diff --git a/media-sound/mangler/files/mangler-1.2.5-espeak-ng.patch b/media-sound/mangler/files/mangler-1.2.5-espeak-ng.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..45db427d70b40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-sound/mangler/files/mangler-1.2.5-espeak-ng.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@ if test "$disable_ui" != "yes" ; then
+ 	fi
+ 
+ 	if test "$enable_espeak" != "no" ; then
+-		AC_CHECK_LIB([espeak], [espeak_Initialize], [
++		AC_CHECK_LIB([espeak-ng], [espeak_Initialize], [
+ 			AC_DEFINE(HAVE_ESPEAK, 1, [have espeak])
+-			LIBS="-lespeak $LIBS"
++			LIBS="-lespeak-ng $LIBS"
+ 			echo "Enabled optional eSpeak support."
+ 		], [
+ 			echo "Optional eSpeak support is not enabled."
diff --git a/media-sound/mangler/mangler-1.2.5-r3.ebuild b/media-sound/mangler/mangler-1.2.5-r4.ebuild
similarity index 89%
rename from media-sound/mangler/mangler-1.2.5-r3.ebuild
rename to media-sound/mangler/mangler-1.2.5-r4.ebuild
index 8241de78acc29..4e9b84ac88b86 100644
--- a/media-sound/mangler/mangler-1.2.5-r3.ebuild
+++ b/media-sound/mangler/mangler-1.2.5-r4.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -24,18 +24,20 @@ RDEPEND="
 	x11-libs/libXi
 	alsa? ( media-libs/alsa-lib )
 	opus? ( media-libs/opus )
-	espeak? ( app-accessibility/espeak )
+	espeak? ( app-accessibility/espeak-ng )
 	g15? ( app-misc/g15daemon )
 	gsm? ( media-sound/gsm )
 	pulseaudio? ( >=media-sound/pulseaudio-0.9.14 )
 	speex? ( >=media-libs/speex-1.2_rc1 )
-	xosd? ( x11-libs/xosd )"
+	xosd? ( x11-libs/xosd )
+"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"
 
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}/mangler-version-info.patch"
 	"${FILESDIR}/fix_ftbfs_narrowing_conversion.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/mangler-1.2.5-espeak-ng.patch"
 )
 
 src_prepare() {