diff --git a/x11-themes/kvantum/Manifest b/x11-themes/kvantum/Manifest
index 938f1c543fd33..9adf74d44fe57 100644
--- a/x11-themes/kvantum/Manifest
+++ b/x11-themes/kvantum/Manifest
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ DIST Kvantum-1.1.5.tar.xz 2079940 BLAKE2B 7c375ff80a5b61181e62765d7ae57a460d38b5
 DIST Kvantum-1.1.5.tar.xz.asc 862 BLAKE2B b3910e0a1b091653c7338110994d5f6c9456924d3b7d0c98c391e070c88160fb860e1227fc3021d398483431a9652dbeb72cf960ffafff867c851fa3a5859990 SHA512 a34c57c7ab2c4794777af28e65a5b2d3c531a89129f33d10f4fd5d2d9b32fcb6dd9c6025100e7cf522533666ebd3d04dd13e53517de409f66da0a89d5bc281da
 DIST Kvantum-1.1.6.tar.xz 2119340 BLAKE2B f97d499d861d1c87e7b43dc392d6c73e6c510f444074e04b419fc444462f92dc6ca9db241fe78ed2e768f595f568f1514afe091642862b9170ab5ba7ddbfad81 SHA512 aac871a9d8295b0363ca9e09ed702061d5afdf0132160b9058a97b4282c30596c5a246d4ad5611e966b21347d572187d1f4515b6ce844439458394eec4ba6356
 DIST Kvantum-1.1.6.tar.xz.asc 862 BLAKE2B 0890228e3c81f5c92d60377ca316a366bd26d6b788f7dfe0c9f1b7477fe523f25980854c630ae02323644dce73aba6182bc9a2c420a237bcc2a23f08a8446d94 SHA512 5cf05c4bd710b26d48426ca99b05ef40e531a9ad8697118c3db9754a4ed175142f104f324f55b69fabe3cae983abb09a3f14e451455610f4581031e3ab5c9138
+DIST Kvantum-1.1.8.tar.xz 2130624 BLAKE2B 8b483239548d35eb4dbb50b8612ae1e3bef4617f808f95a7b84b2f86edd29c47ab34484cff048325188788fb5ddd5b9ad27426a439fa5095e8ca3ea24f132397 SHA512 381c89f3109b801267acd3d39a62b1e0842e01f52ae47a109b5065800c6eeaef3b4588c6a925661a96144297d730927382573b18e4dd52f1a52660f6eb2926cf
+DIST Kvantum-1.1.8.tar.xz.asc 862 BLAKE2B 7136ad0f4b5a5e0d8c893fa8ebd37334a5cef6a5bac6acc68079f0cea901f9981463ae264ca309d9192d248b8f91c570739e3c6a66af7ab823d04b0393955c77 SHA512 ba74997a965955e4f319c36bad14456048a73a36c7e4f21a7188cf4842cc576a2f0d685e7103a3b73e66e66b42426d20b4742a0ffc14a912a5df7e08fdd938fc
diff --git a/x11-themes/kvantum/kvantum-1.1.8.ebuild b/x11-themes/kvantum/kvantum-1.1.8.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..fabdf0d1b600b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11-themes/kvantum/kvantum-1.1.8.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+# minimum taken from Kvantum/style/CMakeLists.txt
+# increased downstream to ensure sane upgrades
+QTMIN="6.8.2"
+KFMIN="6.13.0"
+inherit cmake verify-sig xdg
+
+DESCRIPTION="SVG-based theme engine for Qt, KDE Plasma and LXQt"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/tsujan/Kvantum"
+SRC_URI="
+	https://github.com/tsujan/${PN^}/releases/download/V${PV}/${P^}.tar.xz
+	verify-sig? ( https://github.com/tsujan/${PN^}/releases/download/V${PV}/${P^}.tar.xz.asc )
+"
+S="${WORKDIR}/${PN^}-${PV}/${PN^}"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-3"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~ppc64 ~x86"
+IUSE="kde"
+
+RESTRICT="test" # no tests
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-qt/qtbase-${QTMIN}:6[gui,widgets,X]
+	>=dev-qt/qtsvg-${QTMIN}:6
+	x11-libs/libX11
+	kde? ( >=kde-frameworks/kwindowsystem-${KFMIN}:6 )
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	x11-base/xorg-proto
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	dev-qt/qttools:6[linguist]
+	verify-sig? ( sec-keys/openpgp-keys-tsujan )
+"
+
+VERIFY_SIG_OPENPGP_KEY_PATH="/usr/share/openpgp-keys/tsujan.asc"
+
+src_configure() {
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		-DENABLE_QT4=OFF
+		-DENABLE_QT5=OFF
+		-DWITHOUT_KF=$(usex !kde)
+	)
+	cmake_src_configure
+}