diff --git a/gui-libs/vte/Manifest b/gui-libs/vte/Manifest
index f8b9375a58cf..9a458bcd60a0 100644
--- a/gui-libs/vte/Manifest
+++ b/gui-libs/vte/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST vte-0.78.5.tar.xz 577560 BLAKE2B b1a5a2cc9fee8eb0889d8ed8780d0f65e6d297c60c3c8cf351e1a01942c752d82d13337cd093bb65cb73f5d8c5530783b171f39dac6cd258a8d53340c14d079d SHA512 10c252319e03d3882c197261b572d64c1d12871ac567bcb5f7042d516734ea6f24ade314e9146888eeea427c94ebe472a03d1967af6beeaddf212fc6fd13fe42
 DIST vte-0.80.3.tar.xz 586568 BLAKE2B 5f32cdde611427fc490b443a7df229608b6cff1517da63eec2699db3436d2020ee5f361eccacfc842c66e04a8e4fa11a91ea7a383c18d7bc9d0517393f39a98c SHA512 ef4066c20fe28f301557e4659d2565adf029e600b74527284102234b762010a100d285f33ab93e3539fb70b41bc18b802fdda1a46e2fab241b90a5bd24bd0119
+DIST vte-0.80.4.tar.xz 586804 BLAKE2B 766b25fe9fc45e306db0e65e301b27aa448b2201eeb016c3d25829df28e1c7ac95bc2ca4af97979df92c4f631820761f38574501970af190cb77d0abceb66eeb SHA512 02f76135236dc0bcfbf627614e26bdd24c217a0cc80f369399a67ff0cc2ca6cc12457e31c741c22e50e411db404648d70532b2b3d9d27de1a1941d353d037ae5
diff --git a/gui-libs/vte/vte-0.80.4.ebuild b/gui-libs/vte/vte-0.80.4.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e2e839cb0252
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui-libs/vte/vte-0.80.4.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} )
+
+inherit flag-o-matic gnome.org meson python-any-r1 vala xdg
+
+DESCRIPTION="Library providing a virtual terminal emulator widget"
+HOMEPAGE="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vte"
+
+# Once SIXEL support ships (0.66 or later), might need xterm license (but code might be considered upgraded to LGPL-3+)
+LICENSE="LGPL-3+ GPL-3+"
+SLOT="2.91-gtk4" # vte_api_version + "-gtk4" in meson.build
+
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc ~x86"
+IUSE="+crypt debug gtk-doc +icu +introspection systemd +vala"
+REQUIRED_USE="
+	gtk-doc? ( introspection )
+	vala? ( introspection )
+"
+
+DEPEND="
+	>=gui-libs/gtk-4.14:4[introspection?]
+	>=x11-libs/cairo-1.0
+	dev-cpp/fast_float
+	>=dev-libs/fribidi-1.0.0
+	>=dev-libs/glib-2.72:2
+	crypt?  ( >=net-libs/gnutls-3.2.7:0= )
+	icu? ( dev-libs/icu:= )
+	>=x11-libs/pango-1.22.0
+	>=dev-libs/libpcre2-10.21:=
+	systemd? ( >=sys-apps/systemd-220:= )
+	>=app-arch/lz4-1.9
+	introspection? ( >=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-1.56:= )
+	x11-libs/pango[introspection?]
+"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
+	~gui-libs/vte-common-${PV}[systemd?]
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	${PYTHON_DEPS}
+	dev-libs/libxml2:2
+	dev-util/glib-utils
+	gtk-doc? ( dev-util/gi-docgen )
+	>=sys-devel/gettext-0.19.8
+	virtual/pkgconfig
+	vala? ( $(vala_depend) )
+"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+	use vala && vala_setup
+	xdg_environment_reset
+
+	use elibc_musl && eapply "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-0.66.2-musl-W_EXITCODE.patch
+
+	# -Ddebug option enables various debug support via VTE_DEBUG, but also ggdb3; strip the latter
+	sed -e '/ggdb3/d' -i meson.build || die
+	sed -i 's/vte_gettext_domain = vte_api_name/vte_gettext_domain = vte_gtk4_api_name/' meson.build || die
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	# Upstream don't support LTO & error out on it in meson.build (bug #926156)
+	filter-lto
+
+	local emesonargs=(
+		-Da11y=true
+		$(meson_use debug)
+		$(meson_use gtk-doc docs)
+		$(meson_use introspection gir)
+		-Dfribidi=true # pulled in by pango anyhow
+		-Dglade=true
+		$(meson_use crypt gnutls)
+		-Dgtk3=false
+		-Dgtk4=true
+		$(meson_use icu)
+		$(meson_use systemd _systemd)
+		$(meson_use vala vapi)
+	)
+	meson_src_configure
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	# not meson_src_install because this would include einstalldocs, which
+	# would result in file collisions with x11-libs/vte
+	meson_install
+
+	# Remove files that are provided by gui-libs/vte-common
+	rm "${ED}"/usr/libexec/vte-urlencode-cwd || die
+	rm "${ED}"/etc/profile.d/vte.sh || die
+	rm "${ED}"/etc/profile.d/vte.csh || die
+	if use systemd; then
+		rm "${ED}"/usr/lib/systemd/user/vte-spawn-.scope.d/defaults.conf || die
+	fi
+	if use gtk-doc; then
+		mkdir -p "${ED}"/usr/share/gtk-doc/ || die
+		mv "${ED}"/usr/share/doc/vte-${SLOT} "${ED}"/usr/share/gtk-doc/ || die
+	fi
+}