diff --git a/sci-electronics/kicad-footprints/Manifest b/sci-electronics/kicad-footprints/Manifest
index b77ffc4b5bf5..ce38cf7b1f7f 100644
--- a/sci-electronics/kicad-footprints/Manifest
+++ b/sci-electronics/kicad-footprints/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 DIST kicad-footprints-8.0.9.tar.bz2 23053251 BLAKE2B 3a562f2cf03b33a1d77b5b3d88330021e23e2c30deafc6c6b486ab206957948158e0d244408e15cd7aa62e0e1a480b9e336c81b9270dac74ae4ad53939b3ea29 SHA512 ece411640c73a87aac98ec257672b4dfedf8af2035e94662f74801ec9ed5d21d8ea212b929770d6669bd234c30f11577a958b107c57b5dc43ae32ec769c12739
 DIST kicad-footprints-9.0.0.tar.bz2 21272675 BLAKE2B 509898296ebdc513389af308264b244671dab5a9bfca83ee8be3f371f2133b12e86a7180ac0a1591aef58f8d68eb4576c79f6e679085d6149c8892a3eef2c26a SHA512 a479d32f87045de52b32461468ca87942c3c0a8effea82761c19bf8bdb3efc9e10c99c091bcafcc97586b54e0fc1d6d48c02ef9829cec825e683e425f81c8ac1
 DIST kicad-footprints-9.0.5.tar.bz2 7865207 BLAKE2B 4d0b47c044d5b0d59cbd2379f08164f23c74031139b9f1d27cf0695fd04af16e9af9fa98dfb7d52fc714e826ce906f95a119e6840bd6bc113fd6a971e2328529 SHA512 7e6ca31f2bb4a20c26333f2b79af3bda1bdd3cbc7778aa3ae2c0d3b916699b70c0e98aeb9c0a7c28683d70e4fd589994daeceb90dc29924db47dd6cd0d45bb0e
+DIST kicad-footprints-9.0.6.tar.bz2 7873080 BLAKE2B 3feb4d9730e2e63aee37fcc88b9880ad3718bd80020bc5292232b6050c0d5e4af566c14894e39495aa52adc3fada335736c9a0d1d952485111b0a495870ad5d2 SHA512 506072cbd197f578328bf9315c46a39a09af5cd2e3c22d38827e2317f065a4e60aa478ccef6a740fabb8958cd08b495cd5a2b9acb82f9a7979a6b12e0aec5736
diff --git a/sci-electronics/kicad-footprints/kicad-footprints-9.0.6.ebuild b/sci-electronics/kicad-footprints/kicad-footprints-9.0.6.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7131d1cbd074
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sci-electronics/kicad-footprints/kicad-footprints-9.0.6.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit cmake
+
+DESCRIPTION="Electronic Schematic and PCB design tools footprint libraries"
+HOMEPAGE="https://gitlab.com/kicad/libraries/kicad-footprints"
+
+if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://gitlab.com/kicad/libraries/kicad-footprints.git"
+	inherit git-r3
+else
+	SRC_URI="https://gitlab.com/kicad/libraries/${PN}/-/archive/${PV}/${P}.tar.bz2"
+
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~riscv"
+fi
+
+LICENSE="CC-BY-SA-4.0"
+SLOT="0"
+
+RDEPEND=">=sci-electronics/kicad-8.0.0"
+
+if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]] ; then
+#	 x11-misc-util/macros only required on live ebuilds
+	BDEPEND+=" >=x11-misc/util-macros-1.18"
+fi