diff --git a/app-emacs/emacs-common/Manifest b/app-emacs/emacs-common/Manifest
index 496a88e45c171..603bf0018c59f 100644
--- a/app-emacs/emacs-common/Manifest
+++ b/app-emacs/emacs-common/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST emacs-common-1.11.tar.xz 64480 BLAKE2B 776f1ecc656b6d0765617f1d9176e5c855a7a85b24bcd4563e846bbde1d4cd842ac928518d4e0e1254d1161b3848b6beffb87612bf82247b9862351ebdd17636 SHA512 e7e627562f637778e2391ae8b188cd045021cf5b6f32f68e1927868382be59f8cf3d878b62c6e03d6047b0b00a7ec9e44e78189c105e63629f6b672c9fdb09e4
+DIST emacs-common-1.12.tar.xz 66204 BLAKE2B f356e524de96c2638679d8108da590325e65351e577b288c2dc40db7beccdcbfe31472c376dffc325cac6a9542a6e623c4badb54d662a612b231dd9b0bc9c8b5 SHA512 07a6a38cd9ac6da5a395bfb9e9d2b9b7a6f741b47d528c5b462beb3820037afe395b65b1c1241257e8e4925f09606e64727cfd3c14fbddeac53bb78dbb2b5303
diff --git a/app-emacs/emacs-common/emacs-common-1.12.ebuild b/app-emacs/emacs-common/emacs-common-1.12.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f9a16b5ff3dbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-emacs/emacs-common/emacs-common-1.12.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit elisp-common desktop eapi9-pipestatus gnome2-utils readme.gentoo-r1
+
+if [[ ${PV##*.} = 9999 ]]; then
+	inherit git-r3
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://anongit.gentoo.org/git/proj/emacs-tools.git"
+	EGIT_BRANCH="${PN}"
+	EGIT_CHECKOUT_DIR="${WORKDIR}/${PN}"
+	S="${EGIT_CHECKOUT_DIR}"
+else
+	SRC_URI="https://dev.gentoo.org/~ulm/emacs/${P}.tar.xz"
+	KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~ppc-macos ~x64-macos"
+fi
+
+DESCRIPTION="Common files needed by all GNU Emacs versions"
+HOMEPAGE="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Emacs"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2+ GPL-3+"
+SLOT="0"
+IUSE="games gsettings gui"
+
+DEPEND="games? ( acct-group/gamestat )"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
+	!<app-emacs/emacs-daemon-0.25"
+PDEPEND=">=app-editors/emacs-26.1:*"
+IDEPEND="gui? ( gsettings? ( dev-libs/glib ) )"
+
+SITEFILE="10${PN}-gentoo.el"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+	if [[ -n ${EPREFIX} ]]; then
+		sed -i -E -e "s,/(bin|sbin|usr)/,${EPREFIX}&," \
+			subdirs.el.in emacs.initd emacs.service \
+			emacs.desktop emacsclient.desktop || die
+	fi
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	insinto "${SITELISP}"
+	sed "s,@libdir@,$(get_libdir),g" subdirs.el.in | newins - subdirs.el
+	pipestatus || die
+	newins site-gentoo.el{,.orig}
+
+	keepdir /etc/emacs
+	insinto /etc/emacs
+	doins site-start.el
+
+	exeinto /etc/user/init.d
+	newexe emacs.initd emacs
+	exeinto /usr/libexec/emacs
+	doexe emacs-wrapper.sh
+	elisp-site-file-install "${SITEFILE}"
+
+	# don't use systemd_douserunit because it would require inheriting
+	# three eclasses (systemd pulls toolchain-funcs and multilib)
+	insinto "/usr/lib/systemd/user"
+	doins emacs.service
+
+	if use games; then
+		keepdir /var/games/emacs
+		fowners 0:gamestat /var/games/emacs
+		fperms g+w /var/games/emacs
+	fi
+
+	if use gui; then
+		local i
+		domenu emacs.desktop emacsclient.desktop
+
+		pushd icons >/dev/null || die
+		newicon sink.png emacs-sink.png
+		newicon emacs25_48.png emacs.png
+		for i in 16 24 32 48 128; do
+			[[ ${i} -le 48 ]] && newicon -s ${i} emacs22_${i}.png emacs22.png
+			newicon -s ${i} emacs23_${i}.png emacs23.png
+			newicon -s ${i} emacs25_${i}.png emacs.png
+		done
+		doicon -s scalable emacs23.svg
+		newicon -s scalable emacs25.svg emacs.svg
+		popd >/dev/null || die
+
+		if use gsettings; then
+			insinto /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas
+			doins org.gnu.emacs.defaults.gschema.xml
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	dodoc README.daemon ChangeLog
+
+	local DOC_CONTENTS DISABLE_AUTOFORMATTING=1
+	DOC_CONTENTS=$(sed "s,@SITELISP@,${EPREFIX}${SITELISP},g" \
+		README.gentoo.in) || die
+	readme.gentoo_create_doc
+}
+
+pkg_preinst() {
+	# make sure that site-gentoo.el exists since site-start.el requires it
+	if [[ ! -f ${ED}${SITELISP}/site-gentoo.el ]]; then		#554518
+		mv "${ED}${SITELISP}"/site-gentoo.el{.orig,} || die
+	fi
+	if [[ -d ${EROOT}${SITELISP} ]]; then
+		elisp-site-regen
+		cp "${EROOT}${SITELISP}/site-gentoo.el" "${ED}${SITELISP}/" || die
+	fi
+
+	if use games; then
+		local f
+		for f in /var/games/emacs/{snake,tetris}-scores; do
+			if [[ -e ${EROOT}${f} ]]; then
+				cp "${EROOT}${f}" "${ED}${f}" || die
+			fi
+			touch "${ED}${f}" || die
+			chgrp gamestat "${ED}${f}" || die
+			chmod g+w "${ED}${f}" || die
+		done
+	fi
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	elisp-site-regen
+	if use gui; then
+		xdg_desktop_database_update
+		xdg_icon_cache_update
+		use gsettings && gnome2_schemas_update
+	fi
+	readme.gentoo_print_elog
+}
+
+pkg_postrm() {
+	elisp-site-regen
+	if use gui; then
+		xdg_desktop_database_update
+		xdg_icon_cache_update
+		use gsettings && gnome2_schemas_update
+	fi
+}