diff --git a/sys-kernel/git-sources/Manifest b/sys-kernel/git-sources/Manifest
index 3c793d5f383c6..311ba6800e337 100644
--- a/sys-kernel/git-sources/Manifest
+++ b/sys-kernel/git-sources/Manifest
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ DIST linux-6.16.tar.xz 152620004 BLAKE2B 87bc4da7e89cc8265aebffea7ec6c09f711be24
 DIST patch-6.17-rc1.patch 45527005 BLAKE2B bf687c3b07e1707e3529d885b665f157be76264bbfcda55fbc8c191fb7c75f72b8c305c228ac301e905de306bb086d9d705616d294ce504d4c772bef2179eccf SHA512 de310954b367d6bd0a7f93416ef54f570217ded9ca944076cc417653888a56f6c0c5678f68ed5a92392d717646ebd603de67c56bfdd75953233c7a3651a97435
 DIST patch-6.17-rc2.patch 45728204 BLAKE2B 792acfa0a159caf6a27d57a2c04c8192fea291389235f473f43877c2145653f167b6fec243b4c57b6c64ded5eb6c8209e3a4b6aa8c60fce0fb3d42d214f8a3cb SHA512 fefba28c92caa7423f9dc2bb1ec677dc9b7176d485dca0a96439d6162f923bd43d7a4016a50a6f1243b5e5a69d805e8f4cf67a36fd1e6322f927ebd4116c1130
 DIST patch-6.17-rc3.patch 46129989 BLAKE2B 2799de40782dc219ac338c7b0711736619a83609066c16794a869fde20aa8f5ee9d2681ed46950f36ffb641e4cbe25b6cb461694a2ebb8dc5f8dd93df014a3ed SHA512 7a1695ffc8d9b4579110003bc1d1748de185a97393f61547afa5e0408d354ceb58b7e73340371cde07a14626779ea93c7c0d6214302a53989a4efc60c04bbc55
+DIST patch-6.17-rc4.patch 46507921 BLAKE2B 126ee07976d099439fcbf637d4c3981fdd18a04f5b2dd0a06dcd9f772fc4d223adad8f09d6bcf7983b6a2d8f98898f1c01673b899b6532395bdfdf1e99ac8b48 SHA512 7d3b68d097a137dffd0ddd7892feca7c3e12b6a798ffce32919887d5716355202a7f32de171918112843c257ab7008f0517e6922ecf54e8be28dba8e3a07ccea
diff --git a/sys-kernel/git-sources/git-sources-6.17_rc4.ebuild b/sys-kernel/git-sources/git-sources-6.17_rc4.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..21a7c21bbc3f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-kernel/git-sources/git-sources-6.17_rc4.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI="8"
+UNIPATCH_STRICTORDER="yes"
+K_NOUSENAME="yes"
+K_NOSETEXTRAVERSION="yes"
+K_NOUSEPR="yes"
+K_SECURITY_UNSUPPORTED="1"
+K_BASE_VER="6.16"
+K_EXP_GENPATCHES_NOUSE="1"
+K_FROM_GIT="yes"
+K_NODRYRUN="yes"
+ETYPE="sources"
+CKV="${PVR/-r/-git}"
+
+# only use this if it's not an _rc/_pre release
+[ "${PV/_pre}" == "${PV}" ] && [ "${PV/_rc}" == "${PV}" ] && OKV="${PV}"
+inherit kernel-2
+detect_version
+
+DESCRIPTION="The very latest -git version of the Linux kernel"
+HOMEPAGE="https://www.kernel.org"
+SRC_URI="${KERNEL_URI}"
+
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~ppc ~ppc64 ~s390 ~sparc ~x86"
+
+K_EXTRAEINFO="This kernel is not supported by Gentoo due to its unstable and
+experimental nature. If you have any issues, try a matching vanilla-sources
+ebuild -- if the problem is not there, please contact the upstream kernel
+developers at https://bugzilla.kernel.org and on the linux-kernel mailing list to
+report the problem so it can be fixed in time for the next kernel release."
+
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	>=sys-devel/patch-2.7.6-r5"
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	postinst_sources
+}