diff --git a/kde-apps/okular/Manifest b/kde-apps/okular/Manifest
index d37a1568c6660..083039aaeeef5 100644
--- a/kde-apps/okular/Manifest
+++ b/kde-apps/okular/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST okular-26.04.3.tar.xz 8238500 BLAKE2B 8d5091e062cf5eaf7a1d916a13418f874817d76b6308af261faa1073bb71591d86d793a2eed8aa1ca0fed6791ce01400c479d8125173e663dc966338dc3ffe40 SHA512 2699af7ec0cf1a328f16556c06ebe10f6fe2e12b8771e3aa5652e5799a42d49f2136b7d0db4a6786d642e23c167bfe40983fd8a222fd253183795684496968a6
+DIST okular-26.08.0.tar.xz 8294608 BLAKE2B 1abba11db1e1b0555a7972f6371dda50d40bf49b9ce4588c350ce7ff46b460bbeb5d846a06f70bfc7cf19e54935065c6448fb799b1de893c354da4980fa11e33 SHA512 4b03594e22ec5dc57fdfe5bce67fd842b56b32e1ce41c83d5ac2b99cae03cd6123e1685deed358d0054aa7286b2a9f2f56280ee3b44093c97e330edb3e1f8ce1
diff --git a/kde-apps/okular/files/okular-26.07.70-hide-mobile-app.patch b/kde-apps/okular/files/okular-26.07.70-hide-mobile-app.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..02b3ebd28ef78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kde-apps/okular/files/okular-26.07.70-hide-mobile-app.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From 6f7f17a24a564ffbf712fd5e0917fcabc8d19229 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org>
+Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 20:36:37 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Revert "Don't hide the mobile app"
+
+We have no use for this on the desktop, but need it for peruse.
+
+This reverts commit 0991819a497594233b7564755bbc189009188bd0.
+---
+ mobile/app/package/metadata.desktop | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/mobile/app/package/metadata.desktop b/mobile/app/package/metadata.desktop
+index f9432748b..0fcf20843 100644
+--- a/mobile/app/package/metadata.desktop
++++ b/mobile/app/package/metadata.desktop
+@@ -110,4 +110,5 @@ GenericName[zh_TW]=文件檢視器
+ Type=Application
+ Exec=okularkirigami
+ Icon=okular
+ Categories=Qt;KDE;Graphics;Office;Viewer;
++NoDisplay=true
+-- 
+2.28.0
+
diff --git a/kde-apps/okular/okular-26.08.0.ebuild b/kde-apps/okular/okular-26.08.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e72b5fd9d629f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kde-apps/okular/okular-26.08.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+ECM_HANDBOOK="optional"
+ECM_TEST="forceoptional"
+PVCUT=$(ver_cut 1-3)
+KFMIN=6.27.0
+QTMIN=6.11.2
+inherit ecm gear.kde.org xdg
+
+DESCRIPTION="Universal document viewer based on KDE Frameworks"
+HOMEPAGE="https://okular.kde.org https://apps.kde.org/okular/"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2" # TODO: CHECK
+SLOT="6"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
+IUSE="crypt djvu epub markdown mobi +pdf +postscript qml share speech +tiff"
+
+# slot op: Uses Qt6::CorePrivate
+DEPEND="
+	>=dev-qt/qtbase-${QTMIN}:6=[dbus,gui,widgets,X,xml]
+	>=dev-qt/qtdeclarative-${QTMIN}:6
+	>=dev-qt/qtsvg-${QTMIN}:6
+	>=kde-apps/libkexiv2-${PVCUT}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/karchive-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/kbookmarks-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/kcolorscheme-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/kcompletion-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/kconfig-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/kconfigwidgets-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/kcoreaddons-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/kcrash-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/ki18n-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/kiconthemes-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/kio-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/kparts-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/kpty-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/ktextwidgets-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/kwidgetsaddons-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/kwindowsystem-${KFMIN}:6[X]
+	>=kde-frameworks/kxmlgui-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/threadweaver-${KFMIN}:6
+	media-libs/freetype
+	virtual/zlib:=
+	crypt? ( >=kde-frameworks/kwallet-${KFMIN}:6 )
+	djvu? ( app-text/djvu )
+	epub? ( app-text/ebook-tools )
+	markdown? ( >=app-text/discount-2.2.7-r1:= )
+	mobi? ( >=kde-apps/kdegraphics-mobipocket-${PVCUT}:6 )
+	pdf? ( >=app-text/poppler-24.10.0[nss,qt6] )
+	postscript? ( app-text/libspectre )
+	share? ( >=kde-frameworks/purpose-${KFMIN}:6 )
+	speech? ( >=dev-qt/qtspeech-${QTMIN}:6 )
+	tiff? ( media-libs/tiff:= )
+"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
+	>=kde-frameworks/kimageformats-${KFMIN}:6
+	qml? ( >=kde-frameworks/kirigami-${KFMIN}:6 )
+"
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-26.07.70-hide-mobile-app.patch" # downstream; avoid same-name entry
+	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-23.08.5-implicit-vasprintf.patch" # bug 922345; pending upstream
+)
+
+CMAKE_SKIP_TESTS=(
+	mainshelltest # hangs, bug #603116
+	parttest # hangs, bug #641728, annotationtoolbartest fails, KDE-Bug #429640
+	annotationtoolbartest
+	signunsignedfieldtest # fails, whatever. bug #852749
+	visibilitytest # fails, whatever. bug #970239
+)
+
+src_configure() {
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		-DFORCE_NOT_REQUIRED_DEPENDENCIES="KF6DocTools;KF6Wallet;DjVuLibre;EPub;Discount;QMobipocket6;Poppler;LibSpectre;KF6Purpose;Qt6TextToSpeech;TIFF;"
+		-DOKULAR_UI=$(usex qml "both" "desktop")
+		$(cmake_use_find_package crypt KF6Wallet)
+		$(cmake_use_find_package djvu DjVuLibre)
+		$(cmake_use_find_package epub EPub)
+		$(cmake_use_find_package markdown Discount)
+		$(cmake_use_find_package mobi QMobipocket6)
+		$(cmake_use_find_package pdf Poppler)
+		-DCMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_Phonon4Qt6=ON
+		$(cmake_use_find_package postscript LibSpectre)
+		$(cmake_use_find_package share KF6Purpose)
+		$(cmake_use_find_package speech Qt6TextToSpeech)
+		$(cmake_use_find_package tiff TIFF)
+	)
+	ecm_src_configure
+}