diff --git a/dev-libs/rapidjson/Manifest b/dev-libs/rapidjson/Manifest
index b922188e51c8f..150d1bb68a8e2 100644
--- a/dev-libs/rapidjson/Manifest
+++ b/dev-libs/rapidjson/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST rapidjson-1.1.0.tar.gz 1019402 BLAKE2B e1564b3cfa020f76437b0a35048a42ff2cd98b5ce285e63f228e158885182e5cecda13407cdf30c03fa39b47cbc579ff0065f6c2682d04b806e8f9ea8d36fc4e SHA512 2e82a4bddcd6c4669541f5945c2d240fb1b4fdd6e239200246d3dd50ce98733f0a4f6d3daa56f865d8c88779c036099c52a9ae85d47ad263686b68a88d832dff
+DIST rapidjson-1.1.0_p20250205.tar.gz 1116703 BLAKE2B b4657b1a09437d947fea754f3de492993ae1335228b17d7fd7d4542e47009d7af64d0f8fa39923865accd6e7af86165e2545372bdeb425aef5480dcc96fb111e SHA512 50f8723414a6e63eadd45f97be5c44e9fff2d06216c8cc4df802f5bfc2a9416a039f2c69e9bb1882f7e756cd38a7097eea05cab76c739f45805dc41617140799
diff --git a/dev-libs/rapidjson/rapidjson-1.1.0_p20250205.ebuild b/dev-libs/rapidjson/rapidjson-1.1.0_p20250205.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f0bbbff4fc171
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+++ b/dev-libs/rapidjson/rapidjson-1.1.0_p20250205.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit cmake
+
+DESCRIPTION="A fast JSON parser/generator for C++ with both SAX/DOM style API"
+HOMEPAGE="https://rapidjson.org/"
+
+if [[ ${PV} == *9999 ]] ; then
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/Tencent/rapidjson.git"
+	EGIT_SUBMODULES=()
+	inherit git-r3
+else
+	# no up-to-date releases or tags
+	COMMIT="24b5e7a8b27f42fa16b96fc70aade9106cf7102f"
+	SRC_URI="https://github.com/Tencent/rapidjson/archive/${COMMIT}.tar.gz -> rapidjson-${PV}.tar.gz"
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86"
+	S="${WORKDIR}/rapidjson-${COMMIT}"
+fi
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+IUSE="doc examples test"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+BDEPEND="
+	doc? ( app-text/doxygen )
+	test? ( dev-cpp/gtest )
+"
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-1.1.0-system_gtest.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-1.1.1-cmake4.patch"
+)
+
+src_prepare() {
+	cmake_src_prepare
+
+	sed -i -e 's| -march=native||g' CMakeLists.txt || die
+	sed -i -e 's| -mcpu=native||g' CMakeLists.txt || die
+	sed -i -e 's| -Werror||g' CMakeLists.txt || die
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		-DDOC_INSTALL_DIR="${EPREFIX}/usr/share/doc/${PF}"
+		-DLIB_INSTALL_DIR="${EPREFIX}/usr/$(get_libdir)"
+		-DRAPIDJSON_BUILD_CXX11=OFF # latest gtest requires C++14 or later
+		-DRAPIDJSON_BUILD_CXX17=ON
+		-DRAPIDJSON_BUILD_DOC=$(usex doc)
+		-DRAPIDJSON_BUILD_EXAMPLES=$(usex examples)
+		-DRAPIDJSON_BUILD_TESTS=$(usex test)
+		-DRAPIDJSON_BUILD_THIRDPARTY_GTEST=OFF
+	)
+	use test && mycmakeargs+=(
+		-DVALGRIND_EXECUTABLE=
+	)
+	cmake_src_configure
+}