diff --git a/llvm-core/lldb/Manifest b/llvm-core/lldb/Manifest
index d7a00568b0f37..fd81ec1b1a7aa 100644
--- a/llvm-core/lldb/Manifest
+++ b/llvm-core/lldb/Manifest
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
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+DIST llvm-project-02bd47db9d3c4313fe1b5054ed8a1a081f1b7f78.tar.gz 317069647 BLAKE2B 02c38822ff7b312014da03ec45146cc9b24d040c2b11631023b77dd1ad3ab1ebc9d8fd1dccf35ed682a78a39726d97c04e132b6a25a6a9aa8455d7b73ff0d169 SHA512 3cd7d8088958c5bcdc20f8288452060dfade7e2f4d3350e7073678c87b97a9a74907dc89b44cf5ad272600704c5002f4b76d7988283ddfce234bc8a5b40212db
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diff --git a/llvm-core/lldb/lldb-24.0.0_pre20260916.ebuild b/llvm-core/lldb/lldb-24.0.0_pre20260916.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4b2fdc54d2815
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm-core/lldb/lldb-24.0.0_pre20260916.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{12..14} )
+inherit cmake flag-o-matic llvm.org python-single-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="The LLVM debugger"
+HOMEPAGE="https://llvm.org/"
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0-with-LLVM-exceptions UoI-NCSA"
+SLOT="0/${LLVM_SOABI}"
+IUSE="+debug debuginfod +libedit lzma ncurses +python test +tree-sitter +xml"
+RESTRICT="test"
+REQUIRED_USE=${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}
+
+DEPEND="
+	debuginfod? (
+		net-misc/curl:=
+		dev-cpp/cpp-httplib:=
+	)
+	libedit? ( dev-libs/libedit:0= )
+	lzma? ( app-arch/xz-utils:= )
+	ncurses? ( >=sys-libs/ncurses-5.9-r3:0= )
+	tree-sitter? ( dev-libs/tree-sitter:= )
+	xml? ( dev-libs/libxml2:= )
+	~llvm-core/clang-${PV}
+	~llvm-core/llvm-${PV}[debuginfod=]
+"
+RDEPEND="
+	${DEPEND}
+	python? (
+		${PYTHON_DEPS}
+	)
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	${PYTHON_DEPS}
+	python? (
+		>=dev-lang/swig-3.0.11
+	)
+	test? (
+		$(python_gen_cond_dep "
+			~dev-python/lit-${PV}[\${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+			dev-python/psutil[\${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		")
+		llvm-core/lld
+	)
+"
+
+LLVM_COMPONENTS=( lldb cmake llvm/utils )
+LLVM_TEST_COMPONENTS=( llvm/lib/Testing/Support third-party )
+LLVM_USE_TARGETS=llvm+eq
+llvm.org_set_globals
+
+src_configure() {
+	# bug #858389 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/83636)
+	filter-lto
+
+	# LLVM_ENABLE_ASSERTIONS=NO does not guarantee this for us, #614844
+	use debug || local -x CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} -DNDEBUG"
+
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		-DLLVM_ROOT="${ESYSROOT}/usr/lib/llvm/${LLVM_MAJOR}"
+		-DClang_ROOT="${ESYSROOT}/usr/lib/llvm/${LLVM_MAJOR}"
+
+		-DLLDB_ENABLE_CURSES=$(usex ncurses)
+		-DLLDB_ENABLE_LIBEDIT=$(usex libedit)
+		-DLLDB_ENABLE_PYTHON=$(usex python)
+		-DLLDB_ENABLE_LUA=OFF
+		-DLLDB_ENABLE_LZMA=$(usex lzma)
+		-DLLDB_ENABLE_LIBXML2=$(usex xml)
+		-DLLVM_ENABLE_TERMINFO=$(usex ncurses)
+		-DLLVM_ENABLE_TREESITTER=$(usex tree-sitter)
+
+		-DLLDB_INCLUDE_TESTS=$(usex test)
+
+		-DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD="${LLVM_TARGETS// /;}"
+
+		-DCLANG_LINK_CLANG_DYLIB=ON
+		# TODO: fix upstream to detect this properly
+		-DHAVE_LIBDL=ON
+		-DHAVE_LIBPTHREAD=ON
+
+		# normally we'd have to set LLVM_ENABLE_TERMINFO, HAVE_TERMINFO
+		# and TERMINFO_LIBS... so just force FindCurses.cmake to use
+		# ncurses with complete library set (including autodetection
+		# of -ltinfo)
+		-DCURSES_NEED_NCURSES=ON
+
+		-DCLANG_RESOURCE_DIR="../../../clang/${LLVM_MAJOR}"
+
+		-DLLVM_MAIN_SRC_DIR="${WORKDIR}/llvm"
+		-DPython3_EXECUTABLE="${PYTHON}"
+	)
+	use test && mycmakeargs+=(
+		-DLLVM_EXTERNAL_LIT="${EPREFIX}/usr/bin/lit"
+		-DLLVM_LIT_ARGS="$(get_lit_flags)"
+	)
+
+	cmake_src_configure
+}
+
+src_test() {
+	local -x LIT_PRESERVES_TMP=1
+	cmake_build check-lldb-{shell,unit}
+	# failures + hangs
+	#use python && cmake_build check-lldb-api
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	cmake_src_install
+	find "${D}" -name '*.a' -delete || die
+
+	use python && python_optimize
+}