diff --git a/app-backup/backintime/Manifest b/app-backup/backintime/Manifest
index e1feb8449fa80..a7fac2c342e8a 100644
--- a/app-backup/backintime/Manifest
+++ b/app-backup/backintime/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST backintime-1.5.4.tar.gz 7844427 BLAKE2B 6f37f70067ebf8cf4847b22c77ad1183b8139f67216e88722d4d029d7314a0cff12f7ba28f684ba78d9b0b0c58916b32e8ab25dea87219e86e6fd412832b03e0 SHA512 b09c6926351985ae8eccb9f31d74c09e345063c8d0091dc19fbb8650a1bcb1ec190db7c7df82b945badb4dfbf70bbd3677f7fea0b3eee0419f0fe866785a5f5d
+DIST backintime-1.5.5.tar.gz 7834785 BLAKE2B b8303dac05fdd60ee87e8f63b63e593978265000512190cb77612419d80bbaa5beac197e70ccb9f46b89df45d8f336c87fb03d7f5617cc9cf696c5d032dbb206 SHA512 f59ea1cdd23dd4817d5ff5d28dc937c413e043a5e231943736554d570a9c09ba5806dd9bc3c2518b0527f4033d9450a35d397cee4e52baa6ca7b06ce8ead5107
diff --git a/app-backup/backintime/backintime-1.5.5.ebuild b/app-backup/backintime/backintime-1.5.5.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2844b2792eeee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-backup/backintime/backintime-1.5.5.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} )
+inherit python-single-r1 xdg
+
+DESCRIPTION="Backup system inspired by TimeVault and FlyBack"
+HOMEPAGE="https://backintime.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/"
+
+if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]] ; then
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/"
+	inherit git-r3
+else
+	SRC_URI="https://github.com/bit-team/${PN}/releases/download/v${PV}/${P}.tar.gz"
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+fi
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2+"
+SLOT="0"
+IUSE="examples gui test"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
+
+DEPEND="
+	${PYTHON_DEPS}
+	$(python_gen_cond_dep '
+		dev-python/dbus-python[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/keyring[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/packaging[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	')
+"
+RDEPEND="
+	${DEPEND}
+	virtual/openssh
+	net-misc/rsync[xattr,acl]
+	gui? ( dev-python/pyqt6[gui,widgets] )
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	sys-devel/gettext
+	test? ( $(python_gen_cond_dep 'dev-python/pyfakefs[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]') )
+"
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-1.5.4-no-compress-docs-examples.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-1.5.4-crontab-systemd.patch"
+)
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+
+	# Looks at host system too much, so too flaky
+	rm common/test/test_tools.py || die
+	# Fails with dbus/udev issue (likely sandbox)
+	rm common/test/test_snapshots.py || die
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	# TODO: Review https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/blob/dev/CONTRIBUTING.md#dependencies
+	# for deps (some may be optfeatures).
+	pushd common > /dev/null || die
+	# Not autotools
+	./configure --python="${PYTHON}" --no-fuse-group || die
+	popd > /dev/null || die
+
+	if use gui ; then
+		pushd qt > /dev/null || die
+		./configure --python="${PYTHON}" || die
+		popd > /dev/null || die
+	fi
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	emake -C common
+
+	use gui && emake -C qt
+}
+
+src_test() {
+	# https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/blob/dev/CONTRIBUTING.md#testing
+	EPYTEST_IGNORE=(
+		# We're not interested in linting tests for our purposes
+		test/test_lint.py
+	)
+
+	(
+		EPYTEST_DESELECT+=(
+			# Wants a crontab
+			test/test_backintime.py::BackInTime::test_quiet_mode
+		)
+		EPYTEST_IGNORE+=(
+			# Wants an SSH key
+			test/test_sshtools.py
+		)
+
+		cd common || die
+		epytest
+	)
+
+	use gui && (
+		cd qt || die
+		epytest
+	)
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	emake -C common DESTDIR="${D}" install
+
+	if use gui; then
+		emake -C qt DESTDIR="${D}" install
+	fi
+
+	einstalldocs
+
+	if use examples ; then
+		docinto examples
+		dodoc common/{config-example-local,config-example-ssh}
+	fi
+
+	python_optimize "${D}"
+}
diff --git a/app-backup/backintime/backintime-9999.ebuild b/app-backup/backintime/backintime-9999.ebuild
index a557c871872d3..2844b2792eeee 100644
--- a/app-backup/backintime/backintime-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-backup/backintime/backintime-9999.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..13} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} )
 inherit python-single-r1 xdg
 
 DESCRIPTION="Backup system inspired by TimeVault and FlyBack"