diff --git a/kde-apps/libkleo/Manifest b/kde-apps/libkleo/Manifest
index fcce8f0d8c30e..b24186a17dece 100644
--- a/kde-apps/libkleo/Manifest
+++ b/kde-apps/libkleo/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST libkleo-26.04.3.tar.xz 686836 BLAKE2B 1bcf1416ad6b6b5dadd20f54efa1ff3f2b62eff335314ff9ed107b96ed413b80df579857340b40e9d7bb327c270a1e5aaee5d02233e8d9859ce3bfcab06c193d SHA512 81cc67ed2e512d3a472c0f1c0f8f19bf14baf2918a1ee7af7bd9dd30f0e3c50cf7c84c7df2704ab2ba09716f0452f4c42c63dc94a46861051b0ee30a9e0f117b
+DIST libkleo-26.08.0.tar.xz 698420 BLAKE2B 93d2160871cbcea5a824cff8bc28409554ace3fbe31bfc5e4d577fd875a2a5039bca8948e01b15c3bc3a323672f4a61f129fa3e685b694929ea7f33353d9148a SHA512 c4311f984cde2201b8fa139dedd1cbf384542e951e1b891035f47b8f4c94a9b005e293c29491106d99cd28eb3b3045961b9844c598788dd463ee3e2c2c0ba32d
diff --git a/kde-apps/libkleo/libkleo-26.08.0.ebuild b/kde-apps/libkleo/libkleo-26.08.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0a37f19033705
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kde-apps/libkleo/libkleo-26.08.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+ECM_QTHELP="false" # TODO: Port to ECMGenerateQDoc
+ECM_TEST="true"
+KFMIN=6.27.0
+QTMIN=6.11.2
+inherit ecm gear.kde.org
+
+DESCRIPTION="Library for encryption handling"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2+"
+SLOT="6/$(ver_cut 1-2)"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64"
+IUSE=""
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-cpp/gpgmepp-2:=
+	dev-libs/libgpg-error
+	>=dev-libs/qgpgme-2:=
+	>=dev-qt/qtbase-${QTMIN}:6[gui,widgets]
+	>=kde-frameworks/kcodecs-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/kcolorscheme-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/kcompletion-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/kconfig-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/kconfigwidgets-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/kcoreaddons-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/ki18n-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/kitemmodels-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/kwidgetsaddons-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/kwindowsystem-${KFMIN}:6
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	dev-libs/boost
+"
+
+src_test() {
+	# parallel tests fail, bug 946863
+	ecm_src_test -j1
+}