diff --git a/sys-kernel/git-sources/Manifest b/sys-kernel/git-sources/Manifest
index c937790288d8b..3ddf1432dfc11 100644
--- a/sys-kernel/git-sources/Manifest
+++ b/sys-kernel/git-sources/Manifest
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
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+DIST linux-6.17.tar.xz 153382068 BLAKE2B 0edb2324be5638aa75984128aafdba3e50824187d2fcdff8794eab99d85c10c3a17d1e840053c2c83df5ee11fdf69f1c9452c57ecc9dae01c4af38180fe7821a SHA512 063999d7b819970657f6b7713fdb4173da2065ffdeed7cae197026dbb1edfd7f1d50374f073a1e19ef9686539594824ff6ecb8a930d97c4f272cb12f1c6d8355
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@@ -6,3 +7,4 @@ DIST patch-6.17-rc4.patch 46507921 BLAKE2B 126ee07976d099439fcbf637d4c3981fdd18a
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+DIST patch-6.18-rc1.patch 44688115 BLAKE2B 32d1bd7e4e9b7c1ffa14251122797c86aa624d2ca4a9e5d40f166b7b9a4c1d29dbeb7e0e7841b014aaef19f77300bf0fc36b471948ae70e1731acf358b288c8a SHA512 8c75dbebfdb95cd0526b9fd3ff698de3ba54e3f1bc670cb2d8aef5083cc3b342a046ac1dc0cd316c55d6443c3c7fd7245f8f572bd450e5b351cc01901a2b3abf
diff --git a/sys-kernel/git-sources/git-sources-6.18_rc1.ebuild b/sys-kernel/git-sources/git-sources-6.18_rc1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ccf1ce0312428
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-kernel/git-sources/git-sources-6.18_rc1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI="8"
+UNIPATCH_STRICTORDER="yes"
+K_NOUSENAME="yes"
+K_NOSETEXTRAVERSION="yes"
+K_NOUSEPR="yes"
+K_SECURITY_UNSUPPORTED="1"
+K_BASE_VER="6.17"
+K_EXP_GENPATCHES_NOUSE="1"
+K_FROM_GIT="yes"
+K_NODRYRUN="yes"
+ETYPE="sources"
+CKV="${PVR/-r/-git}"
+
+# only use this if it's not an _rc/_pre release
+[ "${PV/_pre}" == "${PV}" ] && [ "${PV/_rc}" == "${PV}" ] && OKV="${PV}"
+inherit kernel-2
+detect_version
+
+DESCRIPTION="The very latest -git version of the Linux kernel"
+HOMEPAGE="https://www.kernel.org"
+SRC_URI="${KERNEL_URI}"
+
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~ppc ~ppc64 ~s390 ~sparc ~x86"
+
+K_EXTRAEINFO="This kernel is not supported by Gentoo due to its unstable and
+experimental nature. If you have any issues, try a matching vanilla-sources
+ebuild -- if the problem is not there, please contact the upstream kernel
+developers at https://bugzilla.kernel.org and on the linux-kernel mailing list to
+report the problem so it can be fixed in time for the next kernel release."
+
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	>=sys-devel/patch-2.7.6-r5"
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	postinst_sources
+}