diff --git a/media-gfx/exiv2/Manifest b/media-gfx/exiv2/Manifest
index dfa3854fc0ecf..5cf789c7c9740 100644
--- a/media-gfx/exiv2/Manifest
+++ b/media-gfx/exiv2/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST exiv2-0.28.8.tar.gz 46670323 BLAKE2B c0248826eda08e7be4ecb597a5d4db37cd06abb03baa7bfc1fa32ff3b51b5900946dd24f7c9dd9423b5a56d40c8dbe8b792d46e697a08bad7feeaa3009c64a10 SHA512 e322438b565fe373e65baceeb4fd5173f538063b12b3d5a93d6e707da5020c818b1b9cc116f7bf0709635aa72b941dacb7a2bcfe6d946e2eaf7d9e55736dec5b
+DIST exiv2-0.28.9.tar.gz 47189810 BLAKE2B 59e84f43e73b10f0201ab833065fe924d4a083a4b1f1663bb9e2023856993fd8f7180a42b5cca2259df6ee59dc24e3479ca8fd36cad81c8928da8c03156889bf SHA512 a7fa8fb19e54cdf0b9aac917087c86d45ea1b4a991a85ea8c5dd96af0289df63823901e44604d4c8df55883dcd19aee2efc48d7b5fde313dc0787b842a223a4a
diff --git a/media-gfx/exiv2/exiv2-0.28.9.ebuild b/media-gfx/exiv2/exiv2-0.28.9.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..597aadb40ca23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-gfx/exiv2/exiv2-0.28.9.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{12..14} )
+inherit cmake-multilib python-any-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="EXIF, IPTC and XMP metadata C++ library and command line utility"
+HOMEPAGE="https://exiv2.org/"
+
+if [[ ${PV} == *9999* ]]; then
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2.git"
+	inherit git-r3
+else
+	SRC_URI="https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+	KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~x64-solaris"
+fi
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2+"
+# Upstream hope to have stable ABI in 1.0. Until then, go off ${PV}.
+# We may be able to change it to $(ver_cut 1-2) once e.g.
+# https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/917 is merged.
+SLOT="0/$(ver_cut 1-2)"
+IUSE="+bmff doc examples jpegxl nls +png test webready +xmp"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-libs/inih[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	>=virtual/libiconv-0-r1[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	jpegxl? ( app-arch/brotli:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+	nls? ( >=virtual/libintl-0-r1[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+	png? ( virtual/zlib:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+	webready? ( net-misc/curl[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+	xmp? ( dev-libs/expat[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	test? ( dev-cpp/gtest )
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	doc? (
+		${PYTHON_DEPS}
+		app-text/doxygen
+		dev-libs/libxslt
+		media-gfx/graphviz
+		virtual/pkgconfig
+	)
+	test? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )
+	nls? ( sys-devel/gettext )
+"
+
+DOCS=( README.md doc/ChangeLog doc/cmd.txt )
+
+pkg_setup() {
+	if use doc || use test ; then
+		python-any-r1_pkg_setup
+	fi
+}
+
+src_prepare() {
+	# FIXME @upstream:
+	einfo "Converting doc/cmd.txt to UTF-8"
+	iconv -f LATIN1 -t UTF-8 doc/cmd.txt > doc/cmd.txt.tmp || die
+	mv -f doc/cmd.txt.tmp doc/cmd.txt || die
+
+	cmake_src_prepare
+
+	sed -e "/^include.*compilerFlags/s/^/#DONT /" -i CMakeLists.txt || die
+}
+
+multilib_src_configure() {
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		-DEXIV2_BUILD_SAMPLES=NO
+		-DEXIV2_ENABLE_BROTLI=$(usex jpegxl)
+		-DEXIV2_ENABLE_NLS=$(usex nls)
+		-DEXIV2_ENABLE_PNG=$(usex png)
+		-DEXIV2_ENABLE_CURL=$(usex webready)
+		-DEXIV2_ENABLE_INIH=ON # must be enabled (bug #921937)
+		-DEXIV2_ENABLE_WEBREADY=$(usex webready)
+		-DEXIV2_ENABLE_XMP=$(usex xmp)
+		-DEXIV2_ENABLE_BMFF=$(usex bmff)
+
+		# We let users control this.
+		-DBUILD_WITH_CCACHE=OFF
+		# Our toolchain sets this by default.
+		-DBUILD_WITH_STACK_PROTECTOR=OFF
+
+		$(multilib_is_native_abi || echo -DEXIV2_BUILD_EXIV2_COMMAND=NO)
+		$(multilib_is_native_abi && echo -DEXIV2_BUILD_DOC=$(usex doc))
+		$(multilib_is_native_abi && echo -DEXIV2_BUILD_UNIT_TESTS=$(usex test))
+		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR="${EPREFIX}"/usr/share/doc/${PF}/html
+	)
+
+	if use doc || use test ; then
+		mycmakeargs+=(
+			-DPython3_EXECUTABLE="${PYTHON}"
+		)
+	fi
+
+	cmake_src_configure
+}
+
+multilib_src_compile() {
+	cmake_src_compile
+
+	if multilib_is_native_abi; then
+		use doc && eninja doc
+	fi
+}
+
+multilib_src_test() {
+	if multilib_is_native_abi; then
+		cd "${BUILD_DIR}"/bin || die
+		./unit_tests || die "Failed to run tests"
+	fi
+}
+
+multilib_src_install_all() {
+	use xmp && DOCS+=( doc/{COPYING-XMPSDK,README-XMP,cmdxmp.txt} )
+
+	einstalldocs
+	find "${D}" -name '*.la' -delete || die
+
+	if use examples; then
+		docinto examples
+		dodoc samples/*.cpp
+	fi
+}