diff --git a/app-text/poppler/Manifest b/app-text/poppler/Manifest
index 43349eec57bc1..ccb4891ddf3ed 100644
--- a/app-text/poppler/Manifest
+++ b/app-text/poppler/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 DIST poppler-25.12.0.tar.xz 1992456 BLAKE2B 77ba5031a1e7c5c1a619050bf0e3bfca4f09da175559ca8eeebb1706291f2348c20f790845584863a9af3829b691e453af3781b6ebaa4f4292c017468a094ee7 SHA512 4f68713d7efa5003a60773749d3bcff4041b165dfb65104a56cec576559c15164fc4a021244cc91f4ed76aab709757637396d7c5b6fbcf3eed23e3469072e4f3
 DIST poppler-25.12.0.tar.xz.sig 833 BLAKE2B 013277f73e6d63481c3a208aac2a02aeeef9d945c861f79f5738105c725015d3dff24ee1b22bf14461c7c570f3f161b15b52c871c9a667217581a471ca096ab3 SHA512 11d6eccfe953905d09528ed3a8bfee8841126d869e5242e8ac5cb969f6dc599a7e07fda9cdc3090ec6c70097ae9215517dbf2ca3eb9cd4e21b6310a8fd340b9f
+DIST poppler-26.01.0.tar.xz 2003516 BLAKE2B dd7f99b1a8e7b659ece8ca58f2016371315ea234e2a17ad419a3450951e2e77e03dcf52a1921494b576a9989f4659f5cea5a74a7c10b9affc963d0c45bee0629 SHA512 bf00f12eb73e164d7a73756aa03ea40f66d1b5c5677acef86b1bb450289e0aa0ab7a00cac4482e08e89dfa6fead71907bc36a70ba4b0c47e30a9fd9e61451921
+DIST poppler-26.01.0.tar.xz.sig 833 BLAKE2B c6ac58c96d99146536570750361f9cdd7faf63132a11d3e5d4ed04e3e39a6c5b56dc3bd264b07d7b5d757878443bfcc7614c48656c12754957580f5ea98c196a SHA512 95535c31cd9ca53e5f9d94ac39d97e5b0d2be1e0790f698568fb51848ab253ff8b92f5d6c33498c518838cbb4d9c7733b4e63e3f2ca238686d59170cb6233abf
 DIST poppler-test-9d5011815a14c157ba25bb160187842fb81579a5.tar.bz2 5500878 BLAKE2B 4ced4be267431cfd7c39398055e22c7228df2f1de09cba86bfbd76d785b26f4767a69eefccaa7473b4f410a7f1a4b97d9133141b8c66892bb3f209376d5d231e SHA512 89982192b2d98c5c1e9c03ad1e4a09fe38d1525669799690e8d5f333d2e5905b5b57f58dd09483e5a4d3634fa35da22984b9d2797f4e11c3d821eaaf67865f6c
diff --git a/app-text/poppler/poppler-26.01.0.ebuild b/app-text/poppler/poppler-26.01.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..56684854e3007
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-text/poppler/poppler-26.01.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+# Copyright 2005-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit cmake flag-o-matic toolchain-funcs xdg-utils
+
+if [[ ${PV} == *9999* ]] ; then
+	inherit git-r3
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler"
+	SLOT="0/9999"
+else
+	VERIFY_SIG_OPENPGP_KEY_PATH=/usr/share/openpgp-keys/aacid.asc
+	inherit verify-sig
+
+	TEST_COMMIT="9d5011815a14c157ba25bb160187842fb81579a5"
+	SRC_URI="https://poppler.freedesktop.org/${P}.tar.xz"
+	SRC_URI+=" test? ( https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/test/-/archive/${TEST_COMMIT}/test-${TEST_COMMIT}.tar.bz2 -> ${PN}-test-${TEST_COMMIT}.tar.bz2 )"
+	SRC_URI+=" verify-sig? ( https://poppler.freedesktop.org/${P}.tar.xz.sig )"
+	# KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~arm64-macos ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris"
+	SLOT="0/156"   # CHECK THIS WHEN BUMPING!!! SUBSLOT IS libpoppler.so SOVERSION
+fi
+
+DESCRIPTION="PDF rendering library based on the xpdf-3.0 code base"
+HOMEPAGE="https://poppler.freedesktop.org/"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2"
+IUSE="boost cairo cjk curl +cxx debug doc gpgme +introspection +jpeg +jpeg2k +lcms nss png qt6 test tiff +utils"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+COMMON_DEPEND="
+	>=media-libs/fontconfig-2.13
+	>=media-libs/freetype-2.10
+	virtual/zlib:=
+	cairo? (
+		>=dev-libs/glib-2.64:2
+		>=x11-libs/cairo-1.16
+		introspection? ( >=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-1.82.0-r2:= )
+	)
+	curl? ( net-misc/curl )
+	gpgme? ( dev-cpp/gpgmepp:= )
+	jpeg? ( >=media-libs/libjpeg-turbo-1.1.0:= )
+	jpeg2k? ( >=media-libs/openjpeg-2.3.0-r1:2= )
+	lcms? ( media-libs/lcms:2 )
+	nss? ( >=dev-libs/nss-3.49 )
+	png? ( media-libs/libpng:0= )
+	qt6? ( dev-qt/qtbase:6[gui,xml] )
+	tiff? ( media-libs/tiff:= )
+"
+RDEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
+	cjk? ( app-text/poppler-data )
+"
+DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
+	boost? ( >=dev-libs/boost-1.74 )
+	test? ( qt6? ( dev-qt/qtbase:6[widgets] ) )
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	>=dev-util/glib-utils-2.64
+	virtual/pkgconfig
+"
+
+if [[ ${PV} != *9999* ]] ; then
+	BDEPEND+=" verify-sig? ( >=sec-keys/openpgp-keys-aacid-20230907 )"
+fi
+
+DOCS=( AUTHORS NEWS README.md README-XPDF )
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-qt-deps.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-respect-cflags.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-0.57.0-disable-internal-jpx.patch"
+)
+
+src_unpack() {
+	if [[ ${PV} == *9999* ]] ; then
+		git-r3_src_unpack
+	elif use verify-sig ; then
+		verify-sig_verify_detached "${DISTDIR}"/${P}.tar.xz{,.sig}
+	fi
+
+	default
+}
+
+src_prepare() {
+	cmake_src_prepare
+
+	# Clang doesn't grok this flag, the configure nicely tests that, but
+	# cmake just uses it, so remove it if we use clang
+	if tc-is-clang ; then
+		sed -e 's/-fno-check-new//' -i cmake/modules/PopplerMacros.cmake || die
+	fi
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	xdg_environment_reset
+	append-lfs-flags # bug #898506
+
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		-DBUILD_GTK_TESTS=OFF
+		-DBUILD_QT5_TESTS=OFF
+		-DBUILD_QT6_TESTS=$(usex test $(usex qt6))
+		-DBUILD_CPP_TESTS=$(usex test)
+		-DBUILD_MANUAL_TESTS=$(usex test)
+		-DTESTDATADIR="${WORKDIR}"/test-${TEST_COMMIT}
+		-DRUN_GPERF_IF_PRESENT=OFF
+		-DENABLE_BOOST="$(usex boost)"
+		-DENABLE_ZLIB_UNCOMPRESS=OFF
+		-DENABLE_UNSTABLE_API_ABI_HEADERS=ON
+		-DUSE_FLOAT=OFF
+		-DWITH_Cairo=$(usex cairo)
+		-DENABLE_LIBCURL=$(usex curl)
+		-DENABLE_CPP=$(usex cxx)
+		-DENABLE_GPGME=$(usex gpgme)
+		-DWITH_JPEG=$(usex jpeg)
+		-DENABLE_DCTDECODER=$(usex jpeg libjpeg none)
+		-DENABLE_LIBOPENJPEG=$(usex jpeg2k openjpeg2 none)
+		-DENABLE_LCMS=$(usex lcms)
+		-DENABLE_NSS3=$(usex nss)
+		-DWITH_PNG=$(usex png)
+		-DENABLE_QT5=OFF
+		-DENABLE_QT6=$(usex qt6)
+		-DENABLE_LIBTIFF=$(usex tiff)
+		-DENABLE_UTILS=$(usex utils)
+	)
+	use cairo && mycmakeargs+=( -DWITH_GObjectIntrospection=$(usex introspection) )
+
+	cmake_src_configure
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	cmake_src_install
+
+	# live version doesn't provide html documentation
+	if use cairo && use doc && [[ ${PV} != *9999* ]]; then
+		# For now install gtk-doc there
+		insinto /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/poppler
+		doins -r "${S}"/glib/reference/html/*
+	fi
+}