diff --git a/net-p2p/p2pool/Manifest b/net-p2p/p2pool/Manifest
index 351c857c89..16db896380 100644
--- a/net-p2p/p2pool/Manifest
+++ b/net-p2p/p2pool/Manifest
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ DIST p2pool-4.17.1.tar.xz 128420124 BLAKE2B b7f7b4cfc4c8fed0d5f1a130a7f5345c9cfd
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+DIST p2pool-4.18.tar.xz 129446676 BLAKE2B eabebbb9d8ea33c224f39c7695e80422a5974f3a3f4426e6663b8f1ff257ed232c9b5f73c1e970ed8e4ce735795fcdd9f3f3aecf38a93ed74c3736029835586f SHA512 87b50d49e7125aeabd8bbdcb2eb5a8ddef6573f999cfe395d4ded27b7afed1f297320bc9e4a3c293bbf030c02c63d35d95f50e34daa69e8fd7259c1a6522ac4e
+DIST p2pool-4.18_shasums.asc 2167 BLAKE2B 4a5ae149b63bb5c9ba696b56004c4f417d9e7cf762924efd948378964b3b75cce1d3aa86cda5f8e64e457181bc67e3612f07cea45a2ef6cb8ffae54e86c48e6f SHA512 4965379a28bda6d38ec12758883aaffd6a0efad949150206c192adfdd18a090beef84884270f82e6eb188b955f09b608d304bc43f6171d3e08f1abc5a481294c
 DIST p2pool-4.8.tar.xz 116005828 BLAKE2B 19043dceb8ea47f22e51ee663959ee6d62a4dcef492c82bb3126c8e9f4093e953669807682e6f4baa24049a8bd24304ee019156dc8bbea01e5ea1375a6bbefa1 SHA512 e2c36b202316371d01a0e28cccbf2c46ce228e86cb1a15d756b6d28bf28aa63aee2bd3fa9c8096dac6f94cc595bf7316fa16be88404d679474a16eae12c03143
 DIST p2pool-4.8_shasums.asc 2007 BLAKE2B b9a61434a3fcf78bcb3b0f2d384419f25238c13f4ed561b48fe54dc2bc981755fde67ca3d489c0c31cf8f3239468140e093a411b7eb2852bb9bf37ca30531229 SHA512 4c9fecabb08d330089af0782f1b76bb2ed64c37f0ef43563ad63e0b9cded45a3702d8fe1095acd708f2360f04ba7e77375dfffc15df51637ac7da61c88d07f0a
 DIST p2pool-4.9.1.tar.xz 117271756 BLAKE2B 12cb5114c0759b5303ea919e97f2ccfc08d1f32c7ad2ebd318d83ca3c15f87444389d4039af280a9b9105766b2389b247baecbca367fe5d11adb99794f7e1795 SHA512 ee5220ecd14d1d1b0dcb51d64207147c9be78b3111cde8c7e84f9808f0c6f3e6f085ece9eb3b5495529aa05844da7b2839fc6133b5e3f8d44764c52acd338e93
diff --git a/net-p2p/p2pool/p2pool-4.18.ebuild b/net-p2p/p2pool/p2pool-4.18.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..23dea2c3cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-p2p/p2pool/p2pool-4.18.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+# Copyright 2022-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+#TODO: enable/fix GRPC/TLS dependency and add it as USE flag (https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool/issues/313)
+#	These features build fine in cmake outside of portage, I can't figure out how to link them here for the life of me.
+#	It's probably better to just re-write the CMakeLists.txt to dynamicially link with gRPC
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit cmake verify-sig
+
+DESCRIPTION="Decentralized pool for Monero mining"
+HOMEPAGE="https://p2pool.io"
+SRC_URI="
+	https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool/releases/download/v${PV}/p2pool_source-v${PV}.tar.xz -> ${P}.tar.xz
+	verify-sig? ( https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool/releases/download/v${PV}/sha256sums.txt.asc -> ${P}_shasums.asc )
+"
+
+LICENSE="BSD GPL-3+ ISC LGPL-3+ MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~x86"
+#IUSE="grpc tls"
+IUSE="daemon"
+
+DEPEND="
+	dev-libs/libsodium:=
+	dev-libs/libuv:=
+	dev-libs/randomx
+	net-libs/zeromq:=
+	net-misc/curl
+	daemon? (
+		acct-group/monero
+		acct-user/monero
+	)
+"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+BDEPEND="
+	dev-util/patchelf
+	verify-sig? ( sec-keys/openpgp-keys-schernykh )
+"
+
+src_unpack() {
+	if use verify-sig; then
+		local VERIFY_SIG_OPENPGP_KEY_PATH="${BROOT}"/usr/share/openpgp-keys/SChernykh.asc
+		pushd "${DISTDIR}" > /dev/null || die
+		verify-sig_verify_message ${P}_shasums.asc - | \
+			tr \\r \\n | \
+			tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | \
+			sed -n '/p2pool_source/,$p' | \
+			grep -m 1 sha256: | \
+			sed "s/sha256: \(.*\)/\1 ${P}.tar.xz/" | \
+			verify-sig_verify_unsigned_checksums - sha256 ${P}.tar.xz
+		assert
+		popd || die
+	fi
+	unpack ${P}.tar.xz
+	mv -T "${WORKDIR}"/{${PN},${P}} || die
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		-DSTATIC_BINARY=OFF
+		-DSTATIC_LIBS=OFF
+		-DWITH_GRPC=OFF #$(usex grpc)
+		-DWITH_TLS=OFF #$(usex tls)
+	)
+	cmake_src_configure
+}
+
+src_install(){
+	# remove insecure RUNPATHs
+	patchelf --remove-rpath "${BUILD_DIR}"/p2pool || die
+	dobin "${BUILD_DIR}"/p2pool
+
+	if use daemon; then
+		# data-dir
+		keepdir /var/lib/${PN}
+		fowners monero:monero /var/lib/${PN}
+		fperms 0755 /var/lib/${PN}
+
+		# OpenRC
+		newconfd "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-4.5-r1.confd ${PN}
+		newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-4.5-r1.initd ${PN}
+	fi
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	#Some important wisdom taken from P2Pool documentation
+	ewarn "P2Pool for Monero is now installed."
+	ewarn "You can run it by doing 'p2pool --host 127.0.0.1 --wallet YOUR_PRIMARY_ADDRESS'"
+	ewarn "Where 127.0.0.1 is the address of a local monero node (e.g. monerod)"
+	ewarn
+	ewarn "Once configured, point your RandomX miner (e.g. XMRig) at p2pool"
+	ewarn "For example 'xmrig -o 127.0.0.1:3333'"
+	ewarn
+	ewarn "You MUST use your primary address when using p2pool, just like solo mining."
+	ewarn "If you want privacy, create a new mainnet wallet for P2Pool mining."
+	ewarn
+	ewarn "Rewards will not be visible unless you use a wallet that supports P2Pool."
+	ewarn "See https://p2pool.io/#help and https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool for more information."
+
+	if use daemon; then
+		einfo "p2pool supports just OpenRC daemon right now."
+		einfo "To launch it set your wallet address in /etc/conf.d/${PN} and run"
+		einfo "  # rc-service p2pool start"
+	fi
+}