diff --git a/app-emulation/virtualbox-modules/Manifest b/app-emulation/virtualbox-modules/Manifest
index ff19e1445519f..5cbf77b043b4e 100644
--- a/app-emulation/virtualbox-modules/Manifest
+++ b/app-emulation/virtualbox-modules/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 DIST vbox-host-kernel-module-src-7.2.14.tar.xz 865192 BLAKE2B b88c693d936c042e7122a88d4b9880441576e52a143253a7acd2a7dc06ac5e3482a309b222e784d52f1116a0f044ea9179b6e3d8872d8892ef2717d610db54c8 SHA512 efcaae329ae5305b0917c44bb8761a913c30777a262b7d897fc51a1e093e5fd8fec7a6ee0fc4daad5f1646e0989cd4342fd89f6df6a0afab7606315099bdf122
 DIST vbox-host-kernel-module-src-7.2.16.tar.xz 866660 BLAKE2B 0bdb9e12410da507524ce938e699c4def44355b8d7787d65a18778246147b6b65c749366ca802c2626b7cc075e2f66a3a81b43ac1960bec294969048a509361b SHA512 1701ca3b971d45c3bb82189d4cc9af06bc767ec1fda9e17ff9f8acd90667503ee99be55b835549772f0d6310ff53627c6351345c3f3ad011c1f384e506101ad3
+DIST vbox-host-kernel-module-src-7.2.18.tar.xz 866556 BLAKE2B 555aeebaa732006c082a648f1cef4ffeee955c59c0af1bafe8f27ba03403d3fa440ec8b66e95fb2aeef932f0fed0082a8bf8a5770ad94b062ae64c52b0d5b2fa SHA512 1258775dfd62e4ad80de06e6fe925bd13759531d04a7085e1181dca9a97ba223605e37af737191233976b25ad70d93a17c39cd6e1c5f5df8dacd38ab00d889f6
 DIST vbox-kernel-module-src-7.0.26.tar.xz 721876 BLAKE2B 355ac80cc96f4ad259a0fdbb909803bbec884c1d25fc9061f45f7039a0857b4f6cc93d4739cf85a82b9544aae06bf7b689d5d530ffc2fe97a874ef57d123423f SHA512 5980721197b908d5d991b258be395a8b542b8183eac7b146b147e4dbea9ff0b0408de5733b12d02a159b689bde29966a55fa7b64c953b9abe4180dbf6e0ebcb6
diff --git a/app-emulation/virtualbox-modules/virtualbox-modules-7.2.18.ebuild b/app-emulation/virtualbox-modules/virtualbox-modules-7.2.18.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7c314903cd792
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-emulation/virtualbox-modules/virtualbox-modules-7.2.18.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Copyright 2022-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+# XXX: the tarball here is just the kernel modules split out of the sources
+#      using the upstream provided export_modules.sh
+#      https://distfiles.gentoo.org/pub/dev/ceamac@gentoo.org/app-emulation/virtualbox-modules/make-modules-from-source
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit linux-mod-r1
+
+MY_P="vbox-host-kernel-module-src-${PV^^}"
+DESCRIPTION="Kernel Modules for Virtualbox"
+HOMEPAGE="https://www.virtualbox.org/"
+SRC_URI="https://distfiles.gentoo.org/pub/dev/ceamac@gentoo.org/${CATEGORY}/${PN}/${MY_P}.tar.xz"
+S="${WORKDIR}"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-3"
+SLOT="0/$(ver_cut 1-2)"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+
+CONFIG_CHECK="~!SPINLOCK JUMP_LABEL ~PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS ~KPROBES"
+KPROBES_ERROR="CONFIG_KPROBES is required for kernel 6.16+; modules fail to build with kernel 6.19+"
+
+src_compile() {
+	local modlist=( {vboxdrv,vboxnetflt,vboxnetadp}=misc )
+	local modargs=( KERN_DIR="${KV_OUT_DIR}" KERN_VER="${KV_FULL}" )
+	linux-mod-r1_src_compile
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	linux-mod-r1_src_install
+	insinto /usr/lib/modules-load.d/
+	newins "${FILESDIR}"/virtualbox.conf-r1 virtualbox.conf
+}