In the present paper,
LP
-Kenmotsu manifolds admitting
η
-Ricci solitons have been studied. Moreover, some results for
η
-Ricci solitons in LP-Kenmotsu manifolds in the spacetime of general relativity have also been proved. Through a nontrivial example, we have given a proof for the existence of η-Ricci solitons in a 5-dimensional LP-Kenmotsu manifold.