diff --git a/net-wireless/soapysdr/files/soapysdr-0.8.1-cmake4.patch b/net-wireless/soapysdr/files/soapysdr-0.8.1-cmake4.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a21cdf7da951b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-wireless/soapysdr/files/soapysdr-0.8.1-cmake4.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index ff15ad0..8fff872 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+ ########################################################################
+ # Project setup
+ ########################################################################
+-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1.0)
++cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10.0)
+ project(SoapySDR)
+ enable_language(CXX)
+ enable_testing()
+diff --git a/ExampleDriver/CMakeLists.txt b/ExampleDriver/CMakeLists.txt
+index 32cb6ca..ada07e9 100644
+--- a/ExampleDriver/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/ExampleDriver/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
+ # Project setup -- only needed if device support is a stand-alone build
+ # We recommend that the support module be built in-tree with the driver.
+ ########################################################################
+-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
++cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10.0)
+ project(SoapySDRMyDevice CXX)
+ enable_testing()
+ 
+diff --git a/python/CMakeLists.txt b/python/CMakeLists.txt
+index 8cb1592..a5c09ce 100644
+--- a/python/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/python/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+ ########################################################################
+ # Project setup
+ ########################################################################
+-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
++cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10.0)
+ project(SoapySDRPython CXX)
+ enable_testing()
+ 
diff --git a/net-wireless/soapysdr/soapysdr-0.8.1-r2.ebuild b/net-wireless/soapysdr/soapysdr-0.8.1-r2.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8f5ef69eb2ef4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-wireless/soapysdr/soapysdr-0.8.1-r2.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..13} )
+inherit cmake python-single-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="vendor and platform neutral SDR support library"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/pothosware/SoapySDR"
+
+if [ "${PV}" = "9999" ]; then
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/pothosware/SoapySDR.git"
+	EGIT_CLONE_TYPE="shallow"
+	inherit git-r3
+else
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~riscv ~x86"
+	SRC_URI="https://github.com/pothosware/SoapySDR/archive/soapy-sdr-${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+	S="${WORKDIR}"/SoapySDR-soapy-sdr-"${PV}"
+fi
+
+LICENSE="Boost-1.0"
+SLOT="0/${PV}"
+IUSE="bladerf hackrf python rtlsdr plutosdr uhd"
+REQUIRED_USE="python? ( ${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE} )"
+
+RDEPEND="python? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+BDEPEND="python? ( dev-lang/swig:0 )"
+PDEPEND="
+	bladerf? ( net-wireless/soapybladerf )
+	hackrf? ( net-wireless/soapyhackrf )
+	rtlsdr? ( net-wireless/soapyrtlsdr )
+	plutosdr? ( net-wireless/soapyplutosdr )
+	uhd? ( net-wireless/soapyuhd )
+"
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}"/soapysdr-0.8.1-python3.12-distutils.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/soapysdr-0.8.1-cmake4.patch
+)
+
+pkg_setup() {
+	use python && python-single-r1_pkg_setup
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		-DENABLE_PYTHON=$(usex python)
+		-DENABLE_PYTHON3=$(usex python)
+		-DBUILD_PYTHON3=$(usex python)
+		-DUSE_PYTHON_CONFIG=ON
+	)
+
+	cmake_src_configure
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	cmake_src_install
+	use python && python_optimize
+}
diff --git a/net-wireless/soapysdr/soapysdr-9999.ebuild b/net-wireless/soapysdr/soapysdr-9999.ebuild
index aaa41be56cc98..8f5ef69eb2ef4 100644
--- a/net-wireless/soapysdr/soapysdr-9999.ebuild
+++ b/net-wireless/soapysdr/soapysdr-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -35,13 +35,21 @@ PDEPEND="
 	uhd? ( net-wireless/soapyuhd )
 "
 
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}"/soapysdr-0.8.1-python3.12-distutils.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/soapysdr-0.8.1-cmake4.patch
+)
+
 pkg_setup() {
 	use python && python-single-r1_pkg_setup
 }
 
 src_configure() {
 	local mycmakeargs=(
+		-DENABLE_PYTHON=$(usex python)
 		-DENABLE_PYTHON3=$(usex python)
+		-DBUILD_PYTHON3=$(usex python)
+		-DUSE_PYTHON_CONFIG=ON
 	)
 
 	cmake_src_configure