diff --git a/x11-libs/vte/Manifest b/x11-libs/vte/Manifest
index a732dbcc459ac..298ac984dd76c 100644
--- a/x11-libs/vte/Manifest
+++ b/x11-libs/vte/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST vte-0.82.3.tar.xz 6141808 BLAKE2B 069c660d2018685bdc748931ffe88299e071bdd68925c6fd92ac43eef8667dd52c0911f66dbb59e6f98a240cb583c102fccb8797d5443e9b1ea83c773f38224b SHA512 4b03ff539ea0240b2fe814c4523da248e9b201beb68439990f9590fd8f75024e869e06bf07c2afc06258b588b6750bdb776a1505662c991fddced39adbed15d8
+DIST vte-0.82.4.tar.xz 6148520 BLAKE2B 9b88ea5b589c9a03db0e8673e5c24dd848c0056585384cbf3337e56fc6361aa6c4db2528f6a698b4542c03ccca65a809ea50e3e6775d5d2e900b8868c6f3b73d SHA512 6fde14edfdc25aa65f6993ed513dfd40d55222a09f079bd97e57b7f40c52a224a5e92cdbe590b7ae41d4a4c16645d8aa0e6a904bc5673ab632d4bba8a5618488
diff --git a/x11-libs/vte/vte-0.82.4.ebuild b/x11-libs/vte/vte-0.82.4.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bde86485ce817
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11-libs/vte/vte-0.82.4.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{12..14} )
+
+inherit flag-o-matic gnome.org meson python-any-r1 vala xdg
+
+DESCRIPTION="Library providing a virtual terminal emulator widget"
+HOMEPAGE="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vte"
+
+# Once SIXEL support ships (0.66 or later), might need xterm license (but code might be considered upgraded to LGPL-3+)
+LICENSE="LGPL-3+ GPL-3+"
+
+SLOT="2.91"      # vte_api_version in meson.build
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc ~x86"
+IUSE="X +crypt debug gtk-doc +icu +introspection systemd +vala wayland"
+REQUIRED_USE="
+	gtk-doc? ( introspection )
+	vala? ( introspection )
+"
+
+DEPEND="
+	>=x11-libs/gtk+-3.24.22:3[X?,introspection?,wayland?]
+	>=x11-libs/cairo-1.0
+	>=dev-libs/libfmt-11.0.0
+	dev-cpp/fast_float
+	>=dev-libs/fribidi-1.0.0
+	>=dev-libs/glib-2.72:2
+	crypt?  ( >=net-libs/gnutls-3.2.7:0= )
+	icu? ( dev-libs/icu:= )
+	>=x11-libs/pango-1.22.0
+	>=dev-libs/libpcre2-10.21:=
+	>=dev-cpp/simdutf-6.2.0:=
+	systemd? ( >=sys-apps/systemd-220:= )
+	>=app-arch/lz4-1.9
+	introspection? ( >=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-1.82.0-r2:= )
+	x11-libs/pango[introspection?]
+"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
+	~gui-libs/vte-common-${PV}[systemd?]
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	${PYTHON_DEPS}
+	dev-libs/libxml2:2
+	dev-util/glib-utils
+	gtk-doc? ( dev-util/gi-docgen )
+	>=sys-devel/gettext-0.19.8
+	virtual/pkgconfig
+	vala? ( $(vala_depend) )
+"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+	use vala && vala_setup
+	xdg_environment_reset
+
+	use elibc_musl && eapply "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-0.66.2-musl-W_EXITCODE.patch
+
+	# -Ddebug option enables various debug support via VTE_DEBUG, but also ggdb3; strip the latter
+	sed -e '/ggdb3/d' -i meson.build || die
+	sed -i 's/vte_gettext_domain = vte_api_name/vte_gettext_domain = vte_gtk3_api_name/' meson.build || die
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	# Upstream don't support LTO & error out on it in meson.build
+	filter-lto
+
+	use X || append-flags -DGENTOO_GTK_HIDE_X11
+	use wayland || append-flags -DGENTOO_GTK_HIDE_WAYLAND
+
+	local emesonargs=(
+		-Da11y=true
+		-Dapp-hidden=true
+		$(meson_use debug)
+		$(meson_use gtk-doc docs)
+		$(meson_use introspection gir)
+		-Dfribidi=true # pulled in by pango anyhow
+		-Dglade=true
+		$(meson_use crypt gnutls)
+		-Dgtk3=true
+		-Dgtk4=false
+		$(meson_use icu)
+		$(meson_use systemd _systemd)
+		$(meson_use vala vapi)
+	)
+	meson_src_configure
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	# not meson_src_install because this would include einstalldocs, which
+	# would result in file collisions with gui-libs/vte
+	meson_install
+
+	# Remove files that are provided by gui-libs/vte-common
+	rm "${ED}"/usr/libexec/vte-urlencode-cwd || die
+	rm "${ED}"/etc/profile.d/vte.sh || die
+	rm "${ED}"/etc/profile.d/vte.csh || die
+	if use systemd; then
+		rm "${ED}"/usr/lib/systemd/user/vte-spawn-.scope.d/defaults.conf || die
+	fi
+	if use gtk-doc; then
+		mkdir -p "${ED}"/usr/share/gtk-doc/ || die
+		mv "${ED}"/usr/share/doc/vte-${SLOT} "${ED}"/usr/share/gtk-doc/vte-${SLOT}-gtk3 || die
+	fi
+}