diff --git a/x11-misc/xosview/Manifest b/x11-misc/xosview/Manifest
index 5197d620a901f..6818d91ea0a41 100644
--- a/x11-misc/xosview/Manifest
+++ b/x11-misc/xosview/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST xosview-1.23.tar.gz 146299 BLAKE2B ba336ac152ac6c44bd51c84c160d7c1b565fe23c17aa89db36be7325f4f1caa1ab84a1ad386041841a0aacb62208fb5d59f5dd7a9d2bf071c76dff2901eb2c60 SHA512 10a25f644ec3d896071990117c6d80e553a17baf64809f11bc778652dca1498f81c333ac0f21a809ef617d7e6cbe65afaa14d5bc96908958d8f997234e660ba1
+DIST xosview-1.24.tar.gz 141144 BLAKE2B eb93f902d88412768d012d37b0d5063d9e3adbdea088a32c51618fe03743dc61eaa4204d42562efe276eaf5ff0bab8b1b212c5ae26fb12cb7b44ce0fb001abe8 SHA512 aeeecc3be8c4a22bb62062ca51c927ace186c0652f7cc16fbdd7b7d3acb247242d1ad64960cfb4622bd1626fdfcd26ef6938df2b4f788ee8fc44e5cf59396540
diff --git a/x11-misc/xosview/xosview-1.24.ebuild b/x11-misc/xosview/xosview-1.24.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..603bd3da5e258
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11-misc/xosview/xosview-1.24.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit toolchain-funcs xdg-utils
+
+DESCRIPTION="X11 operating system viewer"
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.pogo.org.uk/~mark/xosview/"
+SRC_URI="http://www.pogo.org.uk/~mark/${PN}/releases/${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2 BSD"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~x86"
+IUSE="suid"
+
+COMMON_DEPS="x11-libs/libX11
+	x11-libs/libXpm
+	x11-libs/libXt"
+RDEPEND="${COMMON_DEPS}
+	media-fonts/font-misc-misc"
+DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPS}
+	x11-base/xorg-proto"
+
+DOCS=( CHANGES README.linux TODO )
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+
+	sed -i -e 's:lib/X11/app:share/X11/app:g' -i ${PN}.1 || die
+	sed -i -e "s:Git:${PV}:g" ${PN}.cc || die
+	tc-export CXX
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	emake OPTFLAGS=''
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	emake PREFIX="${D}/usr" install
+	use suid && fperms 4755 /usr/bin/${PN}
+	insinto /usr/share/X11/app-defaults
+	newins Xdefaults XOsview
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	xdg_desktop_database_update
+
+	if ! use suid ; then
+		ewarn "If you want to use serial meters ${PN} needs to be executed as root."
+		ewarn "Please see ${EPREFIX}/usr/share/doc/${PF}/README.linux for details."
+	fi
+}
+
+pkg_postrm() {
+	xdg_desktop_database_update
+}