NEWER') == '1' else 'use_lld=true use_gold=false'}"
 
 # By default, passing is_official_build=true to GN causes its symbol_level
 # variable to be set to "2". This means the compiler will be passed "-g2" and
@@ -288,9 +289,9 @@ GN_ARGS += ' \
 '
 
 # Use libcxx headers for native parts
-BUILD_CPPFLAGS:append:runtime-llvm = " -isysroot=${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE} -stdlib=libc++"
+BUILD_CPPFLAGS:append = " -isysroot=${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE} -stdlib=libc++"
 # Use libgcc for native parts
-BUILD_LDFLAGS:append:runtime-llvm = " -rtlib=libgcc -unwindlib=libgcc -stdlib=libc++ -lc++abi -rpath ${STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE}"
+BUILD_LDFLAGS:append = " -rtlib=libgcc -unwindlib=libgcc -stdlib=libc++ -lc++abi -rpath ${STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE}"
 
 # Toolchains we will use for the build. We need to point to the toolchain file
 # we've created, set the right target architecture and make sure we are not
@@ -473,15 +474,19 @@ do_add_clang_latest () {
 addtask add_clang_latest after do_configure before do_compile
 
 do_copy_clang_library () {
-    # Chromium needs to link against libclang_rt.builtins.a for both host and
-    # target code, and expects to find both libraries in the same directory
-    # (thanks to 0008-Use-the-correct-path-to-libclang_rt.builtins.a.patch).
-    cd "${STAGING_DIR_HOST}${nonarch_libdir}/clang"
-    # lib_file = "./$CLANG_VERSION/lib/linux/libclang_rt.builtins-$ARCH.a"
-    lib_file="$(find . -name 'libclang_rt.builtins*')"
-    # stripped_lib_file = "lib/linux/libclang_rt.builtins-$ARCH.a"
-    stripped_lib_file="${lib_file#*/*/}"
-    cp "$lib_file" "${STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE}/clang/latest/${stripped_lib_file}"
+    if [ "${@d.getVar('WHINLATTER_OR_NEWER')}" = "1" ]; then
+        cp -r ${STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE}/clang/latest ${STAGING_DIR_HOST}${nonarch_libdir}/clang/
+    else
+        # Chromium needs to link against libclang_rt.builtins.a for both host and
+        # target code, and expects to find both libraries in the same directory
+        # (thanks to 0008-Use-the-correct-path-to-libclang_rt.builtins.a.patch).
+        cd "${STAGING_DIR_HOST}${nonarch_libdir}/clang"
+        # lib_file = "./$CLANG_VERSION/lib/linux/libclang_rt.builtins-$ARCH.a"
+        lib_file="$(find . -name 'libclang_rt.builtins*')"
+        # stripped_lib_file = "lib/linux/libclang_rt.builtins-$ARCH.a"
+        stripped_lib_file="${lib_file#*/*/}"
+        cp "$lib_file" "${STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE}/clang/latest/${stripped_lib_file}"
+    fi
 }
 addtask copy_clang_library after do_add_clang_latest before do_compile
 
diff --git a/meta-chromium/recipes-browser/chromium/chromium.inc b/meta-chromium/recipes-browser/chromium/chromium.inc
index e2a4f585f..8ded77a0c 100644
--- a/meta-chromium/recipes-browser/chromium/chromium.inc
+++ b/meta-chromium/recipes-browser/chromium/chromium.inc
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ CVE_PRODUCT = "chromium:chromium google:chrome"
 SRC_URI = "https://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-official/chromium-${PV}.tar.xz"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "7c765bd13df842a28bb52279b8d711411ac6082151473e07bd70b9a482c0a0ac"
 
-S = "${WORKDIR}/chromium-${PV}"
+S = "${CORRECT_S_PARENT}/chromium-${PV}"
 
 # GCC is not tested or officially supported upstream, and supporting it here
 # requires an ever-growing amount of backports and custom patches, without any
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ TOOLCHAIN = "clang"
 # By default, clang.bbclass sets TOOLCHAIN:class-native to "gcc", but we want
 # to build the native recipes (e.g. GN) with clang too.
 TOOLCHAIN:class-native = "clang"
+# TOOLCHAIN_NATIVE is needed by whinlatter
+TOOLCHAIN_NATIVE = "clang"
 
 # This makes the target build use libc++ and compiler_rt instead of the GNU
 # runtime, just like upstream does. The native binaries compiled and run as
diff --git a/meta-chromium/recipes-browser/chromium/files/0020-Do-not-use-fuse-ld-option.patch b/meta-chromium/recipes-browser/chromium/files/0020-Do-not-use-fuse-ld-option.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..97ef329a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-chromium/recipes-browser/chromium/files/0020-Do-not-use-fuse-ld-option.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+Signed-off-by: Zoltán Böszörményi <zboszor@gmail.com>
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [CLANG 20 specific]
+
+--- chromium-136.0.7103.113/third_party/rust-src/src/llvm-project/llvm/utils/gn/build/BUILD.gn.old	2025-09-09 12:40:27.842667547 +0200
++++ chromium-136.0.7103.113/third_party/rust-src/src/llvm-project/llvm/utils/gn/build/BUILD.gn	2025-09-09 12:41:30.112009903 +0200
+@@ -271,11 +271,6 @@
+     }
+   }
+ 
+-  # On Windows, the linker is not invoked through the compiler driver.
+-  if (use_lld && current_os != "win") {
+-    ldflags += [ "-fuse-ld=lld" ]
+-  }
+-
+   if (llvm_build_instrumented_coverage) {
+     cflags += [
+       "-fcoverage-mapping",
+--- chromium-136.0.7103.113/third_party/perfetto/gn/standalone/toolchain/BUILD.gn.old	2025-09-09 12:40:23.179245164 +0200
++++ chromium-136.0.7103.113/third_party/perfetto/gn/standalone/toolchain/BUILD.gn	2025-09-09 12:42:05.799617038 +0200
+@@ -236,10 +236,6 @@
+     external_cxxflags = ""
+     external_ldflags = ""
+     strip = ""
+-    if (defined(invoker.linker) && invoker.linker != "") {
+-      _invoker_linker = invoker.linker
+-      ld_arg = "-fuse-ld=$_invoker_linker"
+-    }
+     if (defined(invoker.sysroot) && invoker.sysroot != "") {
+       _invoker_sysroot = invoker.sysroot
+       cc = "$cc --sysroot=$_invoker_sysroot"
+--- chromium-136.0.7103.113/third_party/llvm/llvm/utils/gn/build/BUILD.gn.old	2025-09-09 12:40:17.058515953 +0200
++++ chromium-136.0.7103.113/third_party/llvm/llvm/utils/gn/build/BUILD.gn	2025-09-09 12:42:11.424555115 +0200
+@@ -271,11 +271,6 @@
+     }
+   }
+ 
+-  # On Windows, the linker is not invoked through the compiler driver.
+-  if (use_lld && current_os != "win") {
+-    ldflags += [ "-fuse-ld=lld" ]
+-  }
+-
+   if (llvm_build_instrumented_coverage) {
+     cflags += [
+       "-fcoverage-mapping",
+--- chromium-136.0.7103.113/third_party/instrumented_libs/noble/BUILD.gn.old	2025-09-09 12:40:12.186545761 +0200
++++ chromium-136.0.7103.113/third_party/instrumented_libs/noble/BUILD.gn	2025-09-09 12:42:18.327479124 +0200
+@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@
+     ]
+     package_ldflags = [
+       "-fsanitize=memory",
+-      "-fuse-ld=lld",
+       "-Wl,--wrap=stat",
+       "-Wl,--wrap=fstat",
+       "-Wl,--wrap=lstat",
+--- chromium-136.0.7103.113/build/config/compiler/BUILD.gn.old	2025-09-09 12:40:05.242765741 +0200
++++ chromium-136.0.7103.113/build/config/compiler/BUILD.gn	2025-09-09 12:42:37.847264237 +0200
+@@ -387,13 +387,6 @@
+       }
+     }
+ 
+-    if (use_lld) {
+-      ldflags += [ "-fuse-ld=lld" ]
+-      if (lld_path != "") {
+-        ldflags += [ "-B$lld_path" ]
+-      }
+-    }
+-
+     # Linker warnings.
+     if (fatal_linker_warnings && !is_apple && current_os != "aix" &&
+         current_os != "zos") {
diff --git a/meta-chromium/recipes-browser/chromium/gn-native_136.0.7103.113.bb b/meta-chromium/recipes-browser/chromium/gn-native_136.0.7103.113.bb
index 5a3225be9..6e4d98304 100644
--- a/meta-chromium/recipes-browser/chromium/gn-native_136.0.7103.113.bb
+++ b/meta-chromium/recipes-browser/chromium/gn-native_136.0.7103.113.bb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require chromium.inc
 
 inherit native
 
-S = "${WORKDIR}/chromium-${PV}"
+S = "${CORRECT_S_PARENT}/chromium-${PV}"
 
 # bootstrap.py --no_clean hardcodes the build location to out_bootstrap.
 # Omitting --no_clean causes the script to create a temporary directory with a
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ BUILD_LD = "${CXX}"
 BUILD_AR = "llvm-ar"
 
 DEPENDS = "clang-native ninja-native"
-DEPENDS:append:runtime-llvm = " compiler-rt-native libcxx-native"
+DEPENDS:append = " compiler-rt-native libcxx-native"
 # Use libcxx headers for native parts
-CXXFLAGS:append:runtime-llvm = " -isysroot=${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE} -stdlib=libc++"
+CXXFLAGS:append = " -isysroot=${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE} -stdlib=libc++"
 # Use libgcc for native parts
-LDFLAGS:append:runtime-llvm = " -rtlib=libgcc -unwindlib=libgcc -stdlib=libc++ -lc++abi -rpath ${STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE}"
+LDFLAGS:append = " -rtlib=libgcc -unwindlib=libgcc -stdlib=libc++ -lc++abi -rpath ${STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE}"
 
 do_configure[noexec] = "1"