diff --git a/dev-ml/num/files/num-1.6-META.patch b/dev-ml/num/files/num-1.6-META.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b10462c9ced43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-ml/num/files/num-1.6-META.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--- a/src/Makefile	2025-08-24 20:37:54.276261621 +0200
++++ b/src/Makefile	2025-08-24 20:34:04.708721094 +0200
+@@ -156,9 +156,9 @@
+ 
+ install: num-top-install
+ 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(DESTDIR)$(STDLIBDIR)
+-	cp META.num META
++	mv META.num META
+ 	$(OCAMLFIND) install num META
+-	rm -f META
++	mv META META.num
+ 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(TOINSTALL) $(DESTDIR)$(STDLIBDIR)
+ ifeq "$(NATDYNLINK)" "true"
+ 	$(INSTALL_DLL) $(TOINSTALL_CMXS) $(DESTDIR)$(STDLIBDIR)
diff --git a/dev-ml/num/num-1.6.ebuild b/dev-ml/num/num-1.6.ebuild
index d3bacba07ea47..d097fa62875af 100644
--- a/dev-ml/num/num-1.6.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ml/num/num-1.6.ebuild
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~ppc-macos"
 IUSE="+ocamlopt"
 
+PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-META.patch )
+
 src_compile() {
 	emake CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" \
 		NATDYNLINK="$(usex ocamlopt true false)" \