diff --git a/media-libs/harfbuzz/Manifest b/media-libs/harfbuzz/Manifest
index 48432b0e52798..8bad4cafe3d7b 100644
--- a/media-libs/harfbuzz/Manifest
+++ b/media-libs/harfbuzz/Manifest
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ DIST harfbuzz-12.1.0.tar.xz 18208424 BLAKE2B 126fd2f5028a2b99652dfca2948b43bf83f
 DIST harfbuzz-12.2.0.tar.xz 18221900 BLAKE2B 011ce54ee0f312dbe6fff600ff986309c3ca8935f79dc8e7aa4fa29c61a364b62b097eba1bfafdcb337475a86bd50ea75ad2eb9315c7f188069e7c5370b53434 SHA512 7e7cd5dfdbf8848c3c078628f2cf355db6dcc938083fa7d2f69ab6f174041dc64fae1973f97a1649dfcf9f2bf143517329efb3f67ccfe8996eb84b6ff52f4029
 DIST harfbuzz-12.3.0.tar.xz 18580220 BLAKE2B 65e0b6076cae1e324fd87e4a08c53c1649df2afd8f290f5b6a5553a2a91ae932b197c103484fcd576fa0ad5baef57ff78a12c865c00eb1126709fc9aaef21210 SHA512 7452379ee35b312cb83b5365e480dd2cc73813fa5eb489988ea7b02fa7e8137de66ea10ef71fcbbfb3275013247c46ede3f28ac9ef92c1213424ea0b0a077b03
 DIST harfbuzz-12.3.1.tar.xz 19234980 BLAKE2B c5779190441647a916b8d96fbe1499f821123cde52371b93355f8e53d2d8d5c349a7868cef4a65ed9d188ae37089af17172468551733cefa7b9980e69253c7ce SHA512 dba86b70a26c9364f8a91833a438d8a2f142d785de37ed45d23fb23e021eaeff032f4b9439367562b18741b054fef8ec8513d6b5974e1af7a73305abaab27a6b
+DIST harfbuzz-12.3.2.tar.xz 19282952 BLAKE2B 13371f7717eb33c6c1abee376a98c1b25d1205a51c8f7fab05f84fac9a2fd26d7d1f3480fe017760dbec45c0a6707c3b22673f0382835644461f2dc1ed04387e SHA512 2bb907d206edb93a9fb0856dc2e767d491f79f20cd8e8eeeb65f284f10b67ca9ae16b6a8e72ebbfedfeaa0199af7c12dbe675eb08b7c1fb61d2f5ca1fa406782
diff --git a/media-libs/harfbuzz/harfbuzz-12.3.2.ebuild b/media-libs/harfbuzz/harfbuzz-12.3.2.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6727400a6a88c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-libs/harfbuzz/harfbuzz-12.3.2.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} )
+
+inherit flag-o-matic meson-multilib python-any-r1 xdg-utils
+
+DESCRIPTION="An OpenType text shaping engine"
+HOMEPAGE="https://harfbuzz.github.io/"
+
+if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]] ; then
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz.git"
+	inherit git-r3
+else
+	SRC_URI="https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/releases/download/${PV}/${P}.tar.xz"
+	KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~arm64-macos ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris"
+fi
+
+LICENSE="Old-MIT ISC icu"
+# 0.9.18 introduced the harfbuzz-icu split; bug #472416
+# 3.0.0 dropped some unstable APIs; bug #813705
+# 6.0.0 changed libharfbuzz-subset.so ABI
+SLOT="0/6.0.0"
+
+IUSE="+cairo debug doc experimental +glib +graphite icu +introspection test +truetype"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+REQUIRED_USE="introspection? ( glib )"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	cairo? ( x11-libs/cairo:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+	glib? ( >=dev-libs/glib-2.38:2[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+	graphite? ( >=media-gfx/graphite2-1.2.1:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+	icu? ( >=dev-libs/icu-51.2-r1:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+	introspection? ( >=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-1.82.0-r2:= )
+	truetype? ( >=media-libs/freetype-2.5.0.1:2=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+BDEPEND="
+	${PYTHON_DEPS}
+	sys-apps/help2man
+	virtual/pkgconfig
+	doc? ( dev-util/gtk-doc )
+	introspection? ( dev-util/glib-utils )
+"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+
+	xdg_environment_reset
+
+	# bug #790359
+	filter-flags -fexceptions -fthreadsafe-statics
+
+	if ! use debug ; then
+		append-cppflags -DHB_NDEBUG
+	fi
+}
+
+multilib_src_configure() {
+	# harfbuzz-gobject only used for introspection, bug #535852
+	local emesonargs=(
+		-Dcoretext=disabled
+		-Dchafa=disabled
+		-Dfontations=disabled
+		-Dwasm=disabled
+
+		$(meson_feature cairo)
+		$(meson_feature glib)
+		$(meson_feature graphite graphite2)
+		$(meson_feature icu)
+		$(meson_feature introspection gobject)
+		$(meson_feature test tests)
+		$(meson_feature truetype freetype)
+
+		$(meson_native_use_feature doc docs)
+		$(meson_native_use_feature introspection)
+		# Breaks building tests..
+		#$(meson_native_use_feature utilities)
+
+		$(meson_use experimental experimental_api)
+	)
+
+	meson_src_configure
+}
+
+multilib_src_test() {
+	# harfbuzz:src / check-static-inits times out on hppa
+	meson_src_test --timeout-multiplier 5
+}