diff --git a/dev-util/pkgconf/Manifest b/dev-util/pkgconf/Manifest
index 5302cd53ff82a..ee3228d6ebf80 100644
--- a/dev-util/pkgconf/Manifest
+++ b/dev-util/pkgconf/Manifest
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ DIST pkgconf-2.1.1.tar.xz 311956 BLAKE2B b59e57b1118bb75bc946a1e65e037a172c2ade3
 DIST pkgconf-2.2.0.tar.xz 311920 BLAKE2B c2a89e932e7671785799f4b82beb75e92f246c152c03e88c847cedef39f2123da0544ff914d1c1512b8616f8b8cfd9f5115b33560042bcfa7ac5f78c0ceb2a27 SHA512 c4ff254c7323bdebc2595037df60e33f17fc5c222d7500a4b9d8b18c8b451ac35cd3ac90d31c920c23e9495ece2b82422de61e13286d43de3a5d1fe8211bd944
 DIST pkgconf-2.3.0.tar.xz 316160 BLAKE2B cca3476df0b79cdbca798ed3a067611414e9b422e8347d0f490e7c4d0c43cdd2c7b586ac11e028a8df365d4ea4194f46b1d9fc0acd0f5fd6b4a5548673a8f853 SHA512 869fe0a7a2e06e9da37ff672b991dad60a9a7c9df2c65b78b2aa70dba10920650fb946d5a9c8019ea54a510835acc2eb4244092fa36d0339bd6764ff84e8542c
 DIST pkgconf-2.4.3.tar.xz 321352 BLAKE2B 5ca90b1b97e5516369e7042952418d5046faee02ff67144b0805c3c007507c42400825cfe73ac2c4df3f11dab4d5abba24b52abe930a3b25abbcbbddb3a06a31 SHA512 7e59b6aaf875ec3fc8c225985937384d2aef57d9daf64b7ea88242bf1a11349fe52cf6d1238d728f0509599982d69c761a0f01e8f8e24de028db58288760896f
+DIST pkgconf-2.5.0.tar.xz 328028 BLAKE2B f26e1b0f4d5bc22bfabc1a922859f83148c6995487b228973818260e1e2285b473eb572cd52e20e76ed7003e75d9c924f2cec28f6a379ce1db3312adbb91d087 SHA512 8f63720045df9dab728fa464be2c346f82a5cf12292b1ea2a716bd81e374e64d598ef86de1d471f6cb117b8cd23fb2900d6b8c963a397b7424796922a7b54cee
diff --git a/dev-util/pkgconf/pkgconf-2.5.0.ebuild b/dev-util/pkgconf/pkgconf-2.5.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0b8ad1b53b8b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/pkgconf/pkgconf-2.5.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+# Copyright 2012-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit multilib multilib-minimal
+
+if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]] ; then
+	inherit autotools git-r3
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/pkgconf/pkgconf"
+else
+	SRC_URI="https://distfiles.ariadne.space/${PN}/${P}.tar.xz"
+	KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~arm64-macos ~ppc-macos ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris"
+fi
+
+DESCRIPTION="pkg-config compatible replacement with no dependencies other than C99"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/pkgconf/pkgconf"
+
+LICENSE="ISC"
+SLOT="0/7"
+IUSE="+native-symlinks test"
+
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+BDEPEND="
+	test? (
+		dev-libs/atf
+		dev-util/kyua
+	)
+"
+RDEPEND="!dev-util/pkgconfig"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+
+	[[ ${PV} == 9999 ]] && eautoreconf
+
+	MULTILIB_CHOST_TOOLS=(
+		/usr/bin/pkgconf$(get_exeext)
+		/usr/bin/pkg-config$(get_exeext)
+	)
+}
+
+multilib_src_configure() {
+	local myeconfargs=(
+		--with-system-includedir="${EPREFIX}/usr/include"
+		--with-system-libdir="${EPREFIX}/$(get_libdir):${EPREFIX}/usr/$(get_libdir)"
+	)
+
+	ECONF_SOURCE="${S}" econf "${myeconfargs[@]}"
+}
+
+multilib_src_test() {
+	unset PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR PKG_CONFIG_PATH
+	default
+}
+
+multilib_src_install() {
+	default
+
+	dosym pkgconf$(get_exeext) /usr/bin/pkg-config$(get_exeext)
+	dosym pkgconf.1 /usr/share/man/man1/pkg-config.1
+}
+
+multilib_src_install_all() {
+	einstalldocs
+
+	if ! use native-symlinks; then
+		rm "${ED}"/usr/bin/{pkgconf,pkg-config}$(get_exeext) || die
+	fi
+
+	find "${ED}" -type f -name '*.la' -delete || die
+}
diff --git a/dev-util/pkgconf/pkgconf-9999.ebuild b/dev-util/pkgconf/pkgconf-9999.ebuild
index c2e021d2a393a..0b8ad1b53b8b2 100644
--- a/dev-util/pkgconf/pkgconf-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/pkgconf/pkgconf-9999.ebuild
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ DESCRIPTION="pkg-config compatible replacement with no dependencies other than C
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/pkgconf/pkgconf"
 
 LICENSE="ISC"
-SLOT="0/6"
+SLOT="0/7"
 IUSE="+native-symlinks test"
 
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"