diff --git a/media-gfx/inkscape/Manifest b/media-gfx/inkscape/Manifest
index e67b39148bd2b..b8b8f2e5e0cc7 100644
--- a/media-gfx/inkscape/Manifest
+++ b/media-gfx/inkscape/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST inkscape-1.4.3.tar.xz 53907460 BLAKE2B 68cb04a34d82a5374ef0052e7932cb3d0bac0d11ffdb8da889167d8bdede826c6c44664d0242e8d5a2daf1581605c5c83e828147dc9ff76a13039b162a2de4cb SHA512 8bf8047f656f472ecac7a35badf83765873688901e94e93ec8388f920e1b8370e8c8c88d06ba91c26d668714b912f444b49bed59a8d1cf3e14d3ab206c3aff60
+DIST inkscape-1.4.4.tar.xz 53861940 BLAKE2B 93aba877b468bb1ca174c88dad4e6a638410ff57cbed27c85035d8a9ab5ca7ec97ccf1b4754f657bebd26c3fe0df7aca11fde00b67b0714a74376fbeb3bf591f SHA512 6ccaad4c63f8f654529a801dfe649501afd8b1243094e0222afbf8141258ab139f418efc112c0a2061a1bba7230ae13a0fc9fdc55ce9052630607a94500c9edd
diff --git a/media-gfx/inkscape/files/inkscape-1.4.4-respect-EPYTHON.patch b/media-gfx/inkscape/files/inkscape-1.4.4-respect-EPYTHON.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..de91007998a48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-gfx/inkscape/files/inkscape-1.4.4-respect-EPYTHON.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+https://bugs.gentoo.org/924747
+--- a/src/extension/implementation/script.cpp
++++ b/src/extension/implementation/script.cpp
+@@ -87,12 +87,12 @@ const std::map<std::string, Script::interpreter_t> Script::interpreterTab = {
+     { "python",  {"python-interpreter",  {"pythonw"           }}},
+ #elif defined __APPLE__
+     { "perl",    {"perl-interpreter",    {"perl"              }}},
+-    { "python",  {"python-interpreter",  {"python3"           }}},
++    { "python",  {"python-interpreter",  {"@GENTOO_PYTHON_INTERP@", "python3"           }}},
+ #else
+     { "perl",    {"perl-interpreter",    {"perl"              }}},
+-    { "python",  {"python-interpreter",  {"python3", "python" }}},
++    { "python",  {"python-interpreter",  {"@GENTOO_PYTHON_INTERP@", "python3", "python" }}},
+ #endif
+-    { "python2", {"python2-interpreter", {"python2", "python" }}},
++    { "python2", {"python2-interpreter", {"python2", "@GENTOO_PYTHON_INTERP@", "python" }}},
+     { "ruby",    {"ruby-interpreter",    {"ruby"    }}},
+     { "shell",   {"shell-interpreter",   {"sh"      }}},
+     // clang-format on
diff --git a/media-gfx/inkscape/inkscape-1.4.4.ebuild b/media-gfx/inkscape/inkscape-1.4.4.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e85fe18f322e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-gfx/inkscape/inkscape-1.4.4.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+# Remember to check the release notes for a 'Important Changes for Packagers'
+# section, e.g. https://inkscape.org/doc/release_notes/1.4/Inkscape_1.4.html#Important_Changes_for_Packagers.
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} )
+PYTHON_REQ_USE="xml(+)"
+
+inherit cmake flag-o-matic xdg toolchain-funcs python-single-r1
+
+MY_P="${P/_/}"
+DESCRIPTION="SVG based generic vector-drawing program"
+HOMEPAGE="https://inkscape.org/ https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/"
+
+if [[ ${PV} = 9999* ]]; then
+	inherit git-r3
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape.git"
+else
+	SRC_URI="https://media.inkscape.org/dl/resources/file/${MY_P}.tar.xz"
+	KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc ~x86"
+fi
+
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2 LGPL-2.1"
+SLOT="0"
+IUSE="cdr dia exif graphicsmagick imagemagick inkjar jpeg openmp postscript readline sourceview spell svg2 test visio wayland wpg X"
+REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
+# Lots of test failures which need investigating, bug #871621
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test ) test"
+
+BDEPEND="
+	dev-util/glib-utils
+	>=sys-devel/gettext-0.17
+	virtual/pkgconfig
+	test? ( virtual/imagemagick-tools )
+"
+COMMON_DEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
+	>=app-text/poppler-0.57.0:=[cairo,lcms]
+	>=dev-cpp/cairomm-1.12:0
+	>=dev-cpp/glibmm-2.58:2
+	dev-cpp/gtkmm:3.0
+	>=dev-cpp/pangomm-2.40:1.4
+	>=dev-libs/boehm-gc-7.1:=
+	dev-libs/boost:=[stacktrace(-)]
+	dev-libs/double-conversion:=
+	>=dev-libs/glib-2.41
+	>=dev-libs/libsigc++-2.8:2
+	>=dev-libs/libxml2-2.7.4:=
+	>=dev-libs/libxslt-1.1.25
+	dev-libs/popt
+	media-gfx/potrace
+	media-libs/libepoxy
+	media-libs/fontconfig
+	media-libs/freetype:2
+	media-libs/lcms:2
+	media-libs/libpng:0=
+	sci-libs/gsl:=
+	>=x11-libs/pango-1.44
+	x11-libs/gtk+:3[X?,wayland?]
+	X? ( x11-libs/libX11 )
+	$(python_gen_cond_dep '
+		dev-python/appdirs[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/cachecontrol[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/cssselect[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/filelock[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/lockfile[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/lxml[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/pillow[jpeg?,tiff,webp,${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/tinycss2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		media-gfx/scour[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	')
+	cdr? (
+		app-text/libwpg:0.3
+		dev-libs/librevenge
+		media-libs/libcdr
+	)
+	exif? ( media-libs/libexif )
+	imagemagick? (
+		!graphicsmagick? ( media-gfx/imagemagick:=[cxx] )
+		graphicsmagick? ( media-gfx/graphicsmagick:=[cxx] )
+	)
+	jpeg? ( media-libs/libjpeg-turbo:= )
+	readline? ( sys-libs/readline:= )
+	sourceview? ( x11-libs/gtksourceview:4 )
+	spell? ( app-text/gspell:= )
+	visio? (
+		app-text/libwpg:0.3
+		dev-libs/librevenge
+		media-libs/libvisio
+	)
+	wpg? (
+		app-text/libwpg:0.3
+		dev-libs/librevenge
+	)
+"
+# These only use executables provided by these packages
+# See share/extensions for more details. inkscape can tell you to
+# install these so we could of course just not depend on those and rely
+# on that.
+RDEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
+	$(python_gen_cond_dep '
+		dev-python/numpy[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	')
+	dia? ( app-office/dia )
+	postscript? ( app-text/ghostscript-gpl )
+"
+DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
+	test? ( dev-cpp/gtest )
+"
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.4.3-libcroco-cmake-minreqver-3.12.patch # bug 965915
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.4.4-respect-EPYTHON.patch # bug 924747
+)
+
+pkg_pretend() {
+	[[ ${MERGE_TYPE} != binary ]] && use openmp && tc-check-openmp
+}
+
+pkg_setup() {
+	[[ ${MERGE_TYPE} != binary ]] && use openmp && tc-check-openmp
+	python-single-r1_pkg_setup
+}
+
+src_unpack() {
+	if [[ ${PV} = 9999* ]]; then
+		git-r3_src_unpack
+	else
+		default
+	fi
+	[[ -d "${S}" ]] || mv -v "${WORKDIR}/${P/_/-}_202"?-??-* "${S}" || die
+}
+
+src_prepare() {
+	rm -vr src/3rdparty/2geom/tests/dependent-project || die # unused, causing bug #964016
+	cmake_src_prepare
+	# bug #924747
+	sed -i -e "s:@GENTOO_PYTHON_INTERP@:${EPYTHON}:" src/extension/implementation/script.cpp || die
+	sed -i "/install.*COPYING/d" CMakeScripts/ConfigCPack.cmake || die
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	# ODR violation (https://gitlab.com/inkscape/lib2geom/-/issues/71, bug #859628)
+	filter-lto
+	# Aliasing unsafe (bug #310393)
+	append-flags -fno-strict-aliasing
+
+	use wayland || append-flags -DGENTOO_GTK_HIDE_WAYLAND
+
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		# -DWITH_LPETOOL   # Compile with LPE Tool and experimental LPEs enabled
+		-DWITH_NLS=ON
+		-DENABLE_POPPLER=ON
+		-DENABLE_POPPLER_CAIRO=ON
+		-DWITH_PROFILING=OFF
+		-DWITH_INTERNAL_2GEOM=ON
+		-DBUILD_TESTING=$(usex test)
+		-DWITH_LIBCDR=$(usex cdr)
+		-DWITH_IMAGE_MAGICK=$(usex imagemagick $(usex !graphicsmagick)) # requires ImageMagick 6, only IM must be enabled
+		-DWITH_GRAPHICS_MAGICK=$(usex graphicsmagick $(usex imagemagick)) # both must be enabled to use GraphicsMagick
+		-DWITH_GNU_READLINE=$(usex readline)
+		-DWITH_GSPELL=$(usex spell)
+		-DWITH_JEMALLOC=OFF
+		-DENABLE_LCMS=ON
+		-DWITH_OPENMP=$(usex openmp)
+		-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
+		-DWITH_GSOURCEVIEW=$(usex sourceview)
+		-DWITH_SVG2=$(usex svg2)
+		-DWITH_LIBVISIO=$(usex visio)
+		-DWITH_LIBWPG=$(usex wpg)
+		-DWITH_X11=$(usex X)
+	)
+
+	cmake_src_configure
+}
+
+src_test() {
+	CMAKE_SKIP_TESTS=(
+		# render_text*: needs patched Cairo / maybe upstream changes
+		# not yet in a release.
+		# test_lpe/test_lpe64: precision differences b/c of new GCC?
+		# cli_export-png-color-mode-gray-8_png_check_output: ditto?
+		render_test-use
+		render_test-glyph-y-pos
+		render_text-glyphs-combining
+		render_text-glyphs-vertical
+		render_test-rtl-vertical
+		test_lpe
+		test_lpe64
+		cli_export-png-color-mode-gray-8_png_check_output
+	)
+
+	# bug #871621
+	cmake_src_compile tests
+	cmake_src_test -j1
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	cmake_src_install
+
+	find "${ED}" -type f -name "*.la" -delete || die
+	find "${ED}"/usr/share/man -type f -maxdepth 3 -name '*.bz2' -exec bzip2 -d {} \; || die
+	find "${ED}"/usr/share/man -type f -maxdepth 3 -name '*.gz' -exec gzip -d {} \; || die
+
+	local extdir="${ED}"/usr/share/${PN}/extensions
+	if [[ -e "${extdir}" ]] && [[ -n $(find "${extdir}" -mindepth 1) ]]; then
+		python_fix_shebang "${ED}"/usr/share/${PN}/extensions
+		python_optimize "${ED}"/usr/share/${PN}/extensions
+	fi
+}
diff --git a/media-gfx/inkscape/inkscape-9999.ebuild b/media-gfx/inkscape/inkscape-9999.ebuild
index 678b5cdc7168f..0ec8dfeb75ac2 100644
--- a/media-gfx/inkscape/inkscape-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-gfx/inkscape/inkscape-9999.ebuild
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
 
 LICENSE="GPL-2 LGPL-2.1"
 SLOT="0"
-IUSE="cdr dia exif graphicsmagick imagemagick inkjar jpeg openmp postscript readline sourceview spell svg2 test visio wpg X"
+IUSE="cdr dia exif graphicsmagick imagemagick inkjar jpeg openmp postscript readline sourceview spell svg2 test visio wayland wpg X"
 REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
 # Lots of test failures which need investigating, bug #871621
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test ) test"
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ BDEPEND="
 	test? ( virtual/imagemagick-tools )
 "
 COMMON_DEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
-	>=app-text/poppler-0.57.0:=[cairo]
+	>=app-text/poppler-0.57.0:=[cairo,lcms]
 	>=dev-cpp/cairomm-1.12:0
 	>=dev-cpp/glibmm-2.58:2
 	dev-cpp/gtkmm:3.0
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	media-libs/libpng:0=
 	sci-libs/gsl:=
 	>=x11-libs/pango-1.44
-	x11-libs/gtk+:3[X?]
+	x11-libs/gtk+:3[X?,wayland?]
 	X? ( x11-libs/libX11 )
 	$(python_gen_cond_dep '
 		dev-python/appdirs[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
 	test? ( dev-cpp/gtest )
 "
 
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.4.4-respect-EPYTHON.patch # bug 924747
+)
+
 pkg_pretend() {
 	[[ ${MERGE_TYPE} != binary ]] && use openmp && tc-check-openmp
 }
@@ -133,6 +137,8 @@ src_unpack() {
 src_prepare() {
 	rm -vr src/3rdparty/2geom/tests/dependent-project || die # unused, causing bug #964016
 	cmake_src_prepare
+	# bug #924747
+	sed -i -e "s:@GENTOO_PYTHON_INTERP@:${EPYTHON}:" src/extension/implementation/script.cpp || die
 	sed -i "/install.*COPYING/d" CMakeScripts/ConfigCPack.cmake || die
 }
 
@@ -142,6 +148,8 @@ src_configure() {
 	# Aliasing unsafe (bug #310393)
 	append-flags -fno-strict-aliasing
 
+	use wayland || append-flags -DGENTOO_GTK_HIDE_WAYLAND
+
 	local mycmakeargs=(
 		# -DWITH_LPETOOL   # Compile with LPE Tool and experimental LPEs enabled
 		-DWITH_NLS=ON