diff --git a/dev-libs/libgit2/Manifest b/dev-libs/libgit2/Manifest
index f429554b3ce1..726acc78fe1f 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libgit2/Manifest
+++ b/dev-libs/libgit2/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST libgit2-1.9.1.tar.gz 7665631 BLAKE2B fac1ecb9ef1589049fe99d54984fb18692ecb4805fc02a1f49193a7d71de75f72b2143214f9239097867b196f90ca45a033b5e65d07ddf1a5b8f00068b1b784a SHA512 3bec01704ad1acdb4f7e9454101c2a205b7e288a4dffaa5e1afc2b1f849fa3a42b961c532bed2669841925ab8f84fb35bb82a2df8039b1caf76c5779665032d9
+DIST libgit2-1.9.2.tar.gz 7667818 BLAKE2B 6e5be4aee7ebe959a23ec24952eaff3ad66bbc740e0fd3ef66bc61b57c3228b71ad9b01808494782a90d362692d2cfabbfc24946543bbc109ec66df9c03cf26d SHA512 b9ac2d0a7cc92a31057fbf066e47145cdda89ebf0489d712d4452c709c3de9923a93a3c37128fdcfd8fbb5498f513a519a7f2a77ad6ef4efafe865323d481f18
diff --git a/dev-libs/libgit2/libgit2-1.9.2.ebuild b/dev-libs/libgit2/libgit2-1.9.2.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b86ed590044b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/libgit2/libgit2-1.9.2.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} )
+
+inherit cmake flag-o-matic python-any-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="A linkable library for Git"
+HOMEPAGE="https://libgit2.org/"
+SRC_URI="
+	https://github.com/${PN}/${PN}/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz
+"
+S=${WORKDIR}/${P/_/-}
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2-with-linking-exception"
+SLOT="0/$(ver_cut 1-2)"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~loong ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86"
+IUSE="examples gssapi +ssh test +threads trace"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-libs/libpcre2:=
+	net-libs/llhttp:=
+	virtual/zlib:=
+	dev-libs/openssl:0=
+	gssapi? ( virtual/krb5 )
+	ssh? ( net-libs/libssh2 )
+"
+DEPEND="
+	${RDEPEND}
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	${PYTHON_DEPS}
+	virtual/pkgconfig
+"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	cmake_src_prepare
+
+	# https://bugs.gentoo.org/948941
+	sed -i -e 's:-Werror::' tests/headertest/CMakeLists.txt || die
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		-DBUILD_TESTS=$(usex test)
+		-DUSE_SSH=$(usex ssh libssh2 OFF)
+		-DUSE_GSSAPI=$(usex gssapi ON OFF)
+		-DUSE_HTTP_PARSER=llhttp
+		-DREGEX_BACKEND=pcre2
+	)
+	# https://bugs.gentoo.org/925207
+	append-lfs-flags
+	cmake_src_configure
+}
+
+src_test() {
+	if [[ ${EUID} -eq 0 ]] ; then
+		# repo::iterator::fs_preserves_error fails if run as root
+		# since root can still access dirs with 0000 perms
+		ewarn "Skipping tests: non-root privileges are required for all tests to pass"
+	else
+		local TEST_VERBOSE=1
+		cmake_src_test -R offline
+	fi
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	cmake_src_install
+	dodoc docs/*.{md,txt}
+
+	if use examples ; then
+		find examples -name '.gitignore' -delete || die
+		dodoc -r examples
+		docompress -x /usr/share/doc/${PF}/examples
+	fi
+}