diff --git a/sci-electronics/xnec2c/Manifest b/sci-electronics/xnec2c/Manifest
index 4ec3e3ac01cb3..41c712dcecd43 100644
--- a/sci-electronics/xnec2c/Manifest
+++ b/sci-electronics/xnec2c/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST xnec2c-v4.4.16.tar.gz 1509642 BLAKE2B d816ccbc8535b8a045f14cf6dd0e8b586a076fa2600fd3c0d71fd471efb6e63e739c20b3fa8427934e9e2cf71a9c12b701cbe44b5c4ffb96c78eeaa63fc5cbc5 SHA512 e7ccb0fe844c09ef36114835546f53ff92e053cf05fe64232efb3d7958b0860f86ef930296eb419dbe9b2ec2e9e0697de7e4fef3e2ec139566e585cf9b2cdba9
+DIST xnec2c-v4.4.17.tar.gz 1529113 BLAKE2B 2d02345a3721159efab083748027258caf3fc836764c9e9c985c4fc8d4afc0e0fb42eefbc087c3f60a0f899dcf545289be6c3851ab45946fd91d58b3c5b82399 SHA512 55f22c9ddc5fa91941843cab4f6527f5dd149078c40b6a635bcbaeab719f3b336a8d2e74531d617e444e2098001380010a6210dad6df20f071dea0cf83204b87
diff --git a/sci-electronics/xnec2c/xnec2c-4.4.17.ebuild b/sci-electronics/xnec2c/xnec2c-4.4.17.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ece5e57b6df10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sci-electronics/xnec2c/xnec2c-4.4.17.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit autotools xdg-utils
+
+MY_P=${PN}-v${PV}
+
+DESCRIPTION="A GTK+ graphical interactive version of nec2c"
+HOMEPAGE="https://www.xnec2c.org"
+SRC_URI="https://www.xnec2c.org/releases/${MY_P}.tar.gz"
+
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+IUSE="doc examples"
+
+RDEPEND="dev-libs/glib:2
+	x11-libs/gtk+:3"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	sys-devel/gettext"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	eapply_user
+	# bug 896176
+	sed -i -e "s/-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2//g" configure.ac || die
+	eautoreconf
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	default
+	docompress -x /usr/share/man
+
+	rm -R "${D}/usr/share/doc/${P}" || die
+	dodoc AUTHORS README.md doc/*.txt
+	use doc && dodoc -r doc/*.html doc/images
+
+	if ! use examples ; then
+		rm -R "${D}/usr/share/${PN}/examples" || die
+	fi
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	xdg_mimeinfo_database_update
+	xdg_icon_cache_update
+	xdg_desktop_database_update
+}
+
+pkg_postrm() {
+	xdg_mimeinfo_database_update
+	xdg_icon_cache_update
+	xdg_desktop_database_update
+}