diff --git a/dev-ml/llvm/Manifest b/dev-ml/llvm/Manifest
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--- a/dev-ml/llvm/Manifest
+++ b/dev-ml/llvm/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
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diff --git a/dev-ml/llvm/llvm-24.0.0_pre20260916.ebuild b/dev-ml/llvm/llvm-24.0.0_pre20260916.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..251f616bebcb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-ml/llvm/llvm-24.0.0_pre20260916.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{12..14} )
+inherit cmake llvm.org llvm-utils python-any-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="OCaml bindings for LLVM"
+HOMEPAGE="https://llvm.org/"
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0-with-LLVM-exceptions UoI-NCSA"
+SLOT="0/${PV}"
+IUSE="+debug test"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-lang/ocaml-4.00.0:0=
+	dev-ml/ocaml-ctypes:=
+	~llvm-core/llvm-${PV}:=[debug?]
+	!llvm-core/llvm[ocaml(-)]
+"
+
+DEPEND="
+	${RDEPEND}
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	${PYTHON_DEPS}
+	dev-lang/perl
+	dev-ml/findlib
+"
+
+LLVM_COMPONENTS=( llvm cmake libc third-party )
+LLVM_USE_TARGETS=llvm
+llvm.org_set_globals
+
+src_configure() {
+	llvm_prepend_path "${LLVM_MAJOR}"
+
+	local libdir=$(get_libdir)
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		-DLLVM_LIBDIR_SUFFIX=${libdir#lib}
+
+		-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
+		-DLLVM_BUILD_LLVM_DYLIB=ON
+		-DLLVM_LINK_LLVM_DYLIB=ON
+		-DLLVM_OCAML_OUT_OF_TREE=ON
+
+		# cheap hack: LLVM combines both anyway, and the only difference
+		# is that the former list is explicitly verified at cmake time
+		-DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD=""
+		-DLLVM_EXPERIMENTAL_TARGETS_TO_BUILD="${LLVM_TARGETS// /;}"
+		-DLLVM_BUILD_TESTS=$(usex test)
+
+		# disable various irrelevant deps and settings
+		-DLLVM_ENABLE_FFI=OFF
+		-DLLVM_ENABLE_TERMINFO=OFF
+		-DHAVE_HISTEDIT_H=NO
+		-DLLVM_ENABLE_ASSERTIONS=$(usex debug)
+		-DLLVM_ENABLE_EH=ON
+		-DLLVM_ENABLE_RTTI=ON
+
+		-DLLVM_HOST_TRIPLE="${CHOST}"
+
+		-DPython3_EXECUTABLE="${PYTHON}"
+
+		# TODO: ocamldoc
+	)
+
+	use test && mycmakeargs+=(
+		-DLLVM_LIT_ARGS="$(get_lit_flags)"
+	)
+
+	# LLVM_ENABLE_ASSERTIONS=NO does not guarantee this for us, #614844
+	# also: custom rules for OCaml do not work for CPPFLAGS
+	use debug || local -x CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -DNDEBUG"
+	cmake_src_configure
+
+	local llvm_libdir=$(llvm-config --libdir)
+	# an ugly hack; TODO: figure out a way to pass -L to ocaml...
+	cd "${BUILD_DIR}/${libdir}" || die
+	ln -s "${llvm_libdir}"/*.so . || die
+
+	if use test; then
+		local llvm_bindir=$(llvm-config --bindir)
+		# Force using system-installed tools.
+		sed -i -e "/llvm_tools_dir/s@\".*\"@\"${llvm_bindir}\"@" \
+			"${BUILD_DIR}"/test/lit.site.cfg.py || die
+	fi
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	cmake_build ocaml_all
+}
+
+src_test() {
+	# respect TMPDIR!
+	local -x LIT_PRESERVES_TMP=1
+	cmake_build check-llvm-bindings-ocaml
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	DESTDIR="${D}" \
+	cmake -P "${BUILD_DIR}"/bindings/ocaml/cmake_install.cmake || die
+
+	dodoc bindings/ocaml/README.txt
+}