diff --git a/sci-libs/pdal/files/pdal-2.9.0-fix-build-without-gtest.patch b/sci-libs/pdal/files/pdal-2.9.0-fix-build-without-gtest.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..29e7e17a466a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sci-libs/pdal/files/pdal-2.9.0-fix-build-without-gtest.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+From https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/commit/6e3d5ed48205dcef884243db6585f7da4631604c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Aleix Pol <aleixpol@kde.org>
+Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2025 13:28:17 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix build without googletest when WITH_TESTS=OFF (#4753)
+
+Don't pull the library if we are not going to use it.
+---
+ cmake/macros.cmake | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/cmake/macros.cmake b/cmake/macros.cmake
+index 25fe690930..645c77e1c2 100644
+--- a/cmake/macros.cmake
++++ b/cmake/macros.cmake
+@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ endmacro(PDAL_ADD_PLUGIN)
+ #    INCLUDES header file directories
+ #
+ # If we don't have GTest go activate it first
+-if(NOT TARGET GTest::gtest)
++if(WITH_TESTS AND NOT TARGET GTest::gtest)
+     include (${PDAL_CMAKE_DIR}/gtest.cmake)
+ endif()
+ 
diff --git a/sci-libs/pdal/pdal-2.9.0-r1.ebuild b/sci-libs/pdal/pdal-2.9.0-r1.ebuild
index b850249d42794..cc81ffde391bb 100644
--- a/sci-libs/pdal/pdal-2.9.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sci-libs/pdal/pdal-2.9.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ IUSE="debug postgres test"
 BDEPEND="
 	sys-devel/gettext
 	virtual/pkgconfig
+	test? ( >=dev-cpp/gtest-1.15.0 )
 "
 RDEPEND="
 	net-misc/curl
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-fix-includes.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-fix-build-without-gtest.patch
 )
 
 src_configure() {
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ src_configure() {
 		-DBUILD_PLUGIN_PGPOINTCLOUD="$(usex postgres)"
 		-DWITH_COMPLETION=ON
 		-DWITH_BACKTRACE="$(usex debug)"
+		-DWITH_TESTS="$(usex test)"
 	)
 
 	cmake_src_configure