diff --git a/dev-libs/libclc/Manifest b/dev-libs/libclc/Manifest
index 017a314d9e9fe..5ae0120ba5e23 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libclc/Manifest
+++ b/dev-libs/libclc/Manifest
@@ -6,5 +6,7 @@ DIST llvm-project-17.0.6.src.tar.xz 127838860 BLAKE2B d6ede1a9fda8756995c3e06541
 DIST llvm-project-17.0.6.src.tar.xz.sig 438 BLAKE2B 186e75b6a0fbfe1e85408589c149e1800fcc47d685b74e4260018e05cd08bc793d1d1197c9c50e177eea941a3d0c65cb0c583ce6dae449099b920adf8a508ef7 SHA512 f78c55053a6450625f3e95f52c305110b4468a9854fec75831b65b8d6ceee3c9206ab9e63c4b5fda8be9bd344f72cfbdaae0520ed240abd505e08ebeaa25d340
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+DIST llvm-project-18.1.0rc2.src.tar.xz 131993176 BLAKE2B 8df1e34a54214975efe1b9a649753a2dc20c04e3c763bd8648000f48dd18f27ccfdc597ff6e68e0f408310493dfa92f48c7eee53376501e8ebc3b7c614809c15 SHA512 b595bb5d029723fee4e8f8edeaddd6fdcd48d668f66f4239e3208fd19d3a3622e8e4f90ae3fa4b1216fca1621d6c6b6ebf4d99dec7febff2457d0ceb79e8617a
+DIST llvm-project-18.1.0rc2.src.tar.xz.sig 566 BLAKE2B c765549386a92883bd348d9be25a3c92b1e66a1bac71385ef99978ec2af413a7616a2d9699c57554d927f95b80a3584572557d26e3df16b2ff6678359d5fd6b0 SHA512 83bb4c133f34faec8a0109689ed7aa18222c9a803ba8c95c571a18e854726024f106a1c8e3a820020255c426b7fa8bda26789ff1546972e233fbe3e3ab3a8e91
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 DIST llvm-project-78b4e7c5e349d8c101b50affbd260eb109748f8f.tar.gz 207433034 BLAKE2B ab7189fe82b5a9309348b499130295b3057dbb263ad9c60b1748e4ea92be3a85f0160baa1408dde5516650994951d9f948223d2d6260492a07b07dde51a51ff9 SHA512 366ecb02720d2b550ebeca989abf74ca1c93b2585a95fa378f44edc6c3329ee4e1548f5fa2cf7a19e59bc817abe6cc8850841415227380114c59b58867959a5a
diff --git a/dev-libs/libclc/libclc-18.1.0_rc2.ebuild b/dev-libs/libclc/libclc-18.1.0_rc2.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..70dacd0cf8da1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/libclc/libclc-18.1.0_rc2.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..12} )
+inherit cmake llvm llvm.org python-any-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="OpenCL C library"
+HOMEPAGE="https://libclc.llvm.org/"
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0-with-LLVM-exceptions || ( MIT BSD )"
+SLOT="0"
+IUSE="+spirv video_cards_nvidia video_cards_r600 video_cards_radeonsi"
+
+LLVM_MAX_SLOT=17
+BDEPEND="
+	${PYTHON_DEPS}
+	|| (
+		(
+			sys-devel/clang:17
+			spirv? ( dev-util/spirv-llvm-translator:17 )
+		)
+		(
+			sys-devel/clang:16
+			spirv? ( dev-util/spirv-llvm-translator:16 )
+		)
+		(
+			sys-devel/clang:15
+			spirv? ( dev-util/spirv-llvm-translator:15 )
+		)
+		(
+			sys-devel/clang:14
+			spirv? ( dev-util/spirv-llvm-translator:14 )
+		)
+		(
+			sys-devel/clang:13
+			spirv? ( dev-util/spirv-llvm-translator:13 )
+		)
+	)
+"
+
+LLVM_COMPONENTS=( libclc )
+llvm.org_set_globals
+
+llvm_check_deps() {
+	if use spirv; then
+		has_version -b "dev-util/spirv-llvm-translator:${LLVM_SLOT}" ||
+			return 1
+	fi
+	has_version -b "sys-devel/clang:${LLVM_SLOT}"
+}
+
+pkg_setup() {
+	llvm_pkg_setup
+	python-any-r1_pkg_setup
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	local libclc_targets=()
+
+	use spirv && libclc_targets+=(
+		"spirv-mesa3d-"
+		"spirv64-mesa3d-"
+	)
+	use video_cards_nvidia && libclc_targets+=(
+		"nvptx--"
+		"nvptx64--"
+		"nvptx--nvidiacl"
+		"nvptx64--nvidiacl"
+	)
+	use video_cards_r600 && libclc_targets+=(
+		"r600--"
+	)
+	use video_cards_radeonsi && libclc_targets+=(
+		"amdgcn--"
+		"amdgcn-mesa-mesa3d"
+		"amdgcn--amdhsa"
+	)
+	[[ ${#libclc_targets[@]} ]] || die "libclc target missing!"
+
+	libclc_targets=${libclc_targets[*]}
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		-DLIBCLC_TARGETS_TO_BUILD="${libclc_targets// /;}"
+	)
+	cmake_src_configure
+}