diff --git a/dev-vcs/darcs/Manifest b/dev-vcs/darcs/Manifest
index bc09b36cc8622..7c7f5a7df1a12 100644
--- a/dev-vcs/darcs/Manifest
+++ b/dev-vcs/darcs/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST darcs-2.16.5.tar.gz 1271154 BLAKE2B 84c9005d7bcb789cfa5d1de636221e7647ac469aa9f1e27d55bb07a8b155659d38dbda8a46b98698f348248b0384b4e5bc275737bfede13ebb1a9d11b4e9e304 SHA512 9116043943315417ff314197f6a143435b5545f614c6e6210c3645987a68c69c31f53f823ee5269cb663ccba393f8caf1834120783f15128e43b132c731a0edb
+DIST darcs-2.18.5.tar.gz 1294531 BLAKE2B 3861a24c8febd49c431e202dcf57b8010fe798574b1b7c5e40bfc63b7346392cbe83588cb0a014887db610df24c7538cf58ed9956621a3a76425b9ae823fc167 SHA512 858d134e0ad4af1b4adeb4dd8250a34b12358de5993c34ee33c9ebbbe85f5b7bf49e219da7f0cdd254601095c4c70f41430871c2dd7508d5f02f1b141ff1ad4d
diff --git a/dev-vcs/darcs/darcs-2.18.5.ebuild b/dev-vcs/darcs/darcs-2.18.5.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..31e943aa8e3cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-vcs/darcs/darcs-2.18.5.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+# ebuild generated by hackport 0.9.0.0.9999
+#hackport: flags: +library,+executable,-hpc,-warn-as-error,+pkgconfig,-rts,-static,-optimize,hashed-storage-diff:diff,+http
+
+CABAL_FEATURES="lib profile haddock hoogle hscolour" # test-suite"
+inherit haskell-cabal
+
+DESCRIPTION="a distributed, interactive, smart revision control system"
+HOMEPAGE="https://darcs.net/"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2+"
+SLOT="0/${PV}"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+IUSE="+terminfo +threaded"
+
+RESTRICT="test" # Test-suite depends on deprecated system-fileio and system-filepath
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-2.18.4-remove-ghc-9_8-conditional.patch"
+)
+
+RDEPEND=">=dev-haskell/async-2.0.2:=[profile?] <dev-haskell/async-2.3:=[profile?]
+	>=dev-haskell/attoparsec-0.14.4:=[profile?] <dev-haskell/attoparsec-0.15:=[profile?]
+	>=dev-haskell/base16-bytestring-1.0:=[profile?] <dev-haskell/base16-bytestring-1.1:=[profile?]
+	>=dev-haskell/conduit-1.3.0:=[profile?] <dev-haskell/conduit-1.4:=[profile?]
+	>=dev-haskell/constraints-0.11:=[profile?] <dev-haskell/constraints-0.15:=[profile?]
+	>=dev-haskell/cryptonite-0.24:=[profile?] <dev-haskell/cryptonite-0.31:=[profile?]
+	>=dev-haskell/data-ordlist-0.4:=[profile?] <dev-haskell/data-ordlist-0.5:=[profile?]
+	>=dev-haskell/data-default-0.7.1.3:=[profile?] <dev-haskell/data-default-0.9:=[profile?]
+	>=dev-haskell/fgl-5.5.2.3:=[profile?] <dev-haskell/fgl-5.9:=[profile?]
+	>=dev-haskell/hashable-1.2.3.3:=[profile?] <dev-haskell/hashable-1.5:=[profile?]
+	>=dev-haskell/haskeline-0.7.2:=[profile?] <dev-haskell/haskeline-0.9:=[profile?]
+	>=dev-haskell/html-1.0.1.2:=[profile?] <dev-haskell/html-1.1:=[profile?]
+	>=dev-haskell/http-conduit-2.3:=[profile?] <dev-haskell/http-conduit-2.4:=[profile?]
+	>=dev-haskell/http-types-0.12.1:=[profile?] <dev-haskell/http-types-0.12.5:=[profile?]
+	>=dev-haskell/memory-0.14:=[profile?] <dev-haskell/memory-0.19:=[profile?]
+	>=dev-haskell/mmap-0.5.9:=[profile?] <dev-haskell/mmap-0.6:=[profile?]
+	>=dev-haskell/network-2.6:=[profile?] <dev-haskell/network-3.3:=[profile?]
+	>=dev-haskell/network-uri-2.6:=[profile?] <dev-haskell/network-uri-2.8:=[profile?]
+	>=dev-haskell/old-time-1.1.0.3:=[profile?] <dev-haskell/old-time-1.2:=[profile?]
+	>=dev-haskell/parsec-3.1.9:=[profile?] <dev-haskell/parsec-3.2:=[profile?]
+	>=dev-haskell/regex-applicative-0.2:=[profile?] <dev-haskell/regex-applicative-0.4:=[profile?]
+	>=dev-haskell/regex-base-0.94.0.1:=[profile?] <dev-haskell/regex-base-0.94.1:=[profile?]
+	>=dev-haskell/regex-tdfa-1.3.2:=[profile?] <dev-haskell/regex-tdfa-1.4:=[profile?]
+	>=dev-haskell/safe-0.3.20:=[profile?] <dev-haskell/safe-0.4:=[profile?]
+	>=dev-haskell/tar-0.5:=[profile?] <dev-haskell/tar-0.7:=[profile?]
+	>=dev-haskell/temporary-1.2.1:=[profile?] <dev-haskell/temporary-1.4:=[profile?]
+	>=dev-haskell/terminal-size-0.3.4:=[profile?] <dev-haskell/terminal-size-0.4:=[profile?]
+	>=dev-haskell/text-1.2.1.3:=[profile?] <dev-haskell/text-2.2:=[profile?]
+	<dev-haskell/tls-2.2:=[profile?]
+	>=dev-haskell/unix-compat-0.6:=[profile?] <dev-haskell/unix-compat-0.8:=[profile?]
+	>=dev-haskell/utf8-string-1:=[profile?] <dev-haskell/utf8-string-1.1:=[profile?]
+	>=dev-haskell/vector-0.11:=[profile?] <dev-haskell/vector-0.14:=[profile?]
+	>=dev-haskell/zip-archive-0.3:=[profile?] <dev-haskell/zip-archive-0.5:=[profile?]
+	>=dev-haskell/zlib-0.6.1.2:=[profile?] <dev-haskell/zlib-0.8:=[profile?]
+	>=dev-lang/ghc-9.0.2:=
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	>=dev-haskell/cabal-3.4.1.0 <dev-haskell/cabal-3.11
+"
+#test? ( >=dev-haskell/cmdargs-0.10.10 <dev-haskell/cmdargs-0.11
+# 		>=dev-haskell/findbin-0.0.5 <dev-haskell/findbin-0.1
+# 		>=dev-haskell/hunit-1.3 <dev-haskell/hunit-1.7
+# 		>=dev-haskell/leancheck-0.9 <dev-haskell/leancheck-1.1
+# 		>=dev-haskell/monad-control-0.3.2 <dev-haskell/monad-control-1.1
+# 		>=dev-haskell/quickcheck-2.13 <dev-haskell/quickcheck-2.16
+# 		>=dev-haskell/quickcheck-instances-0.3.29.1 <dev-haskell/quickcheck-instances-0.4
+# 		>=dev-haskell/system-filepath-0.4.7 <dev-haskell/system-filepath-0.5
+# 		>=dev-haskell/test-framework-0.8.1.1 <dev-haskell/test-framework-0.9
+# 		>=dev-haskell/test-framework-hunit-0.3.0.2 <dev-haskell/test-framework-hunit-0.4
+# 		>=dev-haskell/test-framework-leancheck-0.0.1 <dev-haskell/test-framework-leancheck-0.1
+# 		>=dev-haskell/test-framework-quickcheck2-0.3.0.3 <dev-haskell/test-framework-quickcheck2-0.4
+# 		dev-haskell/transformers-base
+# 		|| ( <dev-haskell/system-fileio-0.3.16.5
+# 			( >dev-haskell/system-fileio-0.3.16.5 <dev-haskell/system-fileio-0.4 ) ) )
+# "
+
+src_configure() {
+	haskell-cabal_src_configure \
+		--flag=executable \
+		--flag=-hpc \
+		--flag=http \
+		--flag=library \
+		--flag=-optimize \
+		--flag=pkgconfig \
+		--flag=-rts \
+		--flag=-static \
+		$(cabal_flag terminfo terminfo) \
+		$(cabal_flag threaded threaded) \
+		--flag=-warn-as-error
+}
+
+#pkg_pretend() {
+#	if use test; then
+#		ewarn "Tests take a very long time to complete. You may want to disable them"
+#		ewarn "on older machines."
+#	fi
+#}
diff --git a/dev-vcs/darcs/files/darcs-2.18.4-remove-ghc-9_8-conditional.patch b/dev-vcs/darcs/files/darcs-2.18.4-remove-ghc-9_8-conditional.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f57233868169f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-vcs/darcs/files/darcs-2.18.4-remove-ghc-9_8-conditional.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+From 8a55b78aa340810c1a7146f4f6b4084284828f2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: hololeap <hololeap@protonmail.com>
+Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:48:12 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH 1/1] Enable-crypton-connection and related deps
+
+Remove conditional that only allows these newer deps with >=ghc-9.8
+
+Signed-off-by: hololeap <hololeap@protonmail.com>
+--- a/darcs.cabal
++++ b/darcs.cabal
+@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ Library
+                       exceptions        >= 0.6 && < 0.11,
+                       terminal-size     >= 0.3.4 && < 0.4
+ 
+-    if impl(ghc >= 9.8)
++    if true
+       cpp-options:    -DHAVE_CRYPTON_CONNECTION
+       build-depends:  crypton-connection >= 0.4 && < 0.5,
+                       data-default-class >= 0.1.2.0 && < 0.1.3,
+-- 
+2.45.2
+