diff --git a/sci-ml/cudnn-frontend/Manifest b/sci-ml/cudnn-frontend/Manifest
index 4f966b32d7574..03e64c607c91f 100644
--- a/sci-ml/cudnn-frontend/Manifest
+++ b/sci-ml/cudnn-frontend/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 DIST cudnn-frontend-1.10.0.tar.gz 662344 BLAKE2B f151a57afdf41c03829b67d9ecda0e78697b3cf8bd1d4fc460a0e1ece6f79ee4c8dcb9615f630f9fc0c8d44cd1f2de249ac260d6e1386d696fa09536e7e23258 SHA512 24df540fa3adb82d3632aa41f58e5c03da55d064f69e7f109668365995e189a4968c18881c6b4e9ed1a9bc3fa0347e9df01ae85aff2d7f330c0328ff56d27eab
+DIST cudnn-frontend-1.11.0.tar.gz 653191 BLAKE2B 2f784424bb4c850683b8ecf0b24e03c761227f839d63ad92eba38b5d9a530800a32e7311f27c0bc9e31a0bfc26324acf4d194d143f69f1b6094a3958d2874ce0 SHA512 2d50fbedc1d2f488275aedce84893447a025d4c00b9e8609c4004b2eb0525480a348835d0e8b2784499d80d0c63d75bb1430741cb06c3652da8dd72b822489fa
 DIST cudnn-frontend-1.6.1.tar.gz 597869 BLAKE2B e2704fbc1e0a8ac2d2a4321fab23c2b01109a8aef81ad5ff3ceb9dbf7bfbc42749443ff257ad3af6c0d348f67d47c4f210402cb5faa22feb1d5d12a4242637f1 SHA512 078b4968b9eaa601cbf1e61547780bfe3155bc165b3c540a851ab19ac58df9b1fab3780fd37416aea7a072c12c9e2bca5ee03cb7a147c211aa6e431d7965e888
 DIST cudnn-frontend-1.8.0.tar.gz 631921 BLAKE2B 148d2fc3726a74ab6707f29cdbcc5312a31463506443bb7505470bc208712e0d4a8e398ecf2f53361e08bbccc33f75a8ee139b07df7641902b1afd8fe9508472 SHA512 3bb46a39662a01d79e49d023c83dc7f05d0e70b8d17fa80ab66f17e8970eb0c8d2e96885b7cf79186eab9af977e1ad6aa7bcf86fa0f25b4b66d19bf5d72dce20
diff --git a/sci-ml/cudnn-frontend/cudnn-frontend-1.11.0.ebuild b/sci-ml/cudnn-frontend/cudnn-frontend-1.11.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d75bfa8c4efb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sci-ml/cudnn-frontend/cudnn-frontend-1.11.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit cuda cmake
+
+DESCRIPTION="A c++ wrapper for the cudnn backend API"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudnn-frontend"
+
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudnn-frontend/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0/$(ver_cut 1-2)"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~amd64-linux"
+IUSE="samples test"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-libs/cudnn
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	dev-cpp/nlohmann_json
+	test? (
+		>dev-cpp/catch-3
+	)
+"
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-1.11.0-fix.patch"
+)
+
+src_prepare() {
+	cmake_src_prepare
+
+	sed -e 's#"cudnn_frontend/thirdparty/nlohmann/json.hpp"#<nlohmann/json.hpp>#' \
+		-i include/cudnn_frontend_utils.h || die
+
+	rm -r include/cudnn_frontend/thirdparty || die
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	local narch
+	if use amd64; then
+		narch="x86_64"
+	elif use arm64; then
+		narch="sbsa"
+	fi
+
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		-DCUDNN_FRONTEND_BUILD_PYTHON_BINDINGS="no"
+		-DCUDNN_FRONTEND_BUILD_SAMPLES="$(usex test "$(usex samples)")"
+		-DCUDNN_FRONTEND_BUILD_TESTS="$(usex test)"
+		-DCUDNN_FRONTEND_SKIP_JSON_LIB="no"
+	)
+
+	if use samples || use test; then
+		# allow slotted install
+		: "${CUDNN_PATH:=${ESYSROOT}/opt/cuda}"
+		export CUDNN_PATH
+	fi
+
+	cmake_src_configure
+}
+
+src_test() {
+	cuda_add_sandbox -w
+
+	"${BUILD_DIR}/bin/tests" || die
+
+	if use samples; then
+		"${BUILD_DIR}/bin/samples" || die
+		"${BUILD_DIR}/bin/legacy_samples" || die
+	fi
+
+	cmake_src_test
+}
diff --git a/sci-ml/cudnn-frontend/files/cudnn-frontend-1.11.0-fix.patch b/sci-ml/cudnn-frontend/files/cudnn-frontend-1.11.0-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..497456f2069d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sci-ml/cudnn-frontend/files/cudnn-frontend-1.11.0-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From 6f65e54bbf4bfdae263c704b4efbc7c835de72c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Paul Zander <negril.nx+gentoo@gmail.com>
+Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2025 16:49:12 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] fix
+
+Signed-off-by: Paul Zander <negril.nx+gentoo@gmail.com>
+
+diff --git a/samples/cpp/utils/helpers.h b/samples/cpp/utils/helpers.h
+index 67a5cff..4724c95 100644
+--- a/samples/cpp/utils/helpers.h
++++ b/samples/cpp/utils/helpers.h
+@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
+ #pragma once
+ 
+-#include <stdexcept>
++#include <memory>
+ #include <sstream>
+ 
++#include <cudnn_graph.h>
+ #include <cuda_runtime.h>
+ #include <cuda_fp16.h>
+ 
+-- 
+2.48.1
+
diff --git a/sci-ml/cudnn-frontend/metadata.xml b/sci-ml/cudnn-frontend/metadata.xml
index 48b6ae08078d7..b8570e1659eaf 100644
--- a/sci-ml/cudnn-frontend/metadata.xml
+++ b/sci-ml/cudnn-frontend/metadata.xml
@@ -8,4 +8,7 @@
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">NVIDIA/cudnn-frontend</remote-id>
 	</upstream>
+	<use>
+		<flag name="samples">Build samples during testing</flag>
+	</use>
 </pkgmetadata>