diff --git a/kde-frameworks/kstatusnotifieritem/Manifest b/kde-frameworks/kstatusnotifieritem/Manifest
index d763aa89cd22d..7f158c1204cd8 100644
--- a/kde-frameworks/kstatusnotifieritem/Manifest
+++ b/kde-frameworks/kstatusnotifieritem/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST kstatusnotifieritem-6.16.0.tar.xz 50948 BLAKE2B a0ecf0df27ea07d5338e8f5c1e9d6b6bcd97edc04a1b7dffb52734ed750d4572a817ccc2a6de2786e189daf40e2793cac90474581fd847cb6de50acc24272449 SHA512 312353a0562bb9009ef315a0ce55a43477196be034e2dd64c5be0e304a013f856261e6cbc5e8d702a24855c537ddfb4642c5c7f09f4ce9c600cdc1fcc3716ad9
 DIST kstatusnotifieritem-6.17.0.tar.xz 50944 BLAKE2B 42fc18de2caf3766e0360e21ecfa3d525e3e9dd5d757cb886bfd2c615b5608df5b48bb31bc1c5c8f08b344ce7d182a7dfc8198d4b7bfd4f613fc9287eced2903 SHA512 eefafdd8937eb91846e3e3d0be312555d6ffdb0f829c34d40834c5767044dc78e189e7332c88bc5e8a155f1dde47fdd9015c08c80a8f02c6145cfd49626fc2f9
+DIST kstatusnotifieritem-6.18.0.tar.xz 50940 BLAKE2B 3e5beb9b549b80852bd0bcc6c908e33cffdea0f61627b24c3e79265f8a34432c9c203b74fa109d9d012569efb66c0c6218e22f1f33dcdce23d5e82b64e87ff99 SHA512 646b782309b84905a058a8cd4e95a8d7f5ef08a6388f4da9e3f121f985c910933c523c320cf8840005d55311ef2d339d7d37b1887f0283738b0ca7faa61e11ea
diff --git a/kde-frameworks/kstatusnotifieritem/kstatusnotifieritem-6.18.0.ebuild b/kde-frameworks/kstatusnotifieritem/kstatusnotifieritem-6.18.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..aa102aada7411
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kde-frameworks/kstatusnotifieritem/kstatusnotifieritem-6.18.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# 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="Implementation of Status Notifier Items"
+
+LICENSE="LGPL-2+"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
+IUSE="X"
+
+# slot op: Qt6::WidgetsPrivate use
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-qt/qtbase-${QTMIN}:6=[dbus,gui,widgets]
+	=kde-frameworks/kwindowsystem-${KDE_CATV}*:6[X?]
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+BDEPEND=">=dev-qt/qttools-${QTMIN}:6[linguist]"
+
+src_configure() {
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		-DWITHOUT_X11=$(usex !X)
+	)
+
+	ecm_src_configure
+}