diff --git a/sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-modprep/Manifest b/sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-modprep/Manifest
index 9a330f2436461..be1837070356e 100644
--- a/sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-modprep/Manifest
+++ b/sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-modprep/Manifest
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+DIST gentoo-kernel-modprep-6.18.52.tar.xz 9557100 BLAKE2B 9221abbf0276010fc4c435683cea6e05506f67aab205386b1a869828d45e1c14f8efdd1c4acdb69645199a1428e7687c65d946018aa11bd114e71cbe4d3361c2 SHA512 ca707c8cc5f91d557c3c35f136f7407d671f933e98c40c1f221acf2a040b8dd7a382096e5f37d4d1dfec926a75a5b5e7882c04c452740ac61816dbea81f711a0
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diff --git a/sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-modprep/gentoo-kernel-modprep-6.18.52.ebuild b/sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-modprep/gentoo-kernel-modprep-6.18.52.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..fb5ef5e39e31a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-modprep/gentoo-kernel-modprep-6.18.52.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+# Copyright 2020-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit dist-kernel-utils toolchain-funcs verify-sig
+
+BASE_P=linux-${PV%.*}
+PATCH_PV=${PV%_p*}
+PATCHSET=linux-gentoo-patches-6.18.42
+SHA256SUM_DATE=20260914
+
+DESCRIPTION="Minimal subset of gentoo-kernel-bin for building modules, for containers"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Distribution_Kernel
+	https://www.kernel.org/
+"
+SRC_URI+="
+	https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v$(ver_cut 1).x/${BASE_P}.tar.xz
+	https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v$(ver_cut 1).x/patch-${PATCH_PV}.xz
+	https://distfiles.gentoo.org/pub/proj/dist-kernel/patchsets/$(ver_cut 1-2)/${PATCHSET}.tar.xz
+	https://distfiles.gentoo.org/pub/proj/dist-kernel/binpkg/modprep/$(ver_cut 1-2)/${P}.tar.xz
+	verify-sig? (
+		https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v$(ver_cut 1).x/sha256sums.asc
+			-> linux-$(ver_cut 1).x-sha256sums-${SHA256SUM_DATE}.asc
+	)
+"
+S=${WORKDIR}
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2"
+SLOT=${PV}
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~ppc64 ~x86"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	virtual/libelf
+	!sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-bin:${SLOT}
+"
+PDEPEND="
+	>=virtual/dist-kernel-${PV}
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	app-alternatives/bc
+	app-alternatives/lex
+	app-alternatives/yacc
+	dev-util/pahole
+	virtual/libelf
+	verify-sig? ( >=sec-keys/openpgp-keys-kernel-20250702 )
+"
+
+KV_LOCALVERSION='-gentoo-dist-bin'
+KV_FULL=${PV/_p/-p}${KV_LOCALVERSION}
+
+VERIFY_SIG_OPENPGP_KEY_PATH=/usr/share/openpgp-keys/kernel.org.asc
+
+src_unpack() {
+	if use verify-sig; then
+		cd "${DISTDIR}" || die
+		verify-sig_verify_signed_checksums \
+			"linux-$(ver_cut 1).x-sha256sums-${SHA256SUM_DATE}.asc" \
+			sha256 "${BASE_P}.tar.xz patch-${PATCH_PV}.xz"
+		cd "${WORKDIR}" || die
+	fi
+
+	unpack "${BASE_P}.tar.xz" "patch-${PATCH_PV}.xz" "${PATCHSET}.tar.xz"
+	local pkg_arch=${ARCH}
+	[[ ${ARCH} == ppc64 ]] && pkg_arch=ppc64le
+	tar -x -f "${DISTDIR}/${P}.tar.xz" "${P}/${pkg_arch}" || die
+}
+
+src_prepare() {
+	local patch
+	cd "${BASE_P}" || die
+	eapply "${WORKDIR}/patch-${PATCH_PV}"
+	eapply "${WORKDIR}/${PATCHSET}"
+
+	default
+
+	# add Gentoo patchset version
+	local extraversion=${PV#${PATCH_PV}}
+	sed -i -e "s:^\(EXTRAVERSION =\).*:\1 ${extraversion/_/-}:" Makefile || die
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	# force ld.bfd if we can find it easily
+	local HOSTLD="$(tc-getBUILD_LD)"
+	if type -P "${HOSTLD}.bfd" &>/dev/null; then
+		HOSTLD+=.bfd
+	fi
+	local LD="$(tc-getLD)"
+	if type -P "${LD}.bfd" &>/dev/null; then
+		LD+=.bfd
+	fi
+	tc-export_build_env
+	local makeargs=(
+		V=1
+		WERROR=0
+
+		HOSTCC="$(tc-getBUILD_CC)"
+		HOSTCXX="$(tc-getBUILD_CXX)"
+		HOSTLD="${HOSTLD}"
+		HOSTAR="$(tc-getBUILD_AR)"
+		HOSTCFLAGS="${BUILD_CFLAGS}"
+		HOSTLDFLAGS="${BUILD_LDFLAGS}"
+
+		CROSS_COMPILE=${CHOST}-
+		AS="$(tc-getAS)"
+		CC="$(tc-getCC)"
+		LD="${LD}"
+		AR="$(tc-getAR)"
+		NM="$(tc-getNM)"
+		STRIP="$(tc-getSTRIP)"
+		OBJCOPY="$(tc-getOBJCOPY)"
+		OBJDUMP="$(tc-getOBJDUMP)"
+		READELF="$(tc-getREADELF)"
+
+		# we need to pass it to override colliding Gentoo envvar
+		ARCH="$(tc-arch-kernel)"
+
+		O="${WORKDIR}"/modprep
+	)
+
+	local kernel_dir=( "${P}"/*/usr/src/"linux-${KV_FULL}" )
+
+	mkdir modprep || die
+	cp "${kernel_dir}/.config" modprep/ || die
+	emake -C "${BASE_P}" "${makeargs[@]}" modules_prepare
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	local rel_kernel_dir=/usr/src/linux-${KV_FULL}
+	local pkg_dir=( "${P}"/* )
+	local kernel_dir="${pkg_dir}/usr/src/linux-${KV_FULL}"
+	local image="${kernel_dir}/$(dist-kernel_get_image_path)"
+	local uki="${image%/*}/uki.efi"
+
+	mv "${pkg_dir}"/lib "${ED}"/ || die
+	cd "${kernel_dir}" || die
+	insinto "${rel_kernel_dir}"
+	doins System.map Module.symvers
+	doins -r certs include scripts
+
+	local kern_arch=$(tc-arch-kernel)
+	insinto "${rel_kernel_dir}/arch/${kern_arch}"
+	doins -r "arch/${kern_arch}/include"
+
+	# Add the identifier
+	echo "${CATEGORY}/${PF}:${SLOT}" > "${ED}${rel_kernel_dir}/dist-kernel" || die
+
+	cd "${WORKDIR}/${BASE_P}" || die
+	insinto "${rel_kernel_dir}"
+	doins -r include
+
+	# remove everything but Makefile* and Kconfig*
+	find -type f '!' '(' -name 'Makefile*' -o -name 'Kconfig*' ')' \
+		-delete || die
+	find -type l -delete || die
+	cp -p -R * "${ED}${rel_kernel_dir}/" || die
+
+	# strip out-of-source build stuffs from modprep
+	# and then copy built files
+	cd "${WORKDIR}" || die
+	find modprep -type f '(' \
+			-name Makefile -o \
+			-name '*.[ao]' -o \
+			'(' -name '.*' -a -not -name '.config' ')' \
+		')' -delete || die
+	rm modprep/source || die
+	cp -p -R modprep/. "${ED}${rel_kernel_dir}"/ || die
+}
+
+pkg_preinst() {
+	dist-kernel_update_lib_symlinks
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	dist-kernel_update_src_symlink "${EROOT}/usr/src/linux" "${KV_FULL}"
+}