diff --git a/kde-frameworks/kauth/Manifest b/kde-frameworks/kauth/Manifest
index acae264bb4282..e1f1114a4a2a0 100644
--- a/kde-frameworks/kauth/Manifest
+++ b/kde-frameworks/kauth/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 DIST kauth-5.116.0.tar.xz 2307868 BLAKE2B 429b7ef6221673d0014be8cbff1acfceee51f1e5c8d14ea87a042de79f4d4bd7b5527021371c140e64995f41ec967f838b68f7a4e60bc508d39833e78d200d12 SHA512 1a640bb2bdc4a4d2a6458becb618a618abfb510bf6286145bb3834373cc8fec4980008d977476f699ad97368b316ccdf5308cea3eee80171a9d051003f45d7c6
 DIST kauth-6.16.0.tar.xz 2273076 BLAKE2B 23c880fb5366b63433a1a056ad479694f6d761a02e560fb0422d9d15a1d4d2fce99c3cdfa2a376b1cd95b6fdeee88c83847f6272295a8ef648baa2945c5e6a47 SHA512 2cf6cbd7c473a4cad483aa3c0f354b47f2daf6dd8001892026763d281e60098730ec8f07b9e509a7c5c9db72d8eacd02b7e7f8fff0c1bbca4ffa7cdb01fee482
 DIST kauth-6.17.0.tar.xz 2273428 BLAKE2B 1dc7cac229c4783c6ec9af7fd69ff7ebfc777d750bcb4574a74e335023126e38425e90dc23e36171e054a2e3aa5ab1feff382e7e90eb71298074c0c9ccad4cc1 SHA512 58203e898d3f38a97a2bab0ef757ca967a0c1465fc8b03a5b79fc0af17b912320489590f77e76add4587bd84ea11b0492509b062120831fdd9d08c93a0194f51
+DIST kauth-6.18.0.tar.xz 2273456 BLAKE2B 3e23238e98d5b350ac0e8b4652ffb74217312f0e1f2b1c0ffa21fd746ad477f1cd2b99329eb732cfd4b6696d406676162e0f3fbbf6bb596216304fc610fca240 SHA512 839b1ebf398ba7398c3925132e242ece8e04c233cb1b072b8e06fab9d39f1c8cb980cadee2defca8907fe183470ccf1316e2dd2711998cb18468a77833fa3ba6
diff --git a/kde-frameworks/kauth/kauth-6.18.0.ebuild b/kde-frameworks/kauth/kauth-6.18.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..966fa201b8768
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kde-frameworks/kauth/kauth-6.18.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+QTMIN=6.7.2
+inherit ecm frameworks.kde.org
+
+DESCRIPTION="Framework to let applications perform actions as a privileged user"
+
+LICENSE="LGPL-2.1+"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
+IUSE="+policykit"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-qt/qtbase-${QTMIN}:6[gui]
+	=kde-frameworks/kcoreaddons-${KDE_CATV}*:6
+	policykit? (
+		>=dev-qt/qtbase-${QTMIN}:6[dbus]
+		=kde-frameworks/kwindowsystem-${KDE_CATV}*:6[wayland]
+		>=sys-auth/polkit-qt-0.175.0[qt6(+)]
+	)
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	test? ( >=dev-qt/qtbase-${QTMIN}:6[dbus] )
+"
+BDEPEND=">=dev-qt/qttools-${QTMIN}:6[linguist]"
+PDEPEND="policykit? ( kde-plasma/polkit-kde-agent:* )"
+
+CMAKE_SKIP_TESTS=(
+	# fails, bug 654842
+	KAuthHelperTest
+	# needs DBus, bug 938505
+	KAuthFdTest
+)
+
+src_configure() {
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		$(cmake_use_find_package policykit PolkitQt6-1)
+	)
+
+	ecm_src_configure
+}