diff --git a/kde-frameworks/kimageformats/Manifest b/kde-frameworks/kimageformats/Manifest
index f91711304e160..1f064ca8af4ea 100644
--- a/kde-frameworks/kimageformats/Manifest
+++ b/kde-frameworks/kimageformats/Manifest
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ DIST kimageformats-5.116.0-patchset-1.tar.xz 5120 BLAKE2B 10bfc35b50497ac3b1fac4
 DIST kimageformats-5.116.0.tar.xz 15758576 BLAKE2B 4df7288d340738eb9555bd0d9430562ec65bb21ea44433e3c8ace1b8c91b343ef4dec79ca6bbc30e2fe0da187ee70fde6dbc1cbf84662dcf55adc51a49307f94 SHA512 2280e0ee39166d99a4d0ad01dc17ccb96f78e05ede4793319849f70b671d3e53238619c99a540a4f32a8297a29b18e06919629c0d84078556fbf388cb29c94ce
 DIST kimageformats-6.16.0.tar.xz 28620588 BLAKE2B 78b71a331b43c8ec3b0a9458630a1cb4863615b88d67a6a41a9c9ac4f7786dc907d53e45e3ad7dd13debe39bd928e581d12d14d10f69d9b984cb0d3cc46a333a SHA512 2e48148646eaaa5fee062171b1bd0d69eb0ed72591d24440b8f6fac8136177331c6c92ace4d25f60bb28855c314b1c48f38636e06cec19ffe0f84f9e027d23a1
 DIST kimageformats-6.17.0.tar.xz 28654092 BLAKE2B 9d427e54b310345af88e14a9918617cc66342e3ac5858710a4f5c921702774524d7ae548c1b5468962c738ef0b59e9c4791e820fc2f826af11b2e29d00044fd2 SHA512 9fdf924fc7fc27273735e8d24ce9a0fa35ab813fca0d2c2ea9c5220d15a7ed791d6660c2f61d5958fbab9028370948ba26112b599006f00cf6c5cecad6d19b8d
+DIST kimageformats-6.18.0.tar.xz 28750912 BLAKE2B 58ffd7b027f2ed2d895f393f314e8386e2e2fc18c6ce3f580f844359b5fa6005a611f18896a005e6de6c93d82289dda88a4d1accb55dfafeab9dcd108a75beb2 SHA512 9e561849bfcdd264fb44dd2a33b2c86598204f86fd139ebc4e833977ba1c5acfe74cbe7e12b0fd92fed0db7bbc7a490d664016dbdb60fca4ef78819d10e5eb25
diff --git a/kde-frameworks/kimageformats/kimageformats-6.18.0.ebuild b/kde-frameworks/kimageformats/kimageformats-6.18.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4cd7f29b35024
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kde-frameworks/kimageformats/kimageformats-6.18.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+ECM_QTHELP="false"
+QTMIN=6.7.2
+inherit ecm frameworks.kde.org
+
+DESCRIPTION="Framework providing additional format plugins for Qt's image I/O system"
+
+LICENSE="LGPL-2+"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
+IUSE="avif eps heif jpeg2k jpegxl openexr raw"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-qt/qtbase-${QTMIN}:6[gui]
+	=kde-frameworks/karchive-${KDE_CATV}*:6
+	avif? ( >=media-libs/libavif-0.8.2:= )
+	eps? ( >=dev-qt/qtbase-${QTMIN}:6[widgets] )
+	heif? ( >=media-libs/libheif-1.19.7:= )
+	jpeg2k? ( media-libs/openjpeg:= )
+	jpegxl? ( >=media-libs/libjxl-0.9.4:= )
+	openexr? ( >=media-libs/openexr-3:= )
+	raw? ( media-libs/libraw:= )
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	test? (
+		>=dev-qt/qtimageformats-${QTMIN}:6
+		heif? ( media-libs/libheif[x265] )
+	)
+"
+
+DOCS=( src/imageformats/AUTHORS )
+
+src_configure() {
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		-DKIMAGEFORMATS_JXR=OFF # TODO: check if ready upstream
+		$(cmake_use_find_package avif libavif)
+		$(cmake_use_find_package eps Qt6PrintSupport)
+		-DKIMAGEFORMATS_HEIF=$(usex heif)
+		-DKIMAGEFORMATS_JP2=$(usex jpeg2k)
+		-DKIMAGEFORMATS_JXL=$(usex jpegxl)
+		$(cmake_use_find_package openexr OpenEXR)
+		$(cmake_use_find_package raw LibRaw)
+	)
+	ecm_src_configure
+}