diff --git a/x11-apps/xdm/Manifest b/x11-apps/xdm/Manifest
index cd9a71326a411..3cc58291aec5d 100644
--- a/x11-apps/xdm/Manifest
+++ b/x11-apps/xdm/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST xdm-1.1.16.tar.xz 420072 BLAKE2B 1a970b99a0848b0bcb55870c1665281afc355685b4e08148cefd953456fbed5dc71a9a66fa670e80f07de3502615e3c2e81293e9476f04ce965d73be5365bd9e SHA512 a7e0aca67b770b3939aee2c12feac3c0f5efa531ec4a6045ab8b53d9c35b701ab5533447feb39b7cbe0df74ff8483ee1637314b847b37a6c3f7e9c8fdf5e172d
+DIST xdm-1.1.17.tar.xz 425804 BLAKE2B 795a7fbfb78da298631dd42990220c74f19e58233d20fda6c42517a1bd0d24ff97e74e1aed2d6acc9f81ca0b19194a2b6b2f13b656582e6ec3f23a3b23754cc2 SHA512 68499cdf73c9b6b48b974a724e5d045bb8333cfd17f1d7e36132e7aec51922c22260b361517c4f0d9fb7d28ce4909e0638e00180e93544bc7200d9bef55e822b
diff --git a/x11-apps/xdm/xdm-1.1.17.ebuild b/x11-apps/xdm/xdm-1.1.17.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6a30e45d15dd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11-apps/xdm/xdm-1.1.17.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit xorg-3 pam systemd
+
+DEFAULTVT=vt7
+
+DESCRIPTION="X.Org xdm application"
+
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86"
+IUSE="pam systemd truetype xinerama xpm"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	x11-apps/sessreg
+	x11-apps/xconsole
+	x11-apps/xinit
+	x11-apps/xrdb
+	x11-apps/xsm
+	x11-libs/libX11
+	x11-libs/libXau
+	x11-libs/libXaw
+	x11-libs/libXdmcp
+	x11-libs/libXext
+	x11-libs/libXmu
+	x11-libs/libXt
+	virtual/libcrypt:=
+	pam? ( sys-libs/pam )
+	systemd? ( >=sys-apps/systemd-209:= )
+	truetype? (
+		x11-libs/libXrender
+		x11-libs/libXft
+	)
+	xinerama? ( x11-libs/libXinerama )
+	xpm? ( x11-libs/libXpm )
+	elibc_glibc? ( dev-libs/libbsd )"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	x11-base/xorg-proto"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	sed -i -e 's:^Alias=.*$:Alias=display-manager.service:' \
+		xdm.service.in || die
+
+	# Disable XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 (bug #445662).
+	# it causes issue with libreoffice and SDL games (bug #306223).
+	sed -i -e '/authorize/a DisplayManager*authName:	MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1' \
+			config/xdm-config.in || die
+
+	xorg-3_src_prepare
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	local XORG_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS=(
+		--enable-ipv6
+		$(use_with pam)
+		$(use_with systemd systemd-daemon)
+		$(use_with truetype xft)
+		$(use_with xinerama)
+		$(use_enable xpm xpm-logos)
+		--with-systemdsystemunitdir="$(systemd_get_systemunitdir)"
+		--with-default-vt=${DEFAULTVT}
+		--with-xdmconfigdir=/etc/X11/xdm
+	)
+	xorg-3_src_configure
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	xorg-3_src_install
+
+	exeinto /usr/$(get_libdir)/X11/xdm
+	doexe "${FILESDIR}"/Xsession
+
+	use pam && pamd_mimic system-local-login xdm auth account session
+
+	# Keep /var/lib/xdm. This is where authfiles are stored. See #286350.
+	keepdir /var/lib/xdm
+}