diff --git a/dev-util/ydiff/Manifest b/dev-util/ydiff/Manifest
index 3b310fdb478d1..0f97648761092 100644
--- a/dev-util/ydiff/Manifest
+++ b/dev-util/ydiff/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST ydiff-1.4.2.gh.tar.gz 2966400 BLAKE2B ba1b6b4659d3de7d98c357a0d3c44169d04af9e606aac3ec0ef93512b59e04f5d75846ed19f7392031964f198002ff3192077052351703075b4427bbddc1e51b SHA512 8aa0cd510cab0ad73b7f99f566aedbf30929fe9d98a7675a9c271b659bec93a3fced19dc661b0018c99279cf9b1b7fd42c70d5401a348b4b3f614f3be1bec832
+DIST ydiff-1.5.gh.tar.gz 2967573 BLAKE2B 86e89b7b8edf81b7ec7e132c1e46ea185beb6c1e89977cb86d89898d6aad6368624f64a36d86e70f802d20ed7ca0ce2d49a1f548b184e681e996c78b0f77d93f SHA512 9b2b00fde08f3467dfa063d0ae184760ead4055ddd6815cbc5543aceca1a2e8ad0c1506fc7af45961cec2eb8c3f8ae60b4753c90882c22657492a40560346b3a
diff --git a/dev-util/ydiff/ydiff-1.5.ebuild b/dev-util/ydiff/ydiff-1.5.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..fcbdc1ec8d23a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/ydiff/ydiff-1.5.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..14} )
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Colored, side-by-side diff terminal viewer (ex. cdiff)"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/ymattw/ydiff"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/ymattw/ydiff/archive/refs/tags/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.gh.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="BSD"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+
+RDEPEND="sys-apps/less"
+
+DOCS=( CHANGES.rst README.rst )
+
+RESTRICT="test"
+
+python_test() {
+	${PYTHON} tests/test_ydiff.py || die "Unit tests failed."
+
+	./tests/regression.sh || die "Regression tests failed."
+}