diff --git a/dev-ruby/maxitest/Manifest b/dev-ruby/maxitest/Manifest
index ff6fea0606d0d..5598e789cdf3e 100644
--- a/dev-ruby/maxitest/Manifest
+++ b/dev-ruby/maxitest/Manifest
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ DIST maxitest-5.5.0.tar.gz 65102 BLAKE2B 46c7d0c9bcc794066316cc244f4628771a14224
 DIST maxitest-5.6.0.tar.gz 65326 BLAKE2B c1835499216d50f8edce61507b83b7129cdf73ceb9b8226964b7e9da076255515edbcf09dca7618b4c033c97310251f6462bcfdab04f622c49cf507191d18ace SHA512 42345419ee462cc62a18e7f40bc1cf1f2d5aecd6dabd61f1f4b49604bcaf6ba5597055195a3343044401c8574d626a43c0de772bc196ec2e8bd452aeddfef763
 DIST maxitest-5.7.0.tar.gz 65394 BLAKE2B 6c9358c1e60f3edfdc7954a9069e7ad30dc4b69bc817f276f16889e09a26730fcdb73933dea146b1046d3ae759af2f03aaaa718d0988e465748acb95687feee9 SHA512 e2e4ad30ab8f5b9b4fd1885f04d4b47ab8f212ad45096980693d44def2b6f0a07a686bad586cfa0c22087f401362d110a86809c9e81bb29df9fabd2163920754
 DIST maxitest-5.7.1.tar.gz 65849 BLAKE2B c377923ae8e9a27bc57fba4a672deed04fbf397e518aa5ed33e63885176b8c2e6aff59b8eab2e2c7d6ba972ed4cde1033c5bc3017864c910275fcbdd7ecb967d SHA512 6b030a1d47e4c3c6502dc672d7aa0277965aadf371ba2037c7e9e21f5e305a71b3e19d7e67fd6adabe84f6c9686e28e6e2697fb1c4350915c2bdf58a7eef857c
+DIST maxitest-5.8.0.tar.gz 66194 BLAKE2B 3110fe8c000c54ff2cf66dabfd1f9a12a327330e8195138f1af2e98f0e2fc8f0a13cc97cf3cd9334a6ea221aded63b9fe425cadd870a15b6969ef4b662b509a6 SHA512 07e0828717b3d672398bfd76279707943983b319a068c1e07e20d807dcf7deeda3e98cc7a4314bdbfe6f534b9909aa551ec54f60c61e5c43147707370ed03e33
diff --git a/dev-ruby/maxitest/maxitest-5.8.0.ebuild b/dev-ruby/maxitest/maxitest-5.8.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d75b6f9f9bd2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-ruby/maxitest/maxitest-5.8.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+USE_RUBY="ruby31 ruby32 ruby33"
+
+RUBY_FAKEGEM_EXTRADOC="CHANGELOG.md README.md"
+
+RUBY_FAKEGEM_RECIPE_TEST="rspec3"
+
+RUBY_FAKEGEM_GEMSPEC="${PN}.gemspec"
+
+inherit ruby-fakegem
+
+DESCRIPTION="Minitest + all the features you always wanted"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/grosser/maxitest"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/grosser/maxitest/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="1"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~ppc-macos ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris"
+IUSE="test"
+
+ruby_add_rdepend ">=dev-ruby/minitest-5.14.0:* <dev-ruby/minitest-5.26.0:*"
+
+ruby_add_bdepend "test? ( dev-ruby/bundler >=dev-ruby/minitest-5.21.0 )"
+
+all_ruby_prepare() {
+	rm -f Gemfile.lock || die
+	# Remove developer-only gems from the gemspec and avoid git issues
+	sed -e 's:_relative ": "./:' \
+		-i ${RUBY_FAKEGEM_GEMSPEC} || die
+	sed -e '/\(debug\|bump\)/ s:^:#:' \
+		-i Gemfile || die
+
+	sed -e '/shows backtrace for/askip' \
+		-e '/describe.*line/ s/describe/xdescribe/' \
+		-e '/describe.*color/ s/describe/xdescribe/' \
+		-i spec/maxitest_spec.rb || die
+}
+
+each_ruby_prepare() {
+	# Use the correct target
+	sed -e '/\(run_cmd\|sh\)/ s:ruby:'${RUBY}':' \
+		-e '/\(run_cmd\|sh\)/ s:mtest:'${RUBY}' -rmaxitest/version -S bin/mtest:' \
+		-i spec/maxitest_spec.rb || die
+}
+
+each_ruby_test() {
+	PATH="${S}/bin:${PATH}" RUBYLIB="${S}/lib" RSPEC_VERSION=3 ruby-ng_rspec spec
+}