diff --git a/gnome-extra/gnome-user-docs/Manifest b/gnome-extra/gnome-user-docs/Manifest
index 6709820e5add..7d1fd3a7492c 100644
--- a/gnome-extra/gnome-user-docs/Manifest
+++ b/gnome-extra/gnome-user-docs/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 DIST gnome-user-docs-48.5.tar.xz 16125704 BLAKE2B af95f2c95bb6c2ecae63d216fa4266e6e8eec67c451b38923d19f9a9e2791e84baf3d36b0c52467a58806be652321f9fda635cbe68d0165f47d379a4cfe0aae1 SHA512 4d9df4cc8086678bcdfb94ddcc28b34ebeae342bc3c7051448279202fcd6c2cbe90b03f1d9eece4628097c5428e92bca7719be682c5a04ad22dfa74bfd5e6680
 DIST gnome-user-docs-49.1.tar.xz 16129604 BLAKE2B 8f04b6182ea700cb4a584108eab0025f20f75bf16db31abaab0f392de87c43cfa8581cdbeed303fbf0e50878a1736a41f57e0b6e2e633f8266aaeb377f0a026d SHA512 5a9477a05062b5fdc01d8139ef484a264dda27a279ee0d8f24a4654314b948ea3e988558754e21e4b2034e2bf358f2d08498f1be91fac0a05c868b3754d79979
+DIST gnome-user-docs-49.5.tar.xz 16149080 BLAKE2B 63a2e2e5b01ba64c870f2644b1f52bb6efe87255f50f6e64b628fc57429bc6717fee82c1e1ec97c5c90838beca77d9ca7e69cf98ec7baa4fc79ea87089172daa SHA512 41f6aa8f2fd307850b108a3a39abf0947d0f7da15b7961fe056593950b3c6eb80fe5a718a53fedc0c83a20fe7af9c44ce6ea97a8c1fd485475037750a7dd91da
diff --git a/gnome-extra/gnome-user-docs/gnome-user-docs-49.5.ebuild b/gnome-extra/gnome-user-docs/gnome-user-docs-49.5.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c0d6d01c6c9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnome-extra/gnome-user-docs/gnome-user-docs-49.5.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+inherit gnome2
+
+DESCRIPTION="GNOME end user documentation"
+HOMEPAGE="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-user-docs"
+
+LICENSE="CC-BY-3.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc ~x86"
+IUSE="test"
+
+BDEPEND="test? ( dev-libs/libxml2 )"
+# eautoreconf requires:
+#	app-text/yelp-tools
+# rebuilding translations requires:
+#	app-text/yelp-tools
+#	dev-util/gettext
+
+# This ebuild does not install any binaries
+RESTRICT="binchecks strip
+	!test? ( test )"
+
+src_configure() {
+	# itstool is only needed for rebuilding translations
+	# xmllint is only needed for tests
+	gnome2_src_configure \
+		$(usex test "" XMLLINT=$(type -P true)) \
+		ITSTOOL=$(type -P true)
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	# Do not compile; "make all" with unset LINGUAS rebuilds all translations,
+	# which can take > 2 hours on a Core i7.
+	return
+}