diff --git a/app-text/nuspell/Manifest b/app-text/nuspell/Manifest
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--- a/app-text/nuspell/Manifest
+++ b/app-text/nuspell/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST nuspell-5.1.6.tar.gz 373260 BLAKE2B 978f1055c4e8f68a1e7e712b98af11b5f9a4be3b42044d7d31733cf30d301145da501da95168e1c96518bba6e0f2d525a6929d5fa81f350828158e6db7dad147 SHA512 ab6d9394a55d9a2a347ccae47aeef6a96af70f421ad6ea8f7ac7fde2052790f37fb1c7ec3112daac7600d193430a560cb1915ab6557c9353717f65cb32f13ab8
+DIST nuspell-5.1.7.tar.gz 339465 BLAKE2B 653238057e23049834054ae162ed313e4e431d6e7711511e00168d96af74efa473a6181e167afa9005ff28566710d4cee15f8acb0bae0ee508ead99f790f2f09 SHA512 cb030dca90a52000a7cf4ea7f15e10ee90aec59e56e8212f8ba69f37e070f1100390393191cdbbf88b14836f408c8eb2fb9712be3d472491b1c93dd5cedd9a40
diff --git a/app-text/nuspell/nuspell-5.1.7.ebuild b/app-text/nuspell/nuspell-5.1.7.ebuild
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index 000000000000..586fbead7ece
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+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit cmake
+
+DESCRIPTION="Spell checker library and CLI for complex natural languages"
+HOMEPAGE="https://nuspell.github.io/ https://github.com/nuspell/nuspell"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/nuspell/nuspell/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="LGPL-3+"
+SLOT="0/5"  # due to libnuspell.so.5
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~loong ~riscv ~x86"
+IUSE="doc test"
+
+RDEPEND=">=dev-libs/icu-60"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	doc? ( app-text/doxygen virtual/pandoc )
+	test? ( >=dev-cpp/catch-3.1.1:0 )
+	"
+
+DOCS=( CHANGELOG.md )
+
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	if ! use test ; then
+		rm -R external/hunspell/ || die
+	fi
+	cmake_src_prepare
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		-DBUILD_DOCS=$(usex doc)
+		-DBUILD_TESTING=$(usex test)
+	)
+
+	cmake_src_configure
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	einfo
+	einfo 'Nuspell needs language packs and/or dictionaries to be of use'
+	einfo 'e.g. package app-dicts/myspell-en or one of its siblings.'
+	einfo
+	einfo 'Besides MySpell dictionaries, for other options please'
+	einfo 'see https://nuspell.github.io/#languages-and-users .'
+	einfo
+}