diff --git a/dev-libs/leancrypto/Manifest b/dev-libs/leancrypto/Manifest
index 00a9bccce23f3..f40df43c216a7 100644
--- a/dev-libs/leancrypto/Manifest
+++ b/dev-libs/leancrypto/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 DIST leancrypto-1.7.2.tar.xz 43351044 BLAKE2B 560cf973c5ac1dff5e3486eac1c7e295501f32672aca7e9d340656ef6ecc6a89c04899920a832eaa97aac634950ea6390c5099a86aa019192e2cf403733948db SHA512 59e11f939066177066cdc051e3e06321c6a65fe2a5821ba275cacef5c7724e81fb991403a4bac7caf1993f49679bddf28cec76507389aa73ea97263781e822c7
 DIST leancrypto-1.7.2.tar.xz.asc 265 BLAKE2B 23c57af421acd33b2c2779d85857d0720b4a04d38907b95406b42d381684db423eccbef78e41cb73288f84b9a31044635057143dcf8ff1de9301706691383173 SHA512 d3c5549e7667063f4eaebdbfb98ab2adfa1d5829ed0a40098cc48d26edc14fefed7fd09d6d667b81c02a49dadb375605b2c170900d48e2305a8d5704c641ba1f
+DIST leancrypto-1.8.0.tar.xz 44319868 BLAKE2B 51ef368f808876714591ae317148a0ce09be630bbec2886d862634f33eb91b9d99f5152347eafaba7fd58b3a84fd2e16d026abb71b8447e722e73c5fce5d5e00 SHA512 797b35ef989e73b6f343cf34b339bd6269d72a08fd71b31aec257e99bc8d1cb87ad3c20693bf52463ef6fa18c7f7f8ba7c7ab9c8aa242f3c208538fb7b89c25d
+DIST leancrypto-1.8.0.tar.xz.asc 265 BLAKE2B 67f33046c4f8256057378197f746ed28014799ea939105b333616a0ef41c12c104a159cd48f55acdc862b251db30f42ce44c46819dbafb17a2d86663e8786e16 SHA512 a44274c45161e1faf35a904a8a7d689a7650ed2689d2ef4cfb0d13b8338539ec24344cf741f26f07f991955f16142266f4e9be01249f5c8c1201b069c85e89f3
diff --git a/dev-libs/leancrypto/files/leancrypto-1.8.0-respect-flags.patch b/dev-libs/leancrypto/files/leancrypto-1.8.0-respect-flags.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3ee3c9fb471fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/leancrypto/files/leancrypto-1.8.0-respect-flags.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+Don't force LTO, and don't force flags which we already handle in
+the toolchain.
+--- a/meson.build
++++ b/meson.build
+@@ -31,9 +31,7 @@ project('leancrypto', 'c',
+ cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
+ 
+ # Hardening Compiler flags
+-add_global_arguments([ '-fstack-protector-strong',
+-		       '-fwrapv',
+-		       '--param', 'ssp-buffer-size=4',
++add_global_arguments([ '-fwrapv',
+ 		       '-fvisibility=hidden',
+ 		       '-Wconversion',
+ 		       '-Wcast-align',
+@@ -72,32 +70,6 @@ if cc.has_argument('-Wshorten-64-to-32')
+ 			     language: 'c')
+ endif
+ 
+-# x86_64 hardening
+-if cc.has_argument('-fcf-protection=full')
+-	add_global_arguments([ '-fcf-protection=full' ],
+-			     language: 'c')
+-endif
+-
+-# ARM64 hardening
+-if cc.has_argument('-mbranch-protection=standard')
+-	add_global_arguments([ '-mbranch-protection=standard' ], language: 'c')
+-endif
+-
+-# MINGW64 cannot handle lto properly at the moment
+-if (cc.has_argument('-flto') and
+-    host_machine.system() != 'windows' and
+-    get_option('efi').disabled())
+-	add_global_arguments([ '-flto=auto' ], language: 'c')
+-	add_project_link_arguments('-flto=auto', language : 'c')
+-endif
+-
+-if (cc.has_argument('-ffat-lto-objects') and
+-    host_machine.system() != 'windows' and
+-    host_machine.system() != 'darwin' and
+-    get_option('efi').disabled())
+-	add_global_arguments([ '-ffat-lto-objects' ], language: 'c')
+-endif
+-
+ if build_machine.system() == 'sunos'
+ 	add_global_arguments([ '-Wa,--divide' ], language: 'c')
+ endif
+@@ -105,8 +77,6 @@ endif
+ if get_option('optimization') == '0'
+ 	add_global_arguments([ '-DDEBUG' ], language: 'c')
+ elif get_option('efi').disabled()
+-	add_global_arguments([ '-U_FORTIFY_SOURCE' ], language: 'c')
+-	add_global_arguments([ '-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3' ], language: 'c')
+ endif
+ 
+ if get_option('enable_selftests').enabled()
diff --git a/dev-libs/leancrypto/leancrypto-1.8.0.ebuild b/dev-libs/leancrypto/leancrypto-1.8.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..11d0e3512e9b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/leancrypto/leancrypto-1.8.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+# Copyright 2025-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit dot-a meson-multilib toolchain-funcs
+
+DESCRIPTION="Lean cryptographic library usable for bare-metal environments "
+HOMEPAGE="https://leancrypto.org/"
+
+if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]] ; then
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/smuellerDD/leancrypto"
+	inherit git-r3
+else
+	VERIFY_SIG_OPENPGP_KEY_PATH=/usr/share/openpgp-keys/leancrypto.asc
+	inherit verify-sig
+
+	SRC_URI="
+		https://leancrypto.org/leancrypto/releases/${P}/${P}.tar.xz
+		verify-sig? ( https://leancrypto.org/leancrypto/releases/${P}/${P}.tar.xz.asc )
+	"
+
+	KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~m68k ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86"
+
+	BDEPEND="
+		verify-sig? ( sec-keys/openpgp-keys-leancrypto )
+	"
+fi
+
+LICENSE="|| ( GPL-2 BSD-2 )"
+SLOT="0/1"
+IUSE="+asm test tools"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.8.0-respect-flags.patch
+)
+
+src_configure() {
+	use asm && MULTILIB_WRAPPED_HEADERS=(
+		# internal/api/meson.build modifies lc_memory_support
+		# based on asm support (bug #970513). Sort order here
+		# snakes out from that header.
+		/usr/include/leancrypto/lc_memory_support.h
+		/usr/include/leancrypto/ext_headers.h
+
+		# Another root (LC_HASH_COMMON_ALIGNMENT)
+		/usr/include/leancrypto/lc_hash.h
+		/usr/include/leancrypto/lc_memset_secure.h
+		/usr/include/leancrypto/lc_status.h
+
+		# Another root (LC_DEF_ASCON_AVX512)
+		/usr/include/leancrypto/lc_ascon_hash.h
+	)
+
+	lto-guarantee-fat
+	meson-multilib_src_configure
+}
+
+multilib_src_configure() {
+	tc-ld-is-mold && tc-ld-force-bfd
+
+	local native_file="${T}"/meson.${CHOST}.${ABI}.ini.local
+	cat >> ${native_file} <<-EOF || die
+	[binaries]
+	doxygen='doxygen-falseified'
+	EOF
+
+	local emesonargs=(
+		-Dstrip=false
+		$(meson_use !asm disable-asm)
+		$(meson_feature test tests)
+		$(meson_native_use_feature tools apps)
+	)
+
+	if multilib_is_native_abi ; then
+		emesonargs+=( --native-file "${native_file}" )
+	else
+		emesonargs+=( --cross-file "${native_file}" )
+	fi
+
+	meson_src_configure
+}
+
+multilib_src_test() {
+	# Only run the regression tests rather than the performance ones
+	meson_src_test --timeout-multiplier=16 --suite=regression
+}
+
+multilib_src_install_all() {
+	strip-lto-bytecode
+	einstalldocs
+}
diff --git a/dev-libs/leancrypto/leancrypto-9999.ebuild b/dev-libs/leancrypto/leancrypto-9999.ebuild
index 14024fca2cf5e..11d0e3512e9b8 100644
--- a/dev-libs/leancrypto/leancrypto-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/leancrypto/leancrypto-9999.ebuild
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ IUSE="+asm test tools"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
 PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.6.0-no-force-lto.patch
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.7.2-toolchain-hardening.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.8.0-respect-flags.patch
 )
 
 src_configure() {