diff --git a/app-emulation/fuse/Manifest b/app-emulation/fuse/Manifest
index af4129ce3b6bf..87a060354824b 100644
--- a/app-emulation/fuse/Manifest
+++ b/app-emulation/fuse/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST fuse-1.6.0.tar.gz 1686171 BLAKE2B d1e6b166f2f649f408349b16a5eb40dd414750ed7a805eb6505b6c81be6ed7bcaa4e6f0b14057645172add1b1a77881f90b64767390fe1a64a486168f452d29d SHA512 5096b24b5b3d812942a7ad401b886b6a99f5493686912cb4aff18ede65404ae97a9bcafa6337aaed4378382f2a170918797d7d4570bb809476be5aa9fc625b8b
 DIST fuse-1.7.0.tar.gz 1742469 BLAKE2B 55b652a15079539694e2e40cc002aec6d8566e1ff3ccb8c400b09a3db1246aacc3a1214afe970de769ccf609ffd7526fee224724319efa0e8adb9a5244557453 SHA512 9903773fd9ced1e36f4b0720201f721f9a3b7876a4d11ada95ffa328ec5bd166dc37c09818e7d96de3c45e5f26d074f4b072a1db6dd0786470dc9fbbb3483084
+DIST fuse-1.8.0.tar.gz 1780185 BLAKE2B c460c33647825bfe70e1daf8f060bd3007c47926483fd4e03572e65253f74720b3ece54c90621d9276a3419b7b20d527ad6dadefaad078a923de5fb27ca5df8b SHA512 41329db375acd0bbe9d68445066d2f1b11cc82a803d035e37aff9a0d36ecdf8b62089f2dd0510a6e4a8af4932f9cdacb4b994a9e21bae983626a57cb0bd4261e
diff --git a/app-emulation/fuse/fuse-1.8.0.ebuild b/app-emulation/fuse/fuse-1.8.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ed1ab37ea9e25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-emulation/fuse/fuse-1.8.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit autotools flag-o-matic xdg
+
+DESCRIPTION="Free Unix Spectrum Emulator by Philip Kendall"
+HOMEPAGE="https://fuse-emulator.sourceforge.net"
+SRC_URI="https://downloads.sourceforge.net/fuse-emulator/${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2+"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~ppc ~riscv ~x86"
+IUSE="alsa ao backend-X backend-fbcon +backend-gtk3 backend-sdl backend-sdl2 gpm joystick memlimit png pulseaudio +xml +zlib"
+
+# TODO:
+# - allow using sdl audio driver without using for the UI
+# - allow using sdl joystick support with gtk3 or X UI in place of libjsw
+# - when using sdl for one of the above but not the UI, allow using sdl2 instead
+
+# At most one audio driver and at most one UI back-end can be enabled at a time
+REQUIRED_USE="?? ( alsa ao backend-sdl backend-sdl2 pulseaudio )
+	?? ( backend-X backend-fbcon backend-gtk3 backend-sdl backend-sdl2 )
+	png? ( zlib )"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=app-emulation/libspectrum-1.6.0:=[zlib?]
+	dev-libs/glib:2
+	alsa? ( media-libs/alsa-lib )
+	ao? ( media-libs/libao )
+	backend-X? (
+		x11-libs/libX11
+		x11-libs/libXext
+	)
+	backend-gtk3? (
+		x11-libs/cairo
+		x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf:2
+		x11-libs/gtk+:3
+		x11-libs/libX11
+		x11-libs/pango
+	)
+	backend-sdl? ( media-libs/libsdl[joystick,sound] )
+	backend-sdl2? ( media-libs/libsdl2[joystick,sound] )
+	gpm? ( backend-fbcon? ( sys-libs/gpm ) )
+	joystick? (
+		!backend-sdl? (
+			!backend-sdl2? (
+				media-libs/libjsw
+			)
+		)
+	)
+	png? ( media-libs/libpng:0= )
+	pulseaudio? ( media-libs/libpulse )
+	xml? ( dev-libs/libxml2:2= )
+	zlib? ( virtual/zlib:= )"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	backend-fbcon? ( virtual/linux-sources )"
+BDEPEND="dev-lang/perl
+	virtual/pkgconfig"
+
+DOCS=( AUTHORS ChangeLog README THANKS )
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}"/remove-local-prefix.patch
+)
+
+_fuse_audio_driver() {
+	if use alsa; then
+		echo "alsa"
+	elif use ao; then
+		echo "libao"
+	elif use backend-sdl; then
+		echo "sdl"
+	elif use backend-sdl2; then
+		echo "sdl2"
+	elif use pulseaudio; then
+		echo "pulseaudio"
+	else
+		echo "null"
+	fi
+}
+
+_fuse_joystick_driver() {
+	if use joystick; then
+		if use backend-sdl || use backend-sdl2; then
+			echo "--enable-ui-joystick"
+			return
+		fi
+	fi
+	echo "--disable-ui-joystick"
+}
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+	xdg_environment_reset
+	eautoreconf
+
+	# Bug #854522
+	filter-lto
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	local myconf=(
+		--enable-desktop-integration
+		--without-win32
+		--with-audio-driver="$(_fuse_audio_driver)"
+		$(_fuse_joystick_driver)
+		$(use_with gpm)
+		$(use_with joystick)
+		$(use_enable memlimit smallmem)
+		$(use_with png)
+		$(use_with xml libxml2)
+		$(use_with zlib)
+	)
+
+	# The pure-X UI hasn't got its own configure argument, instead it is
+	# what is used under Linux if all other back-ends have been disabled
+	# - and all except the Gtk+ one are off by default.
+	if use backend-X; then
+		myconf+=("--without-gtk")
+	elif use backend-fbcon; then
+		myconf+=("--with-fb")
+	elif use backend-gtk3; then
+		myconf+=("--with-gtk")
+	elif use backend-sdl; then
+		myconf+=("--with-sdl" "--disable-sdl2")
+	elif use backend-sdl2; then
+		myconf+=("--with-sdl2")
+	else
+		myconf+=("--with-null-ui")
+	fi
+
+	econf "${myconf[@]}"
+}
+
+src_test() {
+	emake test
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	xdg_pkg_postinst
+	if use pulseaudio; then
+		ewarn "The PulseAudio driver in ${PN} is experimental"
+	fi
+}
diff --git a/app-emulation/fuse/metadata.xml b/app-emulation/fuse/metadata.xml
index 70075f32f3fb7..3fe88d8db1bd3 100644
--- a/app-emulation/fuse/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-emulation/fuse/metadata.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 	<use>
 		<flag name="backend-fbcon">Use framebuffer rendering backend</flag>
 		<flag name="backend-gtk3">Use Gtk+ rendering backend</flag>
-		<flag name="backend-sdl">Use SDL rendering backend</flag>
+		<flag name="backend-sdl">Use SDL1 rendering backend</flag>
+		<flag name="backend-sdl2">Use SDL2 rendering backend</flag>
 		<flag name="backend-X">Use X11 rendering backend</flag>
 		<flag name="memlimit">Add compile-time memory usage limiting</flag>
 	</use>