diff --git a/kde-apps/kimap/Manifest b/kde-apps/kimap/Manifest
index 80deff23a64bc..417bdb0705d36 100644
--- a/kde-apps/kimap/Manifest
+++ b/kde-apps/kimap/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST kimap-26.04.3.tar.xz 134752 BLAKE2B a2e8ecee23f1ffd4ef98f87a8fef9cc7cbe2990376fadadfc3fd390defcc2882e8cc2fa37e4644d3648be2e84e541bedb4dd3a990e572840abcb032fa09b386a SHA512 541b1dff6b27e58a2356f35d39d61c3de8d7d597c3a3b5746bcc3253f486865ce1e6365373ccc5d8bf69fc652d8258e2c85a5bb01bcd6f0bd87770b8027b20e8
+DIST kimap-26.08.0.tar.xz 146928 BLAKE2B bf96b4274ca4196550ad569a43617e13df133141e585303b21db61265bb4881d4a5a1fdc7d56a4b589e87964e577c44bd61fd6fc9920203ee42917cca6a94646 SHA512 f2d91e590ffe911a4cf9cb191cdd282a9174fdbf4662c485f54a92dbe1878d6acdb6c1e753fb515e230ce0db86147b4770b164a2e79e814b0d36bf1a7dca499f
diff --git a/kde-apps/kimap/kimap-26.08.0.ebuild b/kde-apps/kimap/kimap-26.08.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6a190e66432ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kde-apps/kimap/kimap-26.08.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+ECM_QTHELP="false" # TODO: Port to ECMGenerateQDoc
+ECM_TEST="forceoptional"
+PVCUT=$(ver_cut 1-3)
+KFMIN=6.27.0
+QTMIN=6.11.2
+inherit ecm gear.kde.org
+
+DESCRIPTION="Library for interacting with IMAP servers"
+HOMEPAGE="https://api.kde.org/kdepim/kimap/html/index.html"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2+"
+SLOT="6/$(ver_cut 1-2)"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64"
+IUSE=""
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-libs/cyrus-sasl
+	>=dev-qt/qtbase-${QTMIN}:6[gui]
+	>=kde-frameworks/kcodecs-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/kcoreaddons-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/ki18n-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/kio-${KFMIN}:6
+	>=kde-frameworks/kmime-${KFMIN}:6
+"
+# TODO: Convince upstream not to install stuff with tests
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	test? ( >=dev-qt/qtbase-${QTMIN}:6[network] )
+"
+
+src_test() {
+	# tests cannot be run in parallel #605586
+	ecm_src_test -j1
+}