diff --git a/games-kids/gmult/files/gmult-10.0-no-icon-cache.patch b/games-kids/gmult/files/gmult-10.0-no-icon-cache.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2a355c17e228e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games-kids/gmult/files/gmult-10.0-no-icon-cache.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+https://bugs.gentoo.org/836294
+--- a/data/meson.build
++++ b/data/meson.build
+@@ -56,3 +56,3 @@
+ gnome.post_install(
+-    gtk_update_icon_cache: true,
++    gtk_update_icon_cache: false,
+ )
diff --git a/games-kids/gmult/gmult-10.0.ebuild b/games-kids/gmult/gmult-10.0.ebuild
index 6df28b33de33d..b0c8fcd25418b 100644
--- a/games-kids/gmult/gmult-10.0.ebuild
+++ b/games-kids/gmult/gmult-10.0.ebuild
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ BDEPEND="
 	$(vala_depend)
 	sys-devel/gettext"
 
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-10.0-no-icon-cache.patch
+)
+
 DOCS=( NEWS.md README.md )
 
 src_configure() {