diff --git a/kde-frameworks/kitemmodels/Manifest b/kde-frameworks/kitemmodels/Manifest
index e86f71ae28583..e509a2ea20bcb 100644
--- a/kde-frameworks/kitemmodels/Manifest
+++ b/kde-frameworks/kitemmodels/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 DIST kitemmodels-5.116.0.tar.xz 407312 BLAKE2B 9783d84458b3b94ad3195071819851dae777dfb647cbdb939249ae661d0e39ebac7dee2cd614144fd09d611f22aa9dcec6fb8e7e40b7764340c8796ebf08f0cd SHA512 ef3ee4ba45fdf8fac395f3d678421fccb7bfdafec2dacaca203dacf90f65548e31d2d0eb5165c4cb2ce5cf71e4bca289c1af9c9e8dead710f9a19d7831db3bfb
 DIST kitemmodels-6.18.0.tar.xz 397052 BLAKE2B df4c130c4664cad894b5b1af4af9a4ef894d8c0cdd6f7b46578d08a8f506ab3b902811784f12face52f91f606a1128738cbfbdb5f6c02472555c00c5e03ffbff SHA512 aef688be20e55ff92a12803a3fdfd23567b6f6151bc6111310e0a1d976d18b7150b80ebd77da4de9a5b8e5df4d7c879b2b1ca6886fa6af3b51e3f0348ce68061
 DIST kitemmodels-6.20.0.tar.xz 397056 BLAKE2B 1146ed940ceb64355d374bcf07d7dd5861df5925469a4893444168cf8d4f3ac95c3ee5a53fdcaa26ea59dd2ca7aaa8fe14d7d47fd51f8b365c3d24ef226b1c44 SHA512 f6482151a1960aaf8121c56476f54f500990e350c85809d3c16506efb04cb03104c3cb4838a06ab33987ea1d29a1e780fc992c265b1ac0609e1048c87fcf3f62
+DIST kitemmodels-6.21.0.tar.xz 396944 BLAKE2B abcb40e1276c8bf430cc6b8a903facff7211a74ec1b0d1d7cef6b928cdb20481492fa4bec9b3de3093d024c197d8fa9753b0462625557310f7cad9c81d82b88e SHA512 11810b760df4f1e28a67d54e9a5ebb8f01be6c26ea11c071bdf86624af2a8b7da597ef3ae97c87b4c88da162ba9600cf60ce772c07b94372c36011fbae2e4c32
diff --git a/kde-frameworks/kitemmodels/kitemmodels-6.21.0.ebuild b/kde-frameworks/kitemmodels/kitemmodels-6.21.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a0b1baecfdb99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kde-frameworks/kitemmodels/kitemmodels-6.21.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+QTMIN=6.8.1
+inherit ecm frameworks.kde.org
+
+DESCRIPTION="Framework providing data models to help with tasks such as sorting and filtering"
+
+LICENSE="LGPL-2+"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-qt/qtdeclarative-${QTMIN}:6
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	test? ( >=dev-qt/qtbase-${QTMIN}:6[widgets] )
+"
+
+src_test() {
+	LC_NUMERIC="C" ecm_src_test # bug 708820
+}