diff --git a/dev-python/rapidfuzz/rapidfuzz-2.11.1.ebuild b/dev-python/rapidfuzz/rapidfuzz-2.11.1-r1.ebuild
similarity index 83%
rename from dev-python/rapidfuzz/rapidfuzz-2.11.1.ebuild
rename to dev-python/rapidfuzz/rapidfuzz-2.11.1-r1.ebuild
index 208583661aa3b..528eecec19b66 100644
--- a/dev-python/rapidfuzz/rapidfuzz-2.11.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/rapidfuzz/rapidfuzz-2.11.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -37,4 +37,11 @@ BDEPEND="
 
 distutils_enable_tests pytest
 
-export RAPIDFUZZ_BUILD_EXTENSION=1
+src_prepare() {
+	# sterilize build flags
+	sed -i -e '/CMAKE_INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION/d' CMakeLists.txt || die
+
+	distutils-r1_src_prepare
+
+	export RAPIDFUZZ_BUILD_EXTENSION=1
+}