diff --git a/net-dns/avahi/Manifest b/net-dns/avahi/Manifest
index 599985d6ba2f0..bb6eeedcc63fb 100644
--- a/net-dns/avahi/Manifest
+++ b/net-dns/avahi/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST avahi-0.9_rc2.tar.gz 1076915 BLAKE2B 0aa72353b3ec9dc3e5c4a729ce81c1dcece5dd11d8a5736887aea63936417d515b91107da6e52f56dee870853d2f3943496da38a7e706e3e174ca84b3ce584c6 SHA512 29d6c9d075d0202b9da2cdf935fa04fad31ba95475ba5de086c9958d25caa405925bbd82ed439a024febf7880325e80c1a032a660284a7708c71dae9076f413b
+DIST avahi-0.9_rc3.tar.gz 1092994 BLAKE2B 0ed8092353afed549247c4b884cbb9f90034cf0d508828dd7b761e2c9ea233d6f1dbf9b37044987037177644076afc694d4a02d84ed1d5bfbe66440575103724 SHA512 de4c2606ff63a22bf386fc1577621c67a3f1277071e4b4aa39c2eb3255cf7759679edfcb205cec2c89e67c798c4ab779a91971aa5dec74bcf08ed95567ae7c33
diff --git a/net-dns/avahi/avahi-0.9_rc3.ebuild b/net-dns/avahi/avahi-0.9_rc3.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bac081a2541cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-dns/avahi/avahi-0.9_rc3.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} )
+PYTHON_REQ_USE="gdbm"
+inherit autotools multilib-minimal python-single-r1 systemd
+
+DESCRIPTION="System which facilitates service discovery on a local network"
+HOMEPAGE="https://avahi.org/"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/lathiat/avahi/archive/v${PV/_/-}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${PV/_/-}"
+
+LICENSE="LGPL-2.1"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86"
+IUSE="autoipd bookmarks +dbus doc gdbm gtk howl-compat +introspection mdnsresponder-compat nls python qt6 selinux systemd test"
+
+REQUIRED_USE="
+	bookmarks? ( python )
+	howl-compat? ( dbus )
+	mdnsresponder-compat? ( dbus )
+	python? ( dbus gdbm ${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE} )
+	systemd? ( dbus )
+"
+
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+DEPEND="
+	dev-libs/expat:=
+	dev-libs/glib:2=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	dev-libs/libdaemon:=
+	dev-libs/libevent:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	dbus? ( sys-apps/dbus:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+	gdbm? ( sys-libs/gdbm:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+	gtk?  ( x11-libs/gtk+:3[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+	introspection? ( >=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-1.82.0-r2:= )
+	kernel_linux? ( sys-libs/libcap:= )
+	python? (
+		${PYTHON_DEPS}
+		$(python_gen_cond_dep '
+			bookmarks? ( >=dev-python/twisted-16.0.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )
+			dbus? ( dev-python/dbus-python[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )
+			introspection? ( dev-python/pygobject:3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )
+		')
+	)
+	qt6? ( dev-qt/qtbase:6= )
+	systemd? ( sys-apps/systemd:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
+	acct-user/avahi
+	acct-group/avahi
+	acct-group/netdev
+	autoipd? (
+		acct-user/avahi-autoipd
+		acct-group/avahi-autoipd
+	)
+	selinux? ( sec-policy/selinux-avahi )
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	app-text/xmltoman
+	dev-util/glib-utils
+	sys-devel/gettext
+	virtual/pkgconfig
+	doc? ( app-text/doxygen )
+"
+
+MULTILIB_WRAPPED_HEADERS=( /usr/include/avahi-qt6/qt-watch.h )
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-0.9_rc1-disable-avahi-ui-sharp.patch" # bug 769062
+	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-0.9_rc2-qt6.patch" # bug 961804
+)
+
+pkg_setup() {
+	use python && python-single-r1_pkg_setup
+}
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+
+	sed -i \
+		-e "s:\\.\\./\\.\\./\\.\\./doc/avahi-docs/html/:../../../doc/${PF}/html/:" \
+		doxygen_to_devhelp.xsl || die
+
+	eautoreconf
+
+	# bundled manpages
+	multilib_copy_sources
+}
+
+multilib_src_configure() {
+	local myconf=(
+		--disable-gtk
+		--disable-mono
+		--disable-monodoc
+		--disable-python-dbus
+		--disable-qt3
+		--disable-qt4
+		--disable-qt5
+		--disable-static
+		--enable-manpages
+		--enable-glib
+		--enable-gobject
+		--enable-xmltoman
+		--localstatedir="${EPREFIX}/var"
+		--runstatedir="${EPREFIX}/run"
+		--with-distro=gentoo
+		--with-systemdsystemunitdir="$(systemd_get_systemunitdir)"
+		$(use_enable dbus)
+		$(use_enable gdbm)
+		$(use_enable gtk gtk3)
+		$(use_enable howl-compat compat-howl)
+		$(use_enable mdnsresponder-compat compat-libdns_sd)
+		$(use_enable nls)
+		$(use_enable systemd libsystemd)
+		$(multilib_native_use_enable autoipd)
+		$(multilib_native_use_enable doc doxygen-doc)
+		$(multilib_native_use_enable introspection)
+		$(multilib_native_use_enable python)
+		$(multilib_native_use_enable test tests)
+		$(multilib_native_use_enable qt6)
+	)
+
+	if use python; then
+		myconf+=(
+			$(multilib_native_use_enable dbus python-dbus)
+			$(multilib_native_use_enable introspection pygobject)
+		)
+	fi
+
+	if ! multilib_is_native_abi; then
+		myconf+=(
+			# used by daemons only
+			--disable-libdaemon
+			--with-xml=none
+		)
+	fi
+
+	econf "${myconf[@]}"
+}
+
+multilib_src_compile() {
+	emake
+
+	multilib_is_native_abi && use doc && emake avahi.devhelp
+}
+
+multilib_src_install() {
+	emake install DESTDIR="${D}"
+
+	if ! use bookmarks || ! use python || ! use dbus; then
+		rm -f "${ED}"/usr/bin/avahi-bookmarks || die
+	fi
+
+	# https://github.com/lathiat/avahi/issues/28
+	use howl-compat && dosym avahi-compat-howl.pc /usr/$(get_libdir)/pkgconfig/howl.pc
+	use mdnsresponder-compat && dosym avahi-compat-libdns_sd/dns_sd.h /usr/include/dns_sd.h
+
+	if multilib_is_native_abi && use doc; then
+		docinto html
+		dodoc -r doxygen/html/.
+		insinto /usr/share/devhelp/books/avahi
+		doins avahi.devhelp
+	fi
+
+	# The build system creates an empty "/run" directory, so we clean it up here
+	rmdir "${ED}"/run || die
+}
+
+multilib_src_install_all() {
+	use python && python_optimize
+
+	if use autoipd; then
+		insinto /lib/rcscripts/net
+		doins "${FILESDIR}"/autoipd.sh
+
+		insinto /lib/netifrc/net
+		newins "${FILESDIR}"/autoipd-openrc.sh autoipd.sh
+	fi
+
+	dodoc docs/{AUTHORS,NEWS,README,TODO}
+
+	find "${ED}" -name '*.la' -type f -delete || die
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	if use autoipd; then
+		elog
+		elog "To use avahi-autoipd to configure your interfaces with IPv4LL (RFC3927)"
+		elog "addresses, just set config_<interface>=( autoipd ) in /etc/conf.d/net!"
+		elog
+	fi
+
+	systemd_reenable avahi-daemon.service
+}