diff --git a/net-irc/zoitechat/Manifest b/net-irc/zoitechat/Manifest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..02d725ee05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-irc/zoitechat/Manifest
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DIST zoitechat-2.19.0.tar.gz 3522858 BLAKE2B d325a728600cd7debfb753ad67d9a4505e67a114cbe470a8281fe3fa1970ddd7fc97148dd0ac17f08dcabd67293d787c437bbc4dac6c6f7a694a290999b4d921 SHA512 a28f4f69c9f7b0177e845e0aa90f9bedc3f8148495ccbef33c5d066736ef1adb3b2b2242dbaa5d5719765afe76b7228723f0ebfb1fbf26962936eda9b91793fc
diff --git a/net-irc/zoitechat/files/zoitechat-2.19.0-meson-fix-appstream-conditional-define.patch b/net-irc/zoitechat/files/zoitechat-2.19.0-meson-fix-appstream-conditional-define.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d4f87c2bfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-irc/zoitechat/files/zoitechat-2.19.0-meson-fix-appstream-conditional-define.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+diff --git a/data/misc/meson.build b/data/misc/meson.build
+index 0c88f51b..00b61c37 100644
+--- a/data/misc/meson.build
++++ b/data/misc/meson.build
+@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ appdir = join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'applications')
+ metainfodir = join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'metainfo')
+ mimedir = join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'mime', 'packages')
+ desktop_utils = find_program('desktop-file-validate', required: false)
++appstreamcli = find_program('appstreamcli', required: false)
+ 
+ if get_option('gtk-frontend')
+   if get_option('install-appdata')
+@@ -13,7 +14,6 @@ if get_option('gtk-frontend')
+       install_dir: metainfodir
+     )
+ 
+-    appstreamcli = find_program('appstreamcli', required: false)
+     if appstreamcli.found()
+       test('Validate net.zoite.Zoitechat.appdata.xml', appstreamcli,
+         args: ['validate', zoitechat_appdata]
diff --git a/net-irc/zoitechat/metadata.xml b/net-irc/zoitechat/metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8dc9e52023
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-irc/zoitechat/metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<maintainer type="person">
+		<email>salah.coronya@gmail.com</email>
+		<name>Christopher Byrne</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<use>
+		<flag name="libcanberra">Enable sound event support using
+			<pkg>media-libs/libcanberra-gtk3</pkg></flag>
+		<flag name="perl-legacy">Allows legacy HexChat scripts to work with ZoiteChat</flag>
+		<flag name="plugin-checksum">Build Checksum plugin (needs plugins)</flag>
+		<flag name="plugin-fishlim">Build FiSHLiM plugin (needs plugins)</flag>
+		<flag name="plugin-sysinfo">Build SysInfo plugin (needs plugins)</flag>
+		<flag name="trayicon">Enable system tray icon</flag>
+	</use>
+	<upstream>
+		<bugs-to>https://github.com/ZoiteChat/zoitechat</bugs-to>
+		<remote-id type="github">ZoiteChat/zoitechat</remote-id>
+		<doc lang="en">https://docs.zoitechat.org/en/latest/</doc>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/net-irc/zoitechat/zoitechat-2.19.0.ebuild b/net-irc/zoitechat/zoitechat-2.19.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..98cb9e13c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-irc/zoitechat/zoitechat-2.19.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+# lua.eclass does not support EAPI 9 yet.
+EAPI=8
+
+GENTOO_DEPEND_ON_PERL=no
+LUA_COMPAT=( lua5-{1..5} luajit )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{12..15} )
+
+inherit lua-single perl-module python-single-r1 xdg
+# Intentionally called last because ther other inherit clobber exported phases
+inherit meson
+
+DESCRIPTION="GTK+ IRC client that's a fork of HexChat"
+HOMEPAGE="https://zoitechat.org/"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/ZoiteChat/zoitechat/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2 plugin-fishlim? ( MIT )"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+
+IUSE="dbus debug +gtk libcanberra lua perl perl-legacy plugin-checksum plugin-fishlim plugin-sysinfo python ssl trayicon ${GENTOO_PERL_USESTRING}"
+REQUIRED_USE="
+	lua? ( ${LUA_REQUIRED_USE} )
+	plugin-fishlim? ( ssl )
+	python? ( ${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE} )
+"
+
+# app-crypt/libsecret is an automagic dependency
+RDEPEND="app-arch/libarchive
+	 app-crypt/libsecret
+	 >=dev-libs/glib-2.36
+	 gtk? ( >=x11-libs/gtk+-3.22 )
+	 libcanberra? ( >=media-libs/libcanberra-gtk3-0.22 )
+	 lua? ( ${LUA_DEPS} )
+	 perl? (
+		${GENTOO_PERL_DEPSTRING}
+		dev-lang/perl:=
+	 )
+	 plugin-sysinfo? ( sys-apps/pciutils )
+	 python? (
+		${PYTHON_DEPS}
+		$(python_gen_cond_dep '
+			dev-python/cffi[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+			' 'python*')
+	 )
+	 trayicon? ( dev-libs/libayatana-appindicator )
+"
+
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+
+BDEPEND="app-text/iso-codes
+	 dev-util/glib-utils
+	 sys-devel/gettext
+	 virtual/pkgconfig"
+
+PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-2.19.0-meson-fix-appstream-conditional-define.patch" )
+
+pkg_setup() {
+	use lua && lua-single_pkg_setup
+	use python && python-single-r1_pkg_setup
+}
+
+pkg_preinst() {
+	if use gtk ; then
+		xdg_pkg_preinst
+	fi
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	if use gtk ; then
+		xdg_pkg_postinst
+	else
+		elog "You have disabled the gtk USE flag. This means you don't have"
+		elog "the GTK-GUI for ZoiteChat but only a text interface called \"zoitechat-text\"."
+	fi
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	local emesonargs=(
+		$(meson_use gtk gtk-frontend)
+		$(meson_use !gtk text-frontend)
+		$(meson_use perl-legacy with-perl-legacy-api)
+		$(meson_use plugin-checksum with-checksum)
+		$(meson_use plugin-fishlim with-fishlim)
+		$(meson_use plugin-sysinfo with-sysinfo)
+		$(meson_feature dbus)
+		$(meson_feature libcanberra)
+		$(meson_feature ssl tls)
+		$(meson_feature trayicon appindicator)
+		-Dwith-lua="$(usex lua "${ELUA}" false)"
+		-Dwith-perl="$(usex perl "${EPREFIX}"/usr/bin/perl false)"
+		-Dwith-python="$(usex python "${EPYTHON/.*}" false)"
+		-Dplugin=true
+		# Flakpak options
+		-Ddbus-service-use-appid=false
+		-Dinstall-appdata=false
+		# For use by distros who package the plugins separately
+		-Dinstall-plugin-metainfo=false
+		# exec and upd are Windows only
+		-Dwith-exec=false
+		-Dwith-upd=false
+	)
+	meson_src_configure
+}