diff --git a/sys-kernel/git-sources/Manifest b/sys-kernel/git-sources/Manifest
index 245ced8fd57e..ec243e3d2e54 100644
--- a/sys-kernel/git-sources/Manifest
+++ b/sys-kernel/git-sources/Manifest
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ DIST patch-6.18-rc3.patch 45412325 BLAKE2B cceab6af9e5c32a6865dc131c4d82d3c34d74
 DIST patch-6.18-rc4.patch 45631549 BLAKE2B 8bd1bf49930a740e3db1ff1d03179fea7aa30c69f29d2737d452e7bb75ec1a2aa4ff19b47ac54d64870a39b691259c378becdb185c1a4fdb2adde86e5d6ab9c1 SHA512 4ab0e376328da6834825600c07e0710f6e5a8902e6962746d577553c3affd29521c8ed2b59774714e84fefde677e3c26f267ab44ee69a34be7f77609fc70d4fd
 DIST patch-6.18-rc5.patch 45834423 BLAKE2B e6d269501bd9619500b996594dd95ae9cabfdb14c950383813dd11d2c3b00ef2fd6074abdb25332c737c9deee4b92d4e94defd9c47206f137a570899c9659845 SHA512 a4057daf3c5f2fbfba87d0de1c3000ae81e3e94db6386c3879605fb9d6c8d0dcb93adadf2ecc2f8b62f5c1564184df213d754f5aa5d3ec1bd7a23ed07aec0c19
 DIST patch-6.18-rc6.patch 46176720 BLAKE2B 50f89e28290be8ddec97b6b6cfec966fb132bcc21d0aa32f3e27e04af6d96bd0323b811b6a28563d30fef190262f4f2fac18bab3e847c706ef0c235e2dc80911 SHA512 68f28da56cc30de5228e0a14edcd49426312c4f43f5c672f66f00b147524f825618210d29e211e7b5a37a5daa108e2f0d276a2ccfca5e4316abe53b95a2811e4
+DIST patch-6.18-rc7.patch 46418369 BLAKE2B 41f63ea2152551767a4931aeee533301d827d01d06d2957f85cbdde3e236d5c7751335759c80f712cc804482506efce5bb357e4c1d8c628f328f75a5705c0c3c SHA512 73ea8090efb27ea068c41210c38d6b8f675bc494d216b1c12775be63bc56f982d9591231f02b793bdb1f3710ff201eae6b80aca87c93c75bd902bd9519411caf
diff --git a/sys-kernel/git-sources/git-sources-6.18_rc7.ebuild b/sys-kernel/git-sources/git-sources-6.18_rc7.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ccf1ce031242
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-kernel/git-sources/git-sources-6.18_rc7.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI="8"
+UNIPATCH_STRICTORDER="yes"
+K_NOUSENAME="yes"
+K_NOSETEXTRAVERSION="yes"
+K_NOUSEPR="yes"
+K_SECURITY_UNSUPPORTED="1"
+K_BASE_VER="6.17"
+K_EXP_GENPATCHES_NOUSE="1"
+K_FROM_GIT="yes"
+K_NODRYRUN="yes"
+ETYPE="sources"
+CKV="${PVR/-r/-git}"
+
+# only use this if it's not an _rc/_pre release
+[ "${PV/_pre}" == "${PV}" ] && [ "${PV/_rc}" == "${PV}" ] && OKV="${PV}"
+inherit kernel-2
+detect_version
+
+DESCRIPTION="The very latest -git version of the Linux kernel"
+HOMEPAGE="https://www.kernel.org"
+SRC_URI="${KERNEL_URI}"
+
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~ppc ~ppc64 ~s390 ~sparc ~x86"
+
+K_EXTRAEINFO="This kernel is not supported by Gentoo due to its unstable and
+experimental nature. If you have any issues, try a matching vanilla-sources
+ebuild -- if the problem is not there, please contact the upstream kernel
+developers at https://bugzilla.kernel.org and on the linux-kernel mailing list to
+report the problem so it can be fixed in time for the next kernel release."
+
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	>=sys-devel/patch-2.7.6-r5"
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	postinst_sources
+}