diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 5cdf88d756..979e6bad74 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -2308,6 +2308,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/wordnet-CVE-2008-3908-pt2.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/wpa-supplicant-dbus-group-policy.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/x265-arm-flags.patch			\
+  %D%/packages/patches/xdg-desktop-portal-disable-portal-tests.patch\
   %D%/packages/patches/xdg-desktop-portal-wlr-harcoded-length.patch\
   %D%/packages/patches/xen-docs-use-predictable-ordering.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/xen-remove-config.gz-timestamp.patch	\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm b/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
index 2a78895a20..23ed788689 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2021 Robby Zambito <contact@robbyzambito.me>
 ;;; Copyright © 2021, 2022, 2023 Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be>
 ;;; Copyright © 2021, 2022 John Kehayias <john.kehayias@protonmail.com>
-;;; Copyright © 2021, 2021, 2022, 2023 Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2021-2024 Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2022 Daniel Meißner <daniel.meissner-i4k@ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
 ;;; Copyright © 2022 Wamm K. D. <jaft.r@outlook.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2022 Petr Hodina <phodina@protonmail.com>
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2024 aurtzy <aurtzy@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2024 Dariqq <dariqq@posteo.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2024 Wilko Meyer <w@wmeyer.eu>
+;;; Copyright © 2024 dan <i@dan.games>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ (define-module (gnu packages freedesktop)
   #:use-module (gnu packages tls)
   #:use-module (gnu packages valgrind)
   #:use-module (gnu packages video)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages virtualization)
   #:use-module (gnu packages w3m)
   #:use-module (gnu packages web)
   #:use-module (gnu packages xdisorg)
@@ -3071,6 +3073,37 @@ (define-public xdg-desktop-portal
 and others.")
     (license license:lgpl2.1+)))
 
+(define-public xdg-desktop-portal-next
+  (package
+    (inherit xdg-desktop-portal)
+    (version "1.18.4")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (string-append
+             "https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/releases/download/"
+             version "/xdg-desktop-portal-" version ".tar.xz"))
+       (sha256
+        (base32
+         "0r8y8qmzcfj7b7brqcxr9lg8pavfds815ffvj0kqc378fhgaln5q"))
+       ;; Disable portal tests since they try to use fuse.
+       (patches (search-patches "xdg-desktop-portal-disable-portal-tests.patch"))))
+    (build-system meson-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments xdg-desktop-portal)
+       ((#:configure-flags _ ''())
+        #~(list "-Dsystemd=disabled"))))
+    (native-inputs
+     (list pkg-config
+           `(,glib "bin")
+           gettext-minimal
+           python
+           python-dbusmock
+           python-pytest
+           python-pytest-xdist))
+    (inputs (modify-inputs (package-inputs xdg-desktop-portal)
+              (prepend bubblewrap)))))
+
 (define-public xdg-desktop-portal-gtk
   (package
     (name "xdg-desktop-portal-gtk")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/xdg-desktop-portal-disable-portal-tests.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/xdg-desktop-portal-disable-portal-tests.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e13493613
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/xdg-desktop-portal-disable-portal-tests.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+From b7750fa99c31c5f28ac2053fa154bef4038b5cc0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: dan <i@dan.games>
+Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2024 19:37:38 +0800
+Subject: [PATCH] tests: remove portal tests.
+
+---
+ tests/meson.build | 24 ------------------------
+ 1 file changed, 24 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/tests/meson.build b/tests/meson.build
+index a2dafee..bcd87be 100644
+--- a/tests/meson.build
++++ b/tests/meson.build
+@@ -181,18 +181,6 @@ portal_tests = [
+ 
+ test_env = env_tests
+ test_env.set('XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP', 'test')
+-foreach p : portal_tests
+-    test(
+-      'test-portals-@0@'.format(p),
+-      test_portals,
+-      args: ['--verbose', '--keep-going', '--tap', '-p', '/portal/@0@'.format(p)],
+-      depends: [test_backends, test_portals],
+-      env: test_env,
+-      is_parallel: false,
+-      protocol: test_protocol,
+-      suite: 'portals',
+-    )
+-endforeach
+ 
+ # Split the portal tests into one test per portal, this makes debugging a lot
+ # easier.
+@@ -204,18 +192,6 @@ portal_limited = [
+ 
+ limited_env = env_tests
+ limited_env.set('XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP', 'limited')
+-foreach p : portal_limited
+-    test(
+-      'limited-portals-@0@'.format(p),
+-      limited_portals,
+-      args: ['--verbose', '--keep-going', '--tap', '-p', '/limited/@0@'.format(p)],
+-      depends: [test_backends, limited_portals],
+-      env: limited_env,
+-      is_parallel: false,
+-      protocol: test_protocol,
+-      suite: 'portals',
+-    )
+-endforeach
+ 
+ if enable_installed_tests
+   install_data(
+
+base-commit: 11c8a96b147aeae70e3f770313f93b367d53fedd
+-- 
+2.41.0
+