diff --git a/app-text/zathura/Manifest b/app-text/zathura/Manifest
index 2c52e120712ec..f6e85a997ac60 100644
--- a/app-text/zathura/Manifest
+++ b/app-text/zathura/Manifest
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ DIST zathura-0.5.13.tar.gz 395362 BLAKE2B e66f10d7b73c6560b2b3215ec620e33e306ff9
 DIST zathura-0.5.14.tar.gz 399930 BLAKE2B fd3396e4a56a484009188d87548743423e3a14060aee2790174d0ca6aadff33c5e66ba668ae3f83f3069baa851571a4bd05a44602ed0fcc3b078df6aaa6a5527 SHA512 1bf77b3e2a24644bbad3bff8a2d603fc3bf5a8803e217c38c0d30ffa2731ff083de7f5cfe0b4ce93923a66b91351118f267a22fea922238bb044634d7c6bc091
 DIST zathura-0.5.8.tar.gz 219371 BLAKE2B c7c163e0c1cd5e344ae566ab71ad66d51b89cacd11ef9b335589c0fa705e7a300adab680b7c13a197da3c10b5161656fbb9c8449667eb05e64f0506bf254e675 SHA512 6954f8bf8c76526e86a4e335c18c3c68f509fbbe1081f7c74d333f8a9ba83bc5da971ad744f91408f8b0fb8f0b647ae07f02601b5efa97961155ba193c8777f6
 DIST zathura-2026.02.22.tar.gz 527036 BLAKE2B c8bfe65d7d3fc492044d36df5c1b14f4b0613d84a20509710b1183f4d12898192f13a8fcd1ba4394a352d2df38ce28a74533cc6650749c3c857d239f5dd7c6cb SHA512 ab5e2df7ec551c13eaa5b86d6a1157b75706d7ccbd268bcdd103af21e2262b5e052cf621f8cf7aeca324c7b6d358bc4fcf278e94827519e06d6891ba007399c6
+DIST zathura-2026.07.18-manpages.tar.xz 11064 BLAKE2B 86e44cb93ce84c2c7a61fb29a37fa386e15a2cd40a7813d8d448937594999b8f360a01d56636e10b454b75ca9d170ba1454398b4a580bffec2bc90ec3eb7a6c2 SHA512 78cd3ba921385c0948c9578bf76ac2446ae6c22e658adeca93d540489244c8afcaa5619d77059813aad00bcf76229b4dcac9a4bf4ba9baa5d29332095a74f49d
+DIST zathura-2026.07.18.tar.gz 524430 BLAKE2B fa60a0a9f4b99c884fdc134fe2b38186e0435014210218012c9b396a5c5235845f450ef913ab2b472550917224121eb7af65154e30f3362db3bdfd5014720dcb SHA512 1d0900e67e43e4bcd6dfcb05918969ff30b0a0c7e0cd214ff09499359e5e61a20440d7b9723192683a540bb9d34a9239a05075558baf26b1a14ccffa383d0200
diff --git a/app-text/zathura/zathura-2026.07.18.ebuild b/app-text/zathura/zathura-2026.07.18.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..183996b17216e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-text/zathura/zathura-2026.07.18.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit flag-o-matic meson xdg
+
+DESCRIPTION="Highly customizable & functional document viewer"
+HOMEPAGE="https://pwmt.org/projects/zathura/"
+
+if [[ ${PV} == *9999 ]]; then
+	inherit git-r3
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/pwmt/zathura.git"
+else
+	SRC_URI="
+		https://github.com/pwmt/zathura/archive/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz
+		https://oss.turretllc.us/manpages/${P}-manpages.tar.xz
+	"
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~riscv ~x86"
+fi
+
+LICENSE="ZLIB"
+SLOT="0/8.9" # plugin versions api.abi (see meson.build)
+IUSE="+man landlock seccomp synctex test wayland X"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+REQUIRED_USE="
+	|| ( wayland X )
+"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-libs/json-glib
+	>=dev-db/sqlite-3.35:3
+	>=dev-libs/girara-2026.07.07:=[X?]
+	>=dev-libs/glib-2.84:2
+	sys-apps/file
+	x11-libs/cairo
+	>=x11-libs/gtk+-3.24:3[wayland?,X?]
+	x11-libs/pango
+	seccomp? ( sys-libs/libseccomp )
+	synctex? ( app-text/texlive-core )
+"
+DEPEND="
+	${RDEPEND}
+	>=sys-kernel/linux-headers-5.13
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	>=sys-devel/gettext-0.19.8
+	virtual/pkgconfig
+	test? (
+		dev-libs/appstream
+		wayland? ( dev-libs/weston[headless] )
+		X? ( x11-misc/xvfb-run )
+	)
+"
+
+src_configure() {
+	# defang automagic dependencies
+	use X || append-flags -DGENTOO_GTK_HIDE_X11
+	use wayland || append-flags -DGENTOO_GTK_HIDE_WAYLAND
+
+	local emesonargs=(
+		-Dconvert-icon=disabled
+		-Dmanpages=disabled
+		$(meson_feature landlock)
+		$(meson_feature seccomp)
+		$(meson_feature synctex)
+	)
+
+	if use test ; then
+		emesonargs+=(
+			$(meson_feature X tests-x11)
+			$(meson_feature wayland tests-wayland)
+		)
+	else
+		emesonargs+=(
+			-Dtests-x11=disabled
+			-Dtests-wayland=disabled
+		)
+	fi
+
+	meson_src_configure
+}
+
+src_test() {
+	addwrite /dev/dri
+	meson_src_test
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	meson_src_install
+
+	if use seccomp || use landlock; then
+		mv "${ED}"/usr/bin/zathura{,-full} || die
+		dosym zathura-sandbox /usr/bin/zathura
+	fi
+
+	[[ ${PV} != *9999 ]] && doman "${WORKDIR}"/man/zathura*
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	xdg_pkg_postinst
+
+	if use seccomp || use landlock; then
+		elog "Zathura has been installed as a symlink to zathura-sandbox due to USE"
+		elog "seccomp or USE landlock.  Some features such as printing or hyperlinks"
+		elog "may be unavailable when running with the default executable (zathura)."
+		elog "If you require these features, you can temporarily switch to using"
+		elog "zathura-full or disable these use flags."
+		if ! use elibc_glibc; then
+			ewarn ""
+			ewarn "Upstream zathura does not test sandboxing rules on non-glibc"
+			ewarn "environments.  Your mileage may vary using the sandboxed variant."
+		fi
+	fi
+}