diff --git a/dev-db/recutils/files/recutils-1.9-add-const.patch b/dev-db/recutils/files/recutils-1.9-add-const.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b8c14845d11ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-db/recutils/files/recutils-1.9-add-const.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Cast bash-generated argv from char ** to const char ** so it would be of the same
+type argv was declared
+https://bugs.gentoo.org/941542
+--- a/bash/testrec.c
++++ b/bash/testrec.c
+@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
+ 
+   /* Get arguments and verify them.  */
+ 
+-  argv = make_builtin_argv (list, &argc);
++  argv = (const char**)make_builtin_argv (list, &argc);
+   if ((argc != 3)
+       || ((strcmp (argv[0], "[%") == 0) && ((strlen (argv[2]) == 2) && ((argv[2][0] != '%') || (argv[2][1] != ']')))))
+     {
diff --git a/dev-db/recutils/recutils-1.9.ebuild b/dev-db/recutils/recutils-1.9-r1.ebuild
similarity index 83%
rename from dev-db/recutils/recutils-1.9.ebuild
rename to dev-db/recutils/recutils-1.9-r1.ebuild
index cff0821ae74ea..df600fd416d64 100644
--- a/dev-db/recutils/recutils-1.9.ebuild
+++ b/dev-db/recutils/recutils-1.9-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ BDEPEND="
 
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${PV}
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-add-const.patch
 )
 
 src_prepare() {
@@ -63,3 +64,10 @@ src_test() {
 	# tests have parallel issues
 	emake -j1 check
 }
+
+src_install() {
+	default
+
+	# Remove unneeded .la files (Bug #941097)
+	find "${ED}" -name '*.la' -type f -delete || die
+}