diff --git a/app-emulation/faudio/Manifest b/app-emulation/faudio/Manifest
index 39eeda95fe5ae..096d3a013b81a 100644
--- a/app-emulation/faudio/Manifest
+++ b/app-emulation/faudio/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST faudio-25.02.tar.gz 1127116 BLAKE2B 9df60de8a9448d5425c1e4b5d88bed12b4b7f40971c04120795f4c799e2b7bf8eb45a8e649c0cec8e4445e64d9a602e78769ca69bc998ddae66e5b9fc74e22a6 SHA512 1d93b0d167e23ea2f012ec10ca1227e05ff1b81aa9568ab35bb6335622a62bacb5ed33b788ef6e953050a3bfa7d15e6a9579821cf5e36c239998a0e1271c9c1e
 DIST faudio-25.03.tar.gz 1126597 BLAKE2B bd95c8455adf072186309697040aea677b46afa25ccdc8ad45477d7f78237153908955fc8e772bfc7d460b9cd4dbad31a170a25b0352df052546b402a3f99023 SHA512 ec1f37a73aa5ad57841e297d8ee730b8b161144bc0624e29e9ba7b86c6f2d8657b2b20169603616701db04d99a9522dd1463c043e2c0e64eb7d980f4909327c7
+DIST faudio-25.04.tar.gz 1126602 BLAKE2B f25a05b6e4f94038c2e1d8d1574774d0039cff50db802674fb2c94d9a345a580e0e941d5e817faea06599eb9f31f70f350ae87e567257dfa748407b3d5ffda70 SHA512 191b4947c43161c74f32da0208d752f492bcc48eb4ce5bd94824fe541ce0446ff522bfed45fdde29eb05f6938ed814dba3bde31fd06abed4bccf6a79cf334eac
diff --git a/app-emulation/faudio/faudio-25.04.ebuild b/app-emulation/faudio/faudio-25.04.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..47c16320b0833
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-emulation/faudio/faudio-25.04.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit cmake flag-o-matic
+
+DESCRIPTION="Accuracy-focused XAudio reimplementation for open platforms"
+HOMEPAGE="https://fna-xna.github.io/"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/FNA-XNA/FAudio/archive/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+S="${WORKDIR}/FAudio-${PV}"
+
+LICENSE="ZLIB"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+IUSE="debug dumpvoices sdl3 test"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	sdl3? ( media-libs/libsdl3 )
+	!sdl3? ( media-libs/libsdl2[sound] )
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+
+src_configure() {
+	append-cppflags -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE # usleep() in tests
+	use debug || append-cppflags -DFAUDIO_DISABLE_DEBUGCONFIGURATION
+
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		-DBUILD_SDL3="$(usex sdl3)"
+		-DBUILD_TESTS="$(usex test)"
+		-DDUMP_VOICES="$(usex dumpvoices)"
+	)
+
+	cmake_src_configure
+}
+
+src_test() {
+	einfo "Running faudio_tests, this may take some time without output..."
+	SDL_AUDIODRIVER=dummy "${BUILD_DIR}"/faudio_tests || die
+}
diff --git a/app-emulation/faudio/metadata.xml b/app-emulation/faudio/metadata.xml
index 0c09d653bc929..06a722423fc7f 100644
--- a/app-emulation/faudio/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-emulation/faudio/metadata.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 	</longdescription>
 	<use>
 		<flag name="dumpvoices">FAudio dumps buffer data to individual files with RIFF/XWMA headers, usable with players like ffplay/testxwma.</flag>
+		<flag name="sdl3">Build against SDL3 using <pkg>media-libs/libsdl3</pkg>.</flag>
 	</use>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">FNA-XNA/FAudio</remote-id>
diff --git a/profiles/arch/x86/package.use.mask b/profiles/arch/x86/package.use.mask
index bef6a6fe1e189..5de2ab42c9a7a 100644
--- a/profiles/arch/x86/package.use.mask
+++ b/profiles/arch/x86/package.use.mask
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
+# Conrad Kostecki <conikost@gentoo.org> (2025-04-02)
+# media-libs/libsdl3 is not keyworded
+app-emulation/faudio sdl3
+
 # NRK <nrk@disroot.org> (2025-03-17)
 # media-libs/libyuv is not keyworded
 media-libs/libavif libyuv