diff --git a/kde-plasma/discover/Manifest b/kde-plasma/discover/Manifest
index 94cd4a473cedf..7eb83664c783f 100644
--- a/kde-plasma/discover/Manifest
+++ b/kde-plasma/discover/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST discover-5.27.8.tar.xz 869332 BLAKE2B 103494eb04fe539113ddaae207a1bc49320330d9c469cdcfb9342efd5a735eb419c18b5b0c76b72abf7cff2ff15d440eede0ed264c86446a298606d6c48a6433 SHA512 a6872b7a6979a3a31abf96cced686fd878889931ac0fef9aac47da564939f756d8cb8ebe877a9af322344ba01899f1c247858ddb2b9ea5778126d5bcb02e3042
+DIST discover-5.27.9.tar.xz 870444 BLAKE2B 03dd98bb66ada6ee29e3d099ea6a53a51a711e442a44fb81fa019e41fba9999e0c4e82762a217e0f42535f449ba374b52f8d74a3333e9dafa0967bb91373479d SHA512 c1049e022745fecd613d59434271e33789282f6915435db887fa9952e0b51955bc8453071c0da87d77d328f77d83204cfd8dc8db1bc489894e6fe3acafd7f798
diff --git a/kde-plasma/discover/discover-5.27.9.ebuild b/kde-plasma/discover/discover-5.27.9.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ec2ab6d252ba9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kde-plasma/discover/discover-5.27.9.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+ECM_TEST="true"
+KFMIN=5.106.0
+QTMIN=5.15.9
+inherit ecm plasma.kde.org
+
+DESCRIPTION="KDE Plasma resources management GUI"
+HOMEPAGE="https://userbase.kde.org/Discover"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2" # TODO: CHECK
+SLOT="5"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
+IUSE="+firmware flatpak snap telemetry webengine"
+
+# libmarkdown (app-text/discount) only used in PackageKitBackend
+DEPEND="
+	>=dev-libs/appstream-0.15.3:=
+	>=dev-qt/qtconcurrent-${QTMIN}:5
+	>=dev-qt/qtdbus-${QTMIN}:5
+	>=dev-qt/qtdeclarative-${QTMIN}:5
+	>=dev-qt/qtgui-${QTMIN}:5
+	>=dev-qt/qtnetwork-${QTMIN}:5
+	>=dev-qt/qtwidgets-${QTMIN}:5
+	>=kde-frameworks/attica-${KFMIN}:5
+	>=kde-frameworks/kcmutils-${KFMIN}:5
+	>=kde-frameworks/kconfig-${KFMIN}:5
+	>=kde-frameworks/kconfigwidgets-${KFMIN}:5
+	>=kde-frameworks/kcoreaddons-${KFMIN}:5
+	>=kde-frameworks/kcrash-${KFMIN}:5
+	>=kde-frameworks/kdbusaddons-${KFMIN}:5
+	>=kde-frameworks/kdeclarative-${KFMIN}:5
+	>=kde-frameworks/ki18n-${KFMIN}:5
+	>=kde-frameworks/kidletime-${KFMIN}:5
+	>=kde-frameworks/kio-${KFMIN}:5
+	>=kde-frameworks/kirigami-${KFMIN}:5
+	>=kde-frameworks/knewstuff-${KFMIN}:5
+	>=kde-frameworks/knotifications-${KFMIN}:5
+	>=kde-frameworks/kwidgetsaddons-${KFMIN}:5
+	>=kde-frameworks/kxmlgui-${KFMIN}:5
+	>=kde-frameworks/purpose-${KFMIN}:5
+	firmware? ( >=sys-apps/fwupd-1.5.0 )
+	flatpak? ( sys-apps/flatpak )
+	snap? ( sys-libs/snapd-glib:=[qt5] )
+	telemetry? ( dev-libs/kuserfeedback:5 )
+	webengine? ( >=dev-qt/qtwebview-${QTMIN}:5 )
+"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
+	>=dev-qt/qtquickcontrols2-${QTMIN}:5
+	snap? ( app-containers/snapd )
+"
+BDEPEND=">=kde-frameworks/kcmutils-${KFMIN}:5"
+
+PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-5.25.90-tests-optional.patch" )
+
+src_prepare() {
+	ecm_src_prepare
+	# we don't need it with PackageKitBackend off
+	ecm_punt_kf_module Archive
+	# we don't do anything with this
+	sed -e "s/^pkg_check_modules.*RpmOstree/#&/" \
+		-e "s/^pkg_check_modules.*Ostree/#&/" \
+		-i CMakeLists.txt || die
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		# TODO: Port PackageKit's portage back-end to python3
+		-DCMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_packagekitqt5=ON
+		# Automated updates will not work for us
+		# https://invent.kde.org/plasma/discover/-/merge_requests/142
+		-DWITH_KCM=OFF
+		-DBUILD_DummyBackend=OFF
+		-DBUILD_FlatpakBackend=$(usex flatpak)
+		-DBUILD_FwupdBackend=$(usex firmware)
+		-DBUILD_RpmOstreeBackend=OFF
+		-DBUILD_SnapBackend=$(usex snap)
+		-DBUILD_SteamOSBackend=OFF
+		$(cmake_use_find_package telemetry KUserFeedback)
+		$(cmake_use_find_package webengine Qt5WebView)
+	)
+
+	ecm_src_configure
+}
+
+src_test() {
+	# bug 686392: needs network connection
+	local myctestargs=(
+		-E "(knsbackendtest|flatpaktest)"
+	)
+
+	ecm_src_test
+}