diff --git a/dev-debug/gdb/Manifest b/dev-debug/gdb/Manifest
index 544d900289b9..17dbb4dac38b 100644
--- a/dev-debug/gdb/Manifest
+++ b/dev-debug/gdb/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST gdb-16.3.tar.xz 24434444 BLAKE2B a75c8655b39580a7f6e0d85ef663f60932fbed9a92ade6d58a2e99bc8b1416b36f8410c66c23bdada83e221a65c1cdfdeb7bb7ae9a930c443557864a1769dbee SHA512 fffd6689c3405466a179670b04720dc825e4f210a761f63dd2b33027432f8cd5d1c059c431a5ec9e165eedd1901220b5329d73c522f9a444788888c731b29e9c
+DIST gdb-17.1.tar.xz 24663896 BLAKE2B 35de074a50c747e6ed42faee8a87b3898b57d33e9667c9001eaf8b54c8cce555f7b16642d1583c1b4aabb45fc5e5db8c33d9f5786351e736f2db2f90d28a07ed SHA512 f1a6751e439a2128fecf3eae8b57c1608a0dc7cfe79b4356a937874e5a42bb2df0aba36eb6a9452c41966908b9a59076c7cad9720f684688ab956b65080f1d7c
diff --git a/dev-debug/gdb/gdb-17.1.ebuild b/dev-debug/gdb/gdb-17.1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..35d537e2113e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-debug/gdb/gdb-17.1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,351 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+# See https://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/DistroAdvice for general packaging
+# tips & notes.
+
+GUILE_COMPAT=( 2-2 3-0 )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} )
+inherit flag-o-matic guile-single linux-info python-single-r1 strip-linguas toolchain-funcs
+
+export CTARGET=${CTARGET:-${CHOST}}
+
+if [[ ${CTARGET} == ${CHOST} ]] ; then
+	if [[ ${CATEGORY} == cross-* ]] ; then
+		export CTARGET=${CATEGORY#cross-}
+	fi
+fi
+
+is_cross() { [[ ${CHOST} != ${CTARGET} ]] ; }
+
+case ${PV} in
+	9999*)
+		# live git tree
+		EGIT_REPO_URI="
+			https://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git
+			https://git.sr.ht/~sourceware/binutils-gdb
+			https://gitlab.com/x86-binutils/binutils-gdb.git
+		"
+		inherit git-r3
+		SRC_URI=""
+		;;
+	*.*.50_p2???????|*.*.90_p2???????)
+		# Weekly snapshots
+		MY_PV="${PV/_p/.}"
+		SRC_URI="
+			https://sourceware.org/pub/gdb/snapshots/branch/gdb-weekly-${MY_PV}.tar.xz
+			https://sourceware.org/pub/gdb/snapshots/current/gdb-weekly-${MY_PV}.tar.xz
+			https://dev.gentoo.org/~sam/distfiles/${CATEGORY}/${PN}/gdb-weekly-${MY_PV}.tar.xz
+		"
+		S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${MY_PV}"
+
+		# e.g. 13.1.90_p20230325 is a snapshot on the stable branch, so it's fine
+		if [[ ${PV} == *.[123456789].9?_p2??????? ]] ; then
+			REGULAR_RELEASE=1
+		fi
+		;;
+	*.*.9?)
+		# Prereleases
+		MY_PV="${PV/_p/.}"
+		SRC_URI="
+			https://sourceware.org/pub/gdb/snapshots/branch/gdb-${MY_PV}.tar.xz
+			https://dev.gentoo.org/~sam/distfiles/${CATEGORY}/${PN}/gdb-${MY_PV}.tar.xz
+		"
+		S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${MY_PV}"
+		;;
+	*)
+		# Normal upstream release
+		SRC_URI="
+			mirror://gnu/gdb/${P}.tar.xz
+			https://sourceware.org/pub/gdb/releases/${P}.tar.xz
+		"
+
+		REGULAR_RELEASE=1
+esac
+
+PATCH_DEV=""
+PATCH_VER=""
+DESCRIPTION="GNU debugger"
+HOMEPAGE="https://sourceware.org/gdb/"
+SRC_URI="
+	${SRC_URI}
+	${PATCH_DEV:+https://dev.gentoo.org/~${PATCH_DEV}/distfiles/${CATEGORY}/${PN}/${P}-patches-${PATCH_VER}.tar.xz}
+	${PATCH_VER:+mirror://gentoo/${P}-patches-${PATCH_VER}.tar.xz}
+"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-3+ LGPL-2.1+"
+SLOT="0"
+IUSE="babeltrace cet debuginfod guile lzma multitarget nls +python rocm +server sim source-highlight test vanilla +xml xxhash zstd"
+if [[ -n ${REGULAR_RELEASE} ]] ; then
+	KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris"
+fi
+REQUIRED_USE="
+	guile? ( ${GUILE_REQUIRED_USE} )
+	python? ( ${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE} )
+	rocm? ( multitarget )
+"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+# <babeltrace-2: bug #951652
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-libs/mpfr:=
+	dev-libs/gmp:=
+	>=sys-libs/ncurses-5.2-r2:=
+	>=sys-libs/readline-7:=
+	virtual/zlib:=
+	babeltrace? ( dev-util/babeltrace:0/1 )
+	debuginfod? (
+		dev-libs/elfutils[debuginfod(-)]
+	)
+	lzma? ( app-arch/xz-utils )
+	python? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )
+	guile? ( ${GUILE_DEPS} )
+	xml? ( dev-libs/expat )
+	rocm? ( >=dev-libs/rocdbgapi-6.3 )
+	source-highlight? (
+		dev-util/source-highlight
+	)
+	xxhash? (
+		dev-libs/xxhash
+	)
+	zstd? ( app-arch/zstd:= )
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+BDEPEND="
+	app-arch/xz-utils
+	sys-apps/texinfo
+	app-alternatives/yacc
+	nls? ( sys-devel/gettext )
+	source-highlight? ( virtual/pkgconfig )
+	test? ( dev-util/dejagnu )
+"
+
+QA_CONFIG_IMPL_DECL_SKIP=(
+	MIN # gnulib FP (bug #898688)
+)
+
+QA_PREBUILT="usr/share/gdb/guile/*"
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-8.3.1-verbose-build.patch
+)
+
+pkg_setup() {
+	local CONFIG_CHECK
+
+	if [[ ${CHOST} == *-linux-* ]] ; then
+		if kernel_is -ge 6.11.3 ; then
+			# https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-8846891.html
+			# See also PR31520.
+			#
+			# Either CONFIG_PROC_MEM_ALWAYS_FORCE or CONFIG_PROC_MEM_FORCE_PTRACE
+			# should be okay, but not CONFIG_PROC_MEM_NO_FORCE.
+			CONFIG_CHECK+="
+				~!PROC_MEM_NO_FORCE
+			"
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	linux-info_pkg_setup
+
+	use guile && guile-single_pkg_setup
+	use python && python-single-r1_pkg_setup
+}
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+
+	use guile && guile_bump_sources
+
+	strip-linguas -u bfd/po opcodes/po
+
+	# Avoid using ancient termcap from host on Prefix systems
+	sed -i -e 's/termcap tinfow/tinfow/g' \
+		gdb/configure{.ac,} || die
+}
+
+gdb_branding() {
+	printf "Gentoo ${PV} "
+
+	if ! use vanilla && [[ -n ${PATCH_VER} ]] ; then
+		printf "p${PATCH_VER}"
+	else
+		printf "vanilla"
+	fi
+
+	[[ -n ${EGIT_COMMIT} ]] && printf " ${EGIT_COMMIT}"
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	strip-unsupported-flags
+
+	# See https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Parallel-Output.html
+	# Avoid really confusing logs from subconfigure spam, makes logs far
+	# more legible.
+	MAKEOPTS="--output-sync=line ${MAKEOPTS}"
+
+	local myconf=(
+		# portage's econf() does not detect presence of --d-d-t
+		# because it greps only top-level ./configure. But not
+		# libiberty's or gdb's configure.
+		--disable-dependency-tracking
+		--disable-silent-rules
+
+		--with-pkgversion="$(gdb_branding)"
+		--with-bugurl='https://bugs.gentoo.org/'
+		--disable-werror
+		# Disable modules that are in a combined binutils/gdb tree. bug #490566
+		--disable-{binutils,etc,gas,gold,gprof,gprofng,ld}
+
+		$(use_with babeltrace)
+		$(use_with debuginfod)
+
+		$(use_enable test unit-tests)
+
+		# Allow user to opt into CET for host libraries.
+		# Ideally we would like automagic-or-disabled here.
+		# But the check does not quite work on i686: bug #760926.
+		$(use_enable cet)
+
+		# Helps when cross-compiling. Not to be confused with --with-sysroot.
+		--with-build-sysroot="${ESYSROOT}"
+	)
+
+	is_cross && myconf+=(
+		--with-sysroot="\${prefix}/${CTARGET}"
+		--includedir="\${prefix}/include/${CTARGET}"
+		--with-gdb-datadir="\${datadir}/gdb/${CTARGET}"
+	)
+
+	# gdbserver only works for native targets (CHOST==CTARGET).
+	# it also doesn't support all targets, so rather than duplicate
+	# the target list (which changes between versions), use the
+	# "auto" value when things are turned on, which is triggered
+	# whenever no --enable or --disable is given
+	if is_cross || use !server ; then
+		myconf+=( --disable-gdbserver )
+	fi
+
+	myconf+=(
+		--enable-64-bit-bfd
+		--disable-install-libbfd
+		--disable-install-libiberty
+		--enable-obsolete
+		# This only disables building in the readline subdir.
+		# For gdb itself, it'll use the system version.
+		--disable-readline
+		--with-system-readline
+		# This only disables building in the zlib subdir.
+		# For gdb itself, it'll use the system version.
+		--without-zlib
+		--with-system-zlib
+		--with-separate-debug-dir="${EPREFIX}"/usr/lib/debug
+		--with-amd-dbgapi=$(usex rocm)
+		$(use_with xml expat)
+		$(use_with lzma)
+		$(use_enable nls)
+		$(use_enable sim)
+		$(use_enable source-highlight)
+		$(use multitarget && echo --enable-targets=all)
+		$(use_with python python "${EPYTHON}")
+		$(use_with xxhash)
+		$(use_with guile)
+		$(use_with zstd)
+
+		# Find libraries using the toolchain sysroot rather than the configured
+		# prefix. Needed when cross-compiling.
+		#
+		# Check which libraries to apply this to with:
+		# "${S}"/gdb/configure --help | grep without-lib | sort
+		--without-lib{babeltrace,expat,gmp,iconv,ipt,lzma,mpfr,xxhash}-prefix
+	)
+
+	# source-highlight is detected with pkg-config: bug #716558
+	export ac_cv_path_pkg_config_prog_path="$(tc-getPKG_CONFIG)"
+
+	export CC_FOR_BUILD="$(tc-getBUILD_CC)"
+
+	# ensure proper compiler is detected for Clang builds: bug #831202
+	export GCC_FOR_TARGET="${CC_FOR_TARGET:-$(tc-getCC)}"
+
+	econf "${myconf[@]}"
+}
+
+src_test() {
+	# Run the unittests (nabbed invocation from Fedora's spec file) at least
+	emake -k -C gdb run GDBFLAGS='-batch -ex "maintenance selftest"'
+
+	# Too many failures
+	# In fact, gdb's test suite needs some work to get passing.
+	# See e.g. https://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/TestingGDB.
+	# As of 11.2, on amd64: "# of unexpected failures    8600"
+	# Also, ia64 kernel crashes when gdb testsuite is running.
+	#emake -k check
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	emake DESTDIR="${D}" install
+
+	find "${ED}"/usr -name libiberty.a -delete || die
+
+	# Delete translations that conflict with binutils-libs. bug #528088
+	# Note: Should figure out how to store these in an internal gdb dir.
+	if use nls ; then
+		find "${ED}" \
+			-regextype posix-extended -regex '.*/(bfd|opcodes)[.]g?mo$' \
+			-delete || die
+	fi
+
+	# Don't install docs when building a cross-gdb
+	if [[ ${CTARGET} != ${CHOST} ]] ; then
+		rm -rf "${ED}"/usr/share/{doc,info,locale} || die
+		local f
+		for f in "${ED}"/usr/share/man/*/* ; do
+			if [[ ${f##*/} != ${CTARGET}-* ]] ; then
+				mv "${f}" "${f%/*}/${CTARGET}-${f##*/}" || die
+			fi
+		done
+		return 0
+	fi
+
+	# Install it by hand for now:
+	# https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2011-12/msg00915.html
+	# Only install if it exists due to the twisted behavior (see
+	# notes in src_configure above).
+	[[ -e gdbserver/gdbreplay ]] && dobin gdbserver/gdbreplay
+
+	docinto gdb
+	dodoc gdb/CONTRIBUTE gdb/README gdb/MAINTAINERS \
+		gdb/NEWS gdb/PROBLEMS
+	docinto sim
+	dodoc sim/{MAINTAINERS,README-HACKING}
+
+	if use server ; then
+		docinto gdbserver
+		dodoc gdbserver/README
+	fi
+
+	# Remove shared info pages
+	rm -f "${ED}"/usr/share/info/{annotate,bfd,configure,ctf-spec,standards}.info*
+
+	use guile && guile_unstrip_ccache
+
+	if use python ; then
+		python_optimize "${ED}"/usr/share/gdb/python/gdb
+	fi
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	# Portage doesn't unmerge files in /etc
+	rm -vf "${EROOT}"/etc/skel/.gdbinit
+
+	if use prefix && [[ ${CHOST} == *-darwin* ]] ; then
+		ewarn "gdb is unable to get a mach task port when installed by Prefix"
+		ewarn "Portage, unprivileged.  To make gdb fully functional you'll"
+		ewarn "have to perform the following steps:"
+		ewarn "  % sudo chgrp procmod ${EPREFIX}/usr/bin/gdb"
+		ewarn "  % sudo chmod g+s ${EPREFIX}/usr/bin/gdb"
+	fi
+}