diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/usbutils/metadata.xml b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/usbutils/metadata.xml
index 73dda144f9..5c9b9c422c 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/usbutils/metadata.xml
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/usbutils/metadata.xml
@@ -5,4 +5,7 @@
 	<email>base-system@gentoo.org</email>
 	<name>Gentoo Base System</name>
 </maintainer>
+<use>
+	<flag name="usbreset">additionally compile the potentially problematic usbreset util</flag>
+</use>
 </pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/usbutils/usbutils-018-r1.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/usbutils/usbutils-018-r1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..89ef40d39c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/usbutils/usbutils-018-r1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..13} )
+inherit meson python-single-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="USB enumeration utilities"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/usb/usbutils/
+	https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usbutils.git/
+"
+SRC_URI="https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/usb/${PN}/${P}.tar.xz"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2+"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
+IUSE="python usbreset"
+REQUIRED_USE="python? ( ${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE} )"
+
+DEPEND="
+	virtual/libusb:1=
+	virtual/libudev:=
+"
+RDEPEND="
+	${DEPEND}
+	python? (
+		${PYTHON_DEPS}
+		sys-apps/hwdata
+	)
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	virtual/pkgconfig
+	python? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )
+"
+
+pkg_setup() {
+	use python && python-single-r1_pkg_setup
+}
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+
+	use python && python_fix_shebang lsusb.py
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	meson_src_install
+
+	if use usbreset ; then
+		# https://github.com/gregkh/usbutils/issues/214
+		dobin "${BUILD_DIR}"/usbreset
+		doman man/usbreset.1
+	fi
+
+	if ! use python ; then
+		rm -f "${ED}"/usr/bin/lsusb.py || die
+	fi
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	if use usbreset ; then
+		ewarn "Please be warned that 'usbreset' has been built and installed, but it could"
+		ewarn "damage your hardware, see upstream issue:"
+		ewarn "  https://github.com/gregkh/usbutils/issues/214"
+	fi
+}