diff --git a/app-misc/openrgb/Manifest b/app-misc/openrgb/Manifest
index ef601d6236e93..13e88421e839b 100644
--- a/app-misc/openrgb/Manifest
+++ b/app-misc/openrgb/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST OpenRGB-0.9-odr.patch 90600 BLAKE2B 1cb0aaab997da90b5cf6fbf1e971cef6848d4372ba021d27efed070ff2c398074d7b79623a1669995bbdaaacae1c5a9ff09344ef0cab7098e9354f95d005b856 SHA512 5f2a5194419d14b97dc2e8ca47a2b9914c01148cfb24d61266a8a9615f6d09509906d7e69d8264ddbde71474955f789925b400f29682d12779c2a3d38a4bd6eb
+DIST OpenRGB-90c1e10cc59f4ba203bc797d75315885a32dddab.tar.bz2 10276845 BLAKE2B 2f8645575a1848f3341404f01ffe85025577198aed260ac19b8f4e512474a3fa3bb99ca5672bbe873daea3a68958b95e2fe00610470913dbace3cc2ddeab1b95 SHA512 e713b3ba629ddf610f58f59b8a843ed8b2a2bb2997698913de0cb34f07d7ff9af0e4ad6f47e82a4f7f0378dfa6dcffde72ae8a5d57238f513321cd4df5a2c0f7
 DIST OpenRGB-release_0.9.tar.bz2 28689813 BLAKE2B 9fcf08d5e4d07ffc0f7867516f09044e18ce488bcdd99c8b44e0afe291b8a21a7ba92d6e7fd683ef22462a262004a992621efb59a5df6ed7551f4e9f75843241 SHA512 fb1bdbc7bcbd3bac888be313cfb6403a13d39de659ac6993858f9c1b17ad40e9c4a7d4c7c90682181841db1659a0ee298363c442a7120d43347aaf4485e7dccf
diff --git a/app-misc/openrgb/files/openrgb-0.9_p20250802-build-system.patch b/app-misc/openrgb/files/openrgb-0.9_p20250802-build-system.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..041eceabc557d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-misc/openrgb/files/openrgb-0.9_p20250802-build-system.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+Avoid calling `git`
+
+--- a/OpenRGB.pro
++++ b/OpenRGB.pro
+@@ -28,10 +28,7 @@ MAJOR       = 0
+ MINOR       = 9
+ SUFFIX      = git
+ 
+-SHORTHASH   = $$system("git rev-parse --short=7 HEAD")
+ LASTTAG     = "release_"$$MAJOR"."$$MINOR
+-COMMAND     = "git rev-list --count "$$LASTTAG"..HEAD"
+-COMMITS     = $$system($$COMMAND)
+ 
+ VERSION_NUM = $$MAJOR"."$$MINOR"."$$COMMITS
+ VERSION_STR = $$MAJOR"."$$MINOR
+@@ -73,15 +70,6 @@ win32:BUILDDATE         = $$system(date /t)
+ linux:BUILDDATE         = $$system(date -R -d "@${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH:-$(date +%s)}")
+ freebsd:BUILDDATE       = $$system(date -j -R -r "${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH:-$(date +%s)}")
+ macx:BUILDDATE          = $$system(date -j -R -r "${SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH:-$(date +%s)}")
+-GIT_COMMIT_ID           = $$system(git log -n 1 --pretty=format:"%H")
+-GIT_COMMIT_DATE         = $$system(git log -n 1 --pretty=format:"%ci")
+-
+-unix {
+-    GIT_BRANCH          = $$system(sh scripts/git-get-branch.sh)
+-}
+-else {
+-    GIT_BRANCH          = $$system(powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File scripts/git-get-branch.ps1)
+-}
+ 
+ message("GIT_BRANCH: "$$GIT_BRANCH)
+ DEFINES +=                                                                                      \
diff --git a/app-misc/openrgb/openrgb-0.9_p20250802.ebuild b/app-misc/openrgb/openrgb-0.9_p20250802.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b19a160422dc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-misc/openrgb/openrgb-0.9_p20250802.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+# Copyright 2020-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit check-reqs flag-o-matic qmake-utils udev xdg-utils
+
+if [[ ${PV} == *9999* ]]; then
+	inherit git-r3
+	EGIT_REPO_URI=${EGIT_REPO_URI:-"https://gitlab.com/CalcProgrammer1/OpenRGB"}
+else
+	MY_COMMIT="90c1e10cc59f4ba203bc797d75315885a32dddab"
+	SRC_URI="https://gitlab.com/CalcProgrammer1/OpenRGB/-/archive/${MY_COMMIT}/OpenRGB-${MY_COMMIT}.tar.bz2"
+	S="${WORKDIR}/OpenRGB-${MY_COMMIT}"
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~loong ~x86"
+fi
+
+DESCRIPTION="Open source RGB lighting control"
+HOMEPAGE="https://openrgb.org https://gitlab.com/CalcProgrammer1/OpenRGB/"
+LICENSE="GPL-2"
+# subslot is OPENRGB_PLUGIN_API_VERSION from
+# https://gitlab.com/CalcProgrammer1/OpenRGB/-/blob/master/OpenRGBPluginInterface.h
+SLOT="0/4"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-cpp/cpp-httplib:=
+	dev-libs/hidapi
+	dev-qt/qtbase:6[gui,widgets]
+	net-libs/mbedtls:0=
+	virtual/libusb:1
+"
+DEPEND="
+	${RDEPEND}
+	dev-cpp/nlohmann_json
+	dev-libs/mdns
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	dev-qt/qttools:6[linguist]
+	virtual/pkgconfig
+"
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}"/OpenRGB-0.7-r1-udev.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/OpenRGB-0.9-udev-check.patch
+)
+if [[ ${PV} != *9999* ]]; then
+	PATCHES+=( "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-build-system.patch )
+fi
+
+CHECKREQS_DISK_BUILD="2G"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+
+	rm -r dependencies/{httplib,hidapi,libusb,mdns,json,mbedtls}* \
+		|| die "Failed to remove unneded deps"
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	# Some plugins require symbols defined in the main binary.
+	# The upstream build system of plugins bundles OpenRGB as a submodule
+	# instead, and compiles the .cpp file again.
+	append-ldflags -Wl,--export-dynamic
+
+	# > warning: '-pipe' ignored because '-save-temps' specified
+	filter-flags -pipe
+
+	# cpp-httplib >=0.16.0 changed the library name from "httplib" to "cpp-httplib".
+	# See bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/934576
+	local -a libs=()
+	if has_version "<dev-cpp/cpp-httplib-0.16.0" ; then
+		libs+=( -lhttplib )
+	else
+		libs+=( -lcpp-httplib )
+	fi
+
+	eqmake6 \
+		INCLUDEPATH+="${ESYSROOT}/usr/include/nlohmann" \
+		OPENRGB_SYSTEM_PLUGIN_DIRECTORY="${EPREFIX}/usr/$(get_libdir)/openrgb/plugins" \
+		LIBS+="${libs[@]}" \
+		PREFIX="${EPREFIX}/usr"
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	emake INSTALL_ROOT="${ED}" install
+
+	dodoc README.md
+
+	rm -r "${ED}"/usr/lib/udev/ || die
+	udev_dorules 60-openrgb.rules
+
+	# This is for plugins. Upstream doesn't install any headers at all.
+	insinto /usr/include/OpenRGB
+	find . -name '*.h' -exec cp --parents '{}' "${ED}/usr/include/OpenRGB/" ';' || die
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	xdg_icon_cache_update
+	udev_reload
+}
+
+pkg_postrm() {
+	xdg_icon_cache_update
+	udev_reload
+}
diff --git a/app-misc/openrgb/openrgb-9999.ebuild b/app-misc/openrgb/openrgb-9999.ebuild
index ee8a03e4e4669..d9e43df8bdc7a 100644
--- a/app-misc/openrgb/openrgb-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-misc/openrgb/openrgb-9999.ebuild
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ else
 	SRC_URI="https://gitlab.com/CalcProgrammer1/OpenRGB/-/archive/release_${PV}/OpenRGB-release_${PV}.tar.bz2"
 	S="${WORKDIR}/OpenRGB-release_${PV}"
 	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~loong ~x86"
-	PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}"/OpenRGB-0.9-build-system.patch )
 fi
 
 DESCRIPTION="Open source RGB lighting control"
@@ -39,10 +38,13 @@ BDEPEND="
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 "
 
-PATCHES+=(
+PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/OpenRGB-0.7-r1-udev.patch
 	"${FILESDIR}"/OpenRGB-0.9-udev-check.patch
 )
+if [[ ${PV} != *9999* ]]; then
+	PATCHES+=( "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-build-system.patch )
+fi
 
 CHECKREQS_DISK_BUILD="2G"