diff --git a/dev-tcltk/tkcon/files/tkcon-2.7.11-tcl9.patch b/dev-tcltk/tkcon/files/tkcon-2.7.11-tcl9.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7fa415343bde2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-tcltk/tkcon/files/tkcon-2.7.11-tcl9.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/tkcon.tcl	2026-03-06 18:40:47.906108112 +0100
++++ b/tkcon.tcl	2026-03-06 18:40:58.827978203 +0100
+@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
+ if {$tcl_version < 8.4} {
+     return -code error "tkcon requires at least Tcl/Tk 8.4"
+ } else {
+-    package require Tk 8.4
++    package require Tk
+ }
+ 
+ # We need to load some package to get what's available, and we
diff --git a/dev-tcltk/tkcon/tkcon-2.7.11.ebuild b/dev-tcltk/tkcon/tkcon-2.7.11-r1.ebuild
similarity index 90%
rename from dev-tcltk/tkcon/tkcon-2.7.11.ebuild
rename to dev-tcltk/tkcon/tkcon-2.7.11-r1.ebuild
index 6ee739f1193b5..eaf0596b93744 100644
--- a/dev-tcltk/tkcon/tkcon-2.7.11.ebuild
+++ b/dev-tcltk/tkcon/tkcon-2.7.11-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ SRC_URI="https://github.com/wjoye/${PN}/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz ->
 	${P}.tar.gz"
 
 LICENSE="GPL-2"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~ppc ~x86"
 SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~ppc ~x86"
 IUSE="doc"
 
 DEPEND="dev-lang/tk:*"
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 
 RESTRICT="test"
 
+PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-tcl9.patch )
+
 src_prepare() {
 	default
 	mv docs/changes.txt CHANGES