diff --git a/dev-libs/libfilezilla/Manifest b/dev-libs/libfilezilla/Manifest
index b600869461239..47e5780a102f4 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libfilezilla/Manifest
+++ b/dev-libs/libfilezilla/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 DIST libfilezilla-0.54.0.tar.xz 568840 BLAKE2B fc1c8005bedf0417b091e7d43f159f0a19f6cb61ebbae02aa893d901a3ed9fb91635a5de84507a38a42e277e25c0566ac2ac7e44934f349102d0ae03d49393b1 SHA512 9c365946de1ae45b6ab17d0fbe271664ae84378383cbb7ea380fe46e300f1a2b6991781882c35d63308e0f5ceca941fd6d61f75124dd22cee51feb84d7fec3e5
 DIST libfilezilla-0.54.1.tar.xz 569064 BLAKE2B 48ea93e8732c256d2b7579e2bcde424e7f5128b5d020c5ec1248f2f00d0196e1e9daf9c37a91f286fd7084c7174da67b92cd53a694cbfde5033fab38e9378ca4 SHA512 9f123cc74ad158fd2510fdd067fe6983feb01f787acc983d86d5d81065a9b042614a9c4cd7aecd9f77178482e0327f17623d2019d9269bceb33be887b0dc7d7f
 DIST libfilezilla-0.55.2.tar.xz 569668 BLAKE2B 34d095b19d7cf620ea787f64fa2eb1a0bbff8f16110b0008e3d29bc1db668721e0afea3b0e4c314ef295f979905eb772db18e583c093ea643cf18750ea9a86d1 SHA512 01f46d2192f1aea18083fd033fb6d0db3405d9f6d59de056ff81779dea98c01b7c3e988ef4271d03694cd9cc760ad7d5209a6d2ade7c6c4952aad6b7cca9686e
+DIST libfilezilla-0.55.5.tar.xz 570664 BLAKE2B 673fc5b452424b4be81b0f4c75e7c494d19665f1a55a1eef5bec7324f50ac3024523c3cf7116a3e93c466c1a5eacfe220fa035cc2e0979ba4bb7cd8b5258dcd7 SHA512 e5654757630ef6fae1b3fbef04b8fca7e3122585cf9274131af7e18127363b143ce91a277721da54ebf67245f31422e8351fe0c419f533360ff86c419c2473ea
diff --git a/dev-libs/libfilezilla/libfilezilla-0.55.5.ebuild b/dev-libs/libfilezilla/libfilezilla-0.55.5.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..651009f4a9fb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/libfilezilla/libfilezilla-0.55.5.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit autotools flag-o-matic
+
+DESCRIPTION="C++ library offering some basic functionality for platform-independent programs"
+HOMEPAGE="https://lib.filezilla-project.org/"
+# Broken URL behind CDN
+SRC_URI="https://dev.gentoo.org/~dlan/distfiles/${PN}/${P}.tar.xz"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2+"
+SLOT="0/57" # libfilezilla.so version
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
+IUSE="test"
+
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-libs/nettle:0=
+	>=net-libs/gnutls-3.5.7:=
+	virtual/libcrypt:=
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	test? ( dev-util/cppunit )"
+BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-0.37.1-pthread.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-0.41.0-gcc13.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-0.51.1-musl.patch
+)
+
+pkg_pretend() {
+	if [[ ${MERGE_TYPE} != binary ]]; then
+		if ! test-flag-CXX -std=c++14; then
+			eerror "${P} requires C++14-capable C++ compiler. Your current compiler"
+			eerror "does not seem to support -std=c++14 option. Please upgrade your compiler"
+			eerror "to gcc-4.9 or an equivalent version supporting C++14."
+			die "Currently active compiler does not support -std=c++14"
+		fi
+	fi
+}
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+	# we patch configure.ac
+	eautoreconf
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	if use ppc || use arm || use hppa; then
+		# bug 727652
+		append-libs -latomic
+	fi
+
+	econf --disable-static
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	default
+	find "${ED}" -type f -name "*.la" -delete || die
+}