diff --git a/x11-libs/fox/Manifest b/x11-libs/fox/Manifest
index 7a65c8fc236c8..c0d56e401954a 100644
--- a/x11-libs/fox/Manifest
+++ b/x11-libs/fox/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST fox-1.6.57.tar.gz 4284018 BLAKE2B 3efbc6188225f9444fbd347359e8b4041a08fe654acb99c48e4966e501a2f72a44863f2e9b60ae810a259951f89cfc27b9a8b6341e029627066712e0dbf20e40 SHA512 e7b91054a9ea674818803415284cb61572935d22466e446cb37ef68344e2684e8acd567f7c8a6912f939dcbcc37455119ad6a01ac30513f460d0b3937b7e6087
 DIST fox-1.7.85.tar.gz 5912948 BLAKE2B ba9b224212efd91e4643e4f97bfd571802c48bf379239a4f580f820e1f6d8c8d55c321febfd42b4dfc7b366715e893365cd198c4cb9c22c5fb8c525b16b1f888 SHA512 7a67d564c69ddac1a9dec62837943ec7aabd951c72715ac12300f728f0fad3365e39cdbf7fe1ab31e0ae8cf11381d62eaeb3edb64d1773d4cd2279db4fd280d8
+DIST fox-1.7.89.tar.gz 5963863 BLAKE2B b0a2f019bf91962fb8e039901fc98d181c19637d3360ea86c507c86d985fd4a6c10c87a654588db990559421cc1d6ec49015e1e44a972da2012095d7e20d3d81 SHA512 38a9956a43b6c9af135d853b25bb0a242597f6b6c95a1a4826c29aa6a52f2c6f20ec58bff9175eca53316170ea3e23e2a87191998720ded75c4b92888cca3f6b
diff --git a/x11-libs/fox/files/fox-1.7.89-sanitize.patch b/x11-libs/fox/files/fox-1.7.89-sanitize.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..61aab806f712a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11-libs/fox/files/fox-1.7.89-sanitize.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+diff '--color=auto' -ru fox-1.7.89-orig/configure.ac fox-1.7.89/configure.ac
+--- fox-1.7.89-orig/configure.ac	2026-03-03 15:59:25.946665867 +0100
++++ fox-1.7.89/configure.ac	2026-03-03 15:59:40.625259877 +0100
+@@ -65,9 +65,6 @@
+ AC_SUBST(LT_REVISION)
+ AC_SUBST(LT_AGE)
+ 
+-# Prevents setting flags.
+-CXXFLAGS=""
+-
+ # More secret source
+ AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS
+ 
+@@ -144,7 +141,6 @@
+   CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} -O2 -DNDEBUG"
+   if test "${GXX}" = "yes" ; then
+     CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} -ffast-math -fstrict-overflow -fstrict-aliasing -finline-functions -fomit-frame-pointer "
+-    LDFLAGS="-s ${LDFLAGS}"
+   fi
+ fi
+ 
+diff '--color=auto' -ru fox-1.7.89-orig/Makefile.am fox-1.7.89/Makefile.am
+--- fox-1.7.89-orig/Makefile.am	2026-03-03 15:59:25.954180200 +0100
++++ fox-1.7.89/Makefile.am	2026-03-03 15:59:53.105434761 +0100
+@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
+ # For non-gcc compilers, change the options to "no-dependencies"
+ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign dist-zip
+ 
+-SUBDIRS    = utils include lib chart doc tests shutterbug adie pathfinder calculator controlpanel glviewer windows
++SUBDIRS    = utils include lib chart doc tests shutterbug adie pathfinder calculator controlpanel glviewer
+ EXTRA_DIST = ADDITIONS AUTHORS INSTALL LICENSE LICENSE_ADDENDUM TRACING README fox.spec fox-config index.html aclocal.m4
+ 
+ bin_SCRIPTS = fox-config
diff --git a/x11-libs/fox/fox-1.7.89.ebuild b/x11-libs/fox/fox-1.7.89.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..86d503d380016
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11-libs/fox/fox-1.7.89.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit autotools flag-o-matic
+
+DESCRIPTION="C++ Toolkit for developing Graphical User Interfaces easily and effectively"
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.fox-toolkit.org/"
+SRC_URI="http://fox-toolkit.org/ftp/${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="LGPL-2.1"
+SLOT="1.7"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc ~x86"
+IUSE="+bzip2 +jpeg +opengl tiff +truetype +zlib debug doc profile tools"
+
+COMMON_DEPEND="
+	x11-libs/libICE
+	x11-libs/libSM
+	x11-libs/libX11
+	x11-libs/libXcursor
+	x11-libs/libXext
+	x11-libs/libXfixes
+	x11-libs/libXi
+	x11-libs/libXrandr
+	x11-libs/libXrender
+	bzip2? ( app-arch/bzip2 )
+	jpeg? ( media-libs/libjpeg-turbo:= )
+	opengl? ( virtual/glu virtual/opengl )
+	tiff? ( media-libs/tiff:= )
+	truetype? (
+		media-libs/fontconfig
+		media-libs/freetype:2
+		x11-libs/libXft
+	)
+	zlib? ( virtual/zlib:= )
+"
+RDEPEND="
+	${COMMON_DEPEND}
+	x11-libs/fox-wrapper
+"
+DEPEND="
+	${COMMON_DEPEND}
+	x11-base/xorg-proto
+	x11-libs/libXt
+"
+BDEPEND="doc? ( app-text/doxygen )"
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.7.84-pthread_rwlock_prefer_writer_np-musl.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.7.89-sanitize.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.7.85-tools.patch
+	# fix from snapshot-1.7.86. to remove in the next release.
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.7.85-fix-metaclass-header.patch
+)
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+	eautoreconf
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	# -Werror=strict-aliasing (bug #864412, bug #940648)
+	# Do not trust it for LTO either.
+	append-flags -fno-strict-aliasing
+	filter-lto
+
+	use debug || append-cppflags -DNDEBUG
+
+	# Not using --enable-release because of the options it sets like no SSP
+	econf \
+		$(use_enable debug) \
+		$(use_enable bzip2 bz2lib) \
+		$(use_enable jpeg) \
+		$(use_with opengl) \
+		$(use_enable tiff) \
+		$(use_with truetype xft) \
+		$(use_enable zlib) \
+		$(use_with profile profiling) \
+		$(use_with tools)
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	emake
+	use doc && emake -C doc docs
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	emake install \
+		DESTDIR="${D}" \
+		htmldir="${EPREFIX}"/usr/share/doc/${PF}/html \
+		artdir="${EPREFIX}"/usr/share/doc/${PF}/html/art \
+		screenshotsdir="${EPREFIX}"/usr/share/doc/${PF}/html/screenshots
+
+	local CP="${ED}"/usr/bin/ControlPanel
+	if [[ -f ${CP} ]]; then
+		mv "${CP}" "${ED}"/usr/bin/fox-ControlPanel-${SLOT} || \
+			die "Failed to install ControlPanel"
+	fi
+
+	dodoc ADDITIONS AUTHORS LICENSE_ADDENDUM README TRACING
+
+	if use doc; then
+		# install class reference docs if USE=doc
+		docinto html
+		dodoc -r doc/ref
+	else
+		# remove documentation if USE=-doc
+		rm -rf "${ED}"/usr/share/doc/${PF}/html || die
+	fi
+
+	# slot fox-config
+	if [[ -f ${ED}/usr/bin/fox-config ]] ; then
+		mv "${ED}"/usr/bin/fox-config "${ED}"/usr/bin/fox-${SLOT}-config \
+		|| die "failed to install fox-config"
+	fi
+
+	# no static archives
+	find "${D}" -name '*.la' -delete || die
+}