diff --git a/dev-qt/qtimageformats/Manifest b/dev-qt/qtimageformats/Manifest
index feb22d3518eb9..a7c9ba5371b55 100644
--- a/dev-qt/qtimageformats/Manifest
+++ b/dev-qt/qtimageformats/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 DIST qtimageformats-5.15.16-gentoo-kde-1.tar.xz 2428 BLAKE2B 95c0794814d26ac6f2ee0d3e5acacd9d1587f211c204e3b1fe22c5f25e0f891ff8d85f128990f3bb78b0c4688476418c092e17adc403cec1ac5a3b8259f5fc1e SHA512 5d772d5ee4cdc9740f834383425224e0bc660c6a431c09f886b3e721ca7c3c1ecd12c35d448fcd4dad02e0363e9f4e4520c21f517e22942a1b0cc5ed65b9bd6f
 DIST qtimageformats-everywhere-opensource-src-5.15.16.tar.xz 1889480 BLAKE2B cd0b6c31ee19ea4a852f7476f8aa93281ec3f9ad6fa24b95254147b07db49deba43604d4d720bb9eaafb71eab23c987c2a079ca1cbd15b93833435b2dbe01fe6 SHA512 922c513f1d3e46b37cd87aadd06c993128c428773aad12e8fd252258840b969996e911248530b135400e43538783d8fc1c69b4fab53ab526fc5d38478d11e6a9
 DIST qtimageformats-everywhere-src-6.8.2.tar.xz 2036976 BLAKE2B 144eca9ef137e88b6a04f607e29123941710776f254ae1e0dee2e081287cf7cc5bcfdd842a5a3536541ab3ff24030f957181ae5498df79c1262890dab20b5778 SHA512 4153e4b9e7ed12423956cdd1b59be57a11010369326d820af6e6381faa7a7b84b7cb84f14f4d55f7e3a88530b8f0dddd38bce1b04d66e08f3c15c77b44039ea7
+DIST qtimageformats-everywhere-src-6.9.0-rc.tar.xz 2039100 BLAKE2B f42a672003eb7eebee9fc26be3b6bce342d2ceaed4a3d66b50ec744bc207a6fdb31f89dbd5b178967e196269e83177f30df420ffbdadfef7e27528504fe769ab SHA512 24c2c7bdf85c4c66bbdbe007639e057d6482ca7e189da290b4b49cc5ba158c151b54542d210a1996c78e1c7a6ef07fd2ee2e601c6704ee0136db6f088d540dc7
diff --git a/dev-qt/qtimageformats/qtimageformats-6.9.0_rc.ebuild b/dev-qt/qtimageformats/qtimageformats-6.9.0_rc.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..fdbfd453bfca1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-qt/qtimageformats/qtimageformats-6.9.0_rc.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# Copyright 2021-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit qt6-build
+
+DESCRIPTION="Additional format plugins for the Qt image I/O system"
+
+if [[ ${QT6_BUILD_TYPE} == release ]]; then
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
+fi
+
+IUSE="mng"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	~dev-qt/qtbase-${PV}:6[gui]
+	media-libs/libwebp:=
+	media-libs/tiff:=
+	mng? ( media-libs/libmng:= )
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+
+CMAKE_SKIP_TESTS=(
+	# heif plugin is only for Mac, test is normally auto-skipped but may
+	# misbehave with kde-frameworks/kimageformats:6[heif] (bug #927971)
+	tst_qheif
+)
+
+src_configure() {
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		-DQT_FEATURE_jasper=OFF
+		$(qt_feature mng)
+		-DQT_FEATURE_tiff=ON
+		-DQT_FEATURE_webp=ON
+	)
+
+	qt6-build_src_configure
+}