diff --git a/kde-apps/kate-lib/Manifest b/kde-apps/kate-lib/Manifest
index 91b8ec9e91da8..e4dc2cc5a80a8 100644
--- a/kde-apps/kate-lib/Manifest
+++ b/kde-apps/kate-lib/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST kate-25.08.3.tar.xz 8418112 BLAKE2B e3809bde6657c4b87b9a6dfc6217316a897dd10a360c46431805cb967eb9c1ecad022be694246561022e65b07d4ec4845ab6605bd6d0e80545f0ad882607682a SHA512 078a05db1e22c171a4c9341f079427ff7c7e4b7c4ec54b65e16d48b6c8139f3ac7fad64dd9fab74cd3602f5fe93cf9e5025e6921e47b157ed81ceaad1eb398f6
+DIST kate-25.12.0.tar.xz 8516380 BLAKE2B 244f9d6b3b862f294f5fd86337c69a91059502c8fc471f7ae02725669d6914deba125a7456a2555dc8b41ee37346d70f92db1200f19df9a877efec1a1acffc32 SHA512 d7513471f9353357bc5ef6bc5a5d27873540f3687c7c06c5b412e5e5d6e5359e526807517a93fbbdec502e18729da451663b8911c900b832efcb26c18ca93342
diff --git a/kde-apps/kate-lib/kate-lib-25.12.0.ebuild b/kde-apps/kate-lib/kate-lib-25.12.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..734190c5775ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kde-apps/kate-lib/kate-lib-25.12.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+KDE_ORG_CATEGORY="utilities"
+KDE_ORG_NAME="kate"
+ECM_TEST="true"
+KFMIN=6.19.0
+QTMIN=6.9.1
+inherit ecm gear.kde.org
+
+DESCRIPTION="Shared library used by Kate/Kwrite and Kate-Addons"
+HOMEPAGE="https://kate-editor.org/ https://apps.kde.org/kate/"
+
+LICENSE="LGPL-2 LGPL-2+ MIT"
+SLOT="6"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
+IUSE="telemetry"
+
+DEPEND="
+	>=dev-qt/qtbase-${QTMIN}:6[dbus,gui,widgets,xml]
+	>=kde-frameworks/kconfig-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/kconfigwidgets-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/kcoreaddons-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/kcrash-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/ki18n-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/kiconthemes-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/kio-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/kjobwidgets-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/kparts-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/kservice-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/ktexteditor-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/ktextwidgets-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/kwidgetsaddons-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/kwindowsystem-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/kxmlgui-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/syntax-highlighting-${KFMIN}:6
+	telemetry? ( >=kde-frameworks/kuserfeedback-${KFMIN}:6 )
+"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
+	>=kde-apps/kate-common-${PV}
+"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	ecm_src_prepare
+	ecm_punt_po_install
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		-DBUILD_addons=FALSE
+		-DBUILD_kate=FALSE
+		-DBUILD_kwrite=FALSE
+		-DCMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_KF6DocTools=ON
+		$(cmake_use_find_package telemetry KF6UserFeedback)
+	)
+
+	ecm_src_configure
+}
+
+src_test() {
+	# tests hang
+	local myctestargs=(
+		-E "(session_manager_test|sessions_action_test)"
+	)
+
+	ecm_src_test
+}