diff --git a/app-editors/gedit/Manifest b/app-editors/gedit/Manifest
index a03869d124c7..43480d5123db 100644
--- a/app-editors/gedit/Manifest
+++ b/app-editors/gedit/Manifest
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 DIST gedit-46.2.tar.xz 2756340 BLAKE2B 832694a69562b6e8e0dda03be313ccae936645f19812a8244b0eb1f62b43b838fd5decac6a3f7d958017623a63bc857151d3f02dfe7a3aeeb1a0867f7854cfec SHA512 47aa160172d1af8cbb0f7ba270364ab7fe7527fd07819efea570afe67f3684a6df2e093f4b6fb85802e29c11bbe029a0515422d4ebd6e11ae78ae7359d82497f
 DIST gedit-48.1.tar.xz 2813580 BLAKE2B bdccd05c131f1bf5baae06f471d89717f9da39281d042c0c542a49549a161285636e6f8cc7d4e2f18274d81bc7935df8675a406a6ccdcc7199e91a07e8cfaafe SHA512 63517f12b986e4ac901432f5875d6de78c8161cf4f55450466e67be60708eb0e0d67d4b434a45820a18094c803c8e0d413e85bf6a971e159f3fc8a7e5c128f2c
 DIST gedit-48.2.tar.bz2 3368562 BLAKE2B 5008c990a4ad47ef4c5116d326c69fb1eb5787bb4353c0e8239876d35609f477c171ada31d22228f2a3286ef9904d436b29940fa4999c32dcd6cf99926d6ca7d SHA512 3fcb0d70c627003bf69047bc70198e645c1ad300a09d26f0cc5b9efb09041c0ab0c7a96259378962f7ec53f33a67c568b7b82ced2b7765ccc464fe728af2dbc9
+DIST gedit-49.0.tar.bz2 3395218 BLAKE2B 7652746866f90f29513bfce388ef9dbb5b8b63c5158319c28be7732e298b41b42192c37519ac068ed26f9d97b07ac003333dc8d0fa31101e12503107ab92b7bd SHA512 fbe38122246d2995a12e6c9f0c1c3ea258302b90b60c349e119cdac93c9df034ebab52a06775298123c3bb25755f029bcfb614270fc91b27f6fa30850b1a7910
 DIST libgd-3cccf99234288a6121b3945a25cd4ec3b7445c74.tar.bz2 44898 BLAKE2B 5978b80534b6145eb3eb82279dbd7c491a5aed9f1dfbc3ebd3eee29c79fbf03fb6692af3ab8b0f1f1fc10245f5e092e62d617a12a6f7d0ad6f99bd8b946474f5 SHA512 2ddb19b5cac2be95eb515fafdc60f524f4879ec6713362b5f2e5cb81142da015b1095c3da90316c7f4b8bc79e437650e9721df6f00b46d3a09095b77eb1a38f5
diff --git a/app-editors/gedit/gedit-49.0.ebuild b/app-editors/gedit/gedit-49.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..995d4bd27dd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-editors/gedit/gedit-49.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} )
+
+inherit gnome2-utils meson python-single-r1 vala xdg
+
+DESCRIPTION="A text editor for the GNOME desktop"
+HOMEPAGE="https://gedit-text-editor.org/ https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/gedit"
+SRC_URI="https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/gedit/${PN}/-/archive/${PV}/${P}.tar.bz2"
+# Upstream does not provide a proper tarball, rely on Fedora snapshot
+LIBGD_COMMIT="3cccf99234288a6121b3945a25cd4ec3b7445c74"
+SRC_URI+=" https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgd/-/archive/${LIBGD_COMMIT}/libgd-${LIBGD_COMMIT}.tar.bz2"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2+ CC-BY-SA-3.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
+
+IUSE="+python gtk-doc"
+REQUIRED_USE="python? ( ${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE} )"
+
+DEPEND="
+	>=dev-libs/glib-2.76:2
+	>=x11-libs/gtk+-3.22.0:3[introspection]
+	>=gui-libs/libgedit-amtk-5.6:=
+	>=gui-libs/libgedit-tepl-6.14.0
+	>=dev-libs/libpeas-1.14.1:0=[gtk]
+	>=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-1.82.0-r2:=
+	>=app-text/gspell-0.2.5:0=
+	python? (
+		${PYTHON_DEPS}
+		$(python_gen_cond_dep '
+			dev-python/pycairo[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+			>=dev-python/pygobject-3:3[cairo,${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+			dev-libs/libpeas:0[python,${PYTHON_SINGLE_USEDEP}]
+		')
+	)
+
+	gui-libs/libgedit-gtksourceview:300
+"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
+	!<app-editors/gedit-plugins-48
+	x11-themes/adwaita-icon-theme
+	gnome-base/gsettings-desktop-schemas
+	gnome-base/gvfs
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	$(vala_depend)
+	dev-util/glib-utils
+	gtk-doc? ( >=dev-util/gtk-doc-1 )
+	dev-util/itstool
+	>=sys-devel/gettext-0.18
+	virtual/pkgconfig
+"
+
+pkg_setup() {
+	use python && python-single-r1_pkg_setup
+}
+
+src_prepare() {
+	# Prepare libgd subproject for building
+	rmdir subprojects/libgd || die
+	ln -s "${WORKDIR}"/libgd-* subprojects/libgd || die
+
+	default
+	vala_setup
+	xdg_environment_reset
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	local emesonargs=(
+		$(meson_use gtk-doc gtk_doc)
+		-Duser_documentation=true
+
+	)
+	meson_src_configure
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	meson_src_install
+	if use python; then
+		python_optimize
+		python_optimize "${ED}/usr/$(get_libdir)/gedit/plugins/"
+	fi
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	xdg_pkg_postinst
+	gnome2_schemas_update
+}
+
+pkg_postrm() {
+	xdg_pkg_postrm
+	gnome2_schemas_update
+}