diff --git a/kde-frameworks/kcontacts/Manifest b/kde-frameworks/kcontacts/Manifest
index 2771ea1f2ac90..bf7605476e582 100644
--- a/kde-frameworks/kcontacts/Manifest
+++ b/kde-frameworks/kcontacts/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST kcontacts-6.16.0.tar.xz 211132 BLAKE2B fa85ba980421f5fb43580167547a61c5de3efcb87c3378caef32efb15c2fca1acd3cdf14c1f6fec58eaa10968eada7dfb7fc6fd3ab7b765f3a5058877372cc00 SHA512 b05549edcf6d19f583c1cb8f57f059ee281c859f2326ac7cebaaeabafbae17b83e4acae6715b121afcef682db77808d2a8ab29cb35135c4109825f946d0d13b0
 DIST kcontacts-6.17.0.tar.xz 211120 BLAKE2B d4d8ba876b0628e1cb6e7995b593b0b50b014a4c945752fb2ce312ba87a623b2ce789fb26af752b1ff4706e3e08610c66837e583d11a2fb1297a169806fbaa6d SHA512 85cfbfb7d7381011b949cc22b0ae319747f18d2390d7591ff8d2a2d04c494ff98687f1c46103611ba72fdfbf7a0d7835eecafc7302687b94f29987097ce3ecf5
+DIST kcontacts-6.18.0.tar.xz 210908 BLAKE2B 3c113028bc33978bbf847e6516a9b5ffd5cb02c0c68f0ac61af8450a4991a208b82df8ef50764fc6edc52df72029847187063badf1845ef6fb8f2029687ab473 SHA512 82cb08e32c11ce6639e4f1d7b2f790eb92565e03cc86d230f6ff9d5ecc4e1191d8ad953fe3e55b25854f0213262b8c5985c15ddb79d7e475db822d60c211b592
diff --git a/kde-frameworks/kcontacts/kcontacts-6.18.0.ebuild b/kde-frameworks/kcontacts/kcontacts-6.18.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d0065b4eaa7cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kde-frameworks/kcontacts/kcontacts-6.18.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+ECM_TEST="true"
+QTMIN=6.7.2
+inherit ecm frameworks.kde.org
+
+DESCRIPTION="Address book API based on KDE Frameworks"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2+"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
+IUSE=""
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-qt/qtbase-${QTMIN}:6[gui]
+	>=dev-qt/qtdeclarative-${QTMIN}:6
+	=kde-frameworks/kcodecs-${KDE_CATV}*:6
+	=kde-frameworks/kconfig-${KDE_CATV}*:6
+	=kde-frameworks/kcoreaddons-${KDE_CATV}*:6
+	=kde-frameworks/ki18n-${KDE_CATV}*:6
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+
+CMAKE_SKIP_TESTS=(
+	# bug #566648 (access to /dev/dri/card0 denied)
+	kcontacts-picturetest
+	# bugs #712798, 838502, 953969 (again some Qt translations loading related err...)
+	kcontacts-{address{,format},phonenumber}test
+)