diff --git a/kde-frameworks/kunitconversion/Manifest b/kde-frameworks/kunitconversion/Manifest
index dce8c7ca18a00..b1777670e53ef 100644
--- a/kde-frameworks/kunitconversion/Manifest
+++ b/kde-frameworks/kunitconversion/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST kunitconversion-6.13.0.tar.xz 966484 BLAKE2B 0b7eb3b9db5c15370cb30077b128f3a3c70092a0e6af2bb10744079f57d41679985728669aef1ee21a5ed3552c8c179b93aafdf4be68ccca8b617b8f6243cc5b SHA512 e9349296062a547c3d3b53d125752c2383bb727fd11df5cf4ecfc8ea8c1663ebe12608863fbef8fe3ed50cc7819b09498a1a58d78c7853b78822581fed3ab33d
 DIST kunitconversion-6.16.0.tar.xz 976892 BLAKE2B c9c84eb308b0619a317431f1a5dbf2c0ec43390013281c140b92b180831983e12eba535d8abbe0b5dc37ce2df0977475044af36d74b9b64f612e55e23e52e18c SHA512 534683197c09d2a45da10e6f0a1ce6267b46cb5009f176157e540476b1ba989e6ae56a75c8ea1090c125b00d32df76830b5c6b29f3c9dfba9b28c06a0e8d9ad0
+DIST kunitconversion-6.17.0.tar.xz 977452 BLAKE2B c02afcd3c408bb0e7895ff1fe4708595026793603eda5ca73a25dae0c27dcde1c4c1513aa4336287fb60b0b242738a93d11a0761b0413abf9aebb2fda83e2146 SHA512 abf2cfd91cd0f0a9b300c5426c7220ae549f33adaf9345beb643db690c7349ff107b32d5297a8970116a3f62053edd00b88e2e49c1a695a0549f1ef6cd9230a3
diff --git a/kde-frameworks/kunitconversion/kunitconversion-6.17.0.ebuild b/kde-frameworks/kunitconversion/kunitconversion-6.17.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2902471c3c809
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kde-frameworks/kunitconversion/kunitconversion-6.17.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+ECM_PYTHON_BINDINGS="off"
+QTMIN=6.7.2
+inherit ecm frameworks.kde.org
+
+DESCRIPTION="Framework for converting units"
+
+LICENSE="LGPL-2+"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
+IUSE=""
+
+DEPEND="
+	>=dev-qt/qtbase-${QTMIN}:6[network]
+	=kde-frameworks/ki18n-${KDE_CATV}*:6
+"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+
+src_test() {
+	local CMAKE_SKIP_TESTS=(
+		# bug 623938 - needs internet connection
+		convertertest
+		# bug 808216 - needs internet connection
+		categorytest
+		# bug 808216 - unknown, reported upstream
+		currencytableinittest
+	)
+
+	LC_NUMERIC="C" ecm_src_test # bug 694804
+}