diff --git a/media-libs/harfbuzz/Manifest b/media-libs/harfbuzz/Manifest
index 37179d933b47c..2228390f76c11 100644
--- a/media-libs/harfbuzz/Manifest
+++ b/media-libs/harfbuzz/Manifest
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ DIST harfbuzz-11.2.1.tar.xz 18057576 BLAKE2B 1c2553a02b4254c06f41a429c498439796e
 DIST harfbuzz-11.3.3.tar.xz 18111820 BLAKE2B 9426ac8ebf367086796e35209bbc5543456e568675a1252eb0ecb479b7c51867c14bf73fbd56a24542078e4672d45dd78685cca34a9644dce5c937f53b2f0029 SHA512 56a971c939522bc5edad5f8a578444844b9101321c6bacfb3d96eadf3b13238144d465dd22171b61ef7b3873af88e43297989c289a5fc37e4d390b64c435cff6
 DIST harfbuzz-11.4.5.tar.xz 18150652 BLAKE2B a4a392c238857c414ee7659926a8e5c857e35079d47f65d69713b1c77c0e12b12ad34b432dbf339a3aed2160e7f23e1403d5036d66e47c9748b9eda3b95484a2 SHA512 c0c55a2201538a9e9365b175ccc7d4df2b0e321f9a723c7c83879bdc8b40cb9fac3ed257cecf9960cc3a17ceac0dc0220a6b9dfa976ce3dd7cb03154a55ad868
 DIST harfbuzz-11.5.0.tar.xz 18154144 BLAKE2B d57dcb123550061c6d350eec6f1d8e1e17d489f1d841adcae380c4df237543f02fe9cb4a2def0867af9a6eb5fc9e1a974b8a6a4ff5c0addb052347d4f72e6a19 SHA512 94f2e8fcaede877ef869e9c71ea075af581210f7b05cf516c3bad768351a1c6b7df9a61022ec075b5f2c952cca3b9294a3b674ffd21b1604426b5a8e1693a022
+DIST harfbuzz-11.5.1.tar.xz 18212420 BLAKE2B 0d5fc089a8bd1506bd4a77c3804c32537288b21c7af472806672bad7eea85012392d62f0c28bf24cc7049c919719c1bddbcce1cd2da1950a4034579086b3c76d SHA512 c5525837cba6fd2d79660ffcf4069b107fa60eec21daeb89fb529c9b2a388392e92aca896c503fdd9545050ffc8e831281141fcfe816fee74b997a465ff2b528
diff --git a/media-libs/harfbuzz/harfbuzz-11.5.1.ebuild b/media-libs/harfbuzz/harfbuzz-11.5.1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9521bf5cc7956
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-libs/harfbuzz/harfbuzz-11.5.1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} )
+
+inherit flag-o-matic meson-multilib python-any-r1 xdg-utils
+
+DESCRIPTION="An OpenType text shaping engine"
+HOMEPAGE="https://harfbuzz.github.io/"
+
+if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]] ; then
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz.git"
+	inherit git-r3
+else
+	SRC_URI="https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/releases/download/${PV}/${P}.tar.xz"
+	KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~arm64-macos ~ppc-macos ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris"
+fi
+
+LICENSE="Old-MIT ISC icu"
+# 0.9.18 introduced the harfbuzz-icu split; bug #472416
+# 3.0.0 dropped some unstable APIs; bug #813705
+# 6.0.0 changed libharfbuzz-subset.so ABI
+SLOT="0/6.0.0"
+
+IUSE="+cairo debug doc experimental +glib +graphite icu +introspection test +truetype"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+REQUIRED_USE="introspection? ( glib )"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	cairo? ( x11-libs/cairo:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+	glib? ( >=dev-libs/glib-2.38:2[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+	graphite? ( >=media-gfx/graphite2-1.2.1:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+	icu? ( >=dev-libs/icu-51.2-r1:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+	introspection? ( >=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-1.34:= )
+	truetype? ( >=media-libs/freetype-2.5.0.1:2=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+BDEPEND="
+	${PYTHON_DEPS}
+	sys-apps/help2man
+	virtual/pkgconfig
+	doc? ( dev-util/gtk-doc )
+	introspection? ( dev-util/glib-utils )
+"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+
+	xdg_environment_reset
+
+	# bug #790359
+	filter-flags -fexceptions -fthreadsafe-statics
+
+	if ! use debug ; then
+		append-cppflags -DHB_NDEBUG
+	fi
+}
+
+multilib_src_configure() {
+	# harfbuzz-gobject only used for introspection, bug #535852
+	local emesonargs=(
+		-Dcoretext=disabled
+		-Dchafa=disabled
+		-Dfontations=disabled
+		-Dwasm=disabled
+
+		$(meson_feature cairo)
+		$(meson_feature glib)
+		$(meson_feature graphite graphite2)
+		$(meson_feature icu)
+		$(meson_feature introspection gobject)
+		$(meson_feature test tests)
+		$(meson_feature truetype freetype)
+
+		$(meson_native_use_feature doc docs)
+		$(meson_native_use_feature introspection)
+		# Breaks building tests..
+		#$(meson_native_use_feature utilities)
+
+		$(meson_use experimental experimental_api)
+	)
+
+	meson_src_configure
+}
+
+multilib_src_test() {
+	# harfbuzz:src / check-static-inits times out on hppa
+	meson_src_test --timeout-multiplier 5
+}