diff --git a/sys-kernel/git-sources/Manifest b/sys-kernel/git-sources/Manifest
index 7f5105c4bcf8..8a5cf5cf4eca 100644
--- a/sys-kernel/git-sources/Manifest
+++ b/sys-kernel/git-sources/Manifest
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ DIST patch-6.18-rc1.patch 44688115 BLAKE2B 32d1bd7e4e9b7c1ffa14251122797c86aa624
 DIST patch-6.18-rc2.patch 45170850 BLAKE2B b13bf8d7c36ca4a44b878d73ccd39dfef82cfaadb4e575a553f222a9ab5a0176fb91e5fe3f2096ff74c4b1494fb99aa12fd97ac313da107eafa09a9532e8eac4 SHA512 cb5dfde6e2e11f81bb0b2bfca4803fe6bb8d9064b33405451545c6e769c24ce21d81cb66036a25e2d0a6df4a62b8f1fc33847cf1a4181c57e364f52eb7e5d7c4
 DIST patch-6.18-rc3.patch 45412325 BLAKE2B cceab6af9e5c32a6865dc131c4d82d3c34d7461b1a4e8b21bdc3f8eccc8fb8da9a070500fdd4d919a3eabd53f6db5674825f3261518d73220f19863afc4a0ec4 SHA512 337dfb4ac22df203d790819ff9cffb3a05c9af673c3e7894e647b3107ea529fdf96de29170d4cde94f43c5033427937ac454b0c37482e0945ee3f571e7edca43
 DIST patch-6.18-rc4.patch 45631549 BLAKE2B 8bd1bf49930a740e3db1ff1d03179fea7aa30c69f29d2737d452e7bb75ec1a2aa4ff19b47ac54d64870a39b691259c378becdb185c1a4fdb2adde86e5d6ab9c1 SHA512 4ab0e376328da6834825600c07e0710f6e5a8902e6962746d577553c3affd29521c8ed2b59774714e84fefde677e3c26f267ab44ee69a34be7f77609fc70d4fd
+DIST patch-6.18-rc5.patch 45834423 BLAKE2B e6d269501bd9619500b996594dd95ae9cabfdb14c950383813dd11d2c3b00ef2fd6074abdb25332c737c9deee4b92d4e94defd9c47206f137a570899c9659845 SHA512 a4057daf3c5f2fbfba87d0de1c3000ae81e3e94db6386c3879605fb9d6c8d0dcb93adadf2ecc2f8b62f5c1564184df213d754f5aa5d3ec1bd7a23ed07aec0c19
diff --git a/sys-kernel/git-sources/git-sources-6.18_rc5.ebuild b/sys-kernel/git-sources/git-sources-6.18_rc5.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ccf1ce031242
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-kernel/git-sources/git-sources-6.18_rc5.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
+}