diff --git a/net-news/liferea/liferea-1.12.3.ebuild b/net-news/liferea/liferea-1.12.3.ebuild
index 8cd6e8a1b5de2..523c5692039b9 100644
--- a/net-news/liferea/liferea-1.12.3.ebuild
+++ b/net-news/liferea/liferea-1.12.3.ebuild
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ src_configure() {
 	gnome2_src_configure --disable-schemas-compile
 }
 
+src_compile() {
+	# Workaround crash in libwebkit2gtk-4.0.so
+	# https://bugs.gentoo.org/704594
+	WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1 \
+                gnome2_src_compile
+}
+
 src_install() {
 	gnome2_src_install
 
diff --git a/net-news/liferea/liferea-1.12.7.ebuild b/net-news/liferea/liferea-1.12.7.ebuild
index 370391a17c9af..15e84f1529bbe 100644
--- a/net-news/liferea/liferea-1.12.7.ebuild
+++ b/net-news/liferea/liferea-1.12.7.ebuild
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	dev-util/intltool
 	virtual/pkgconfig"
 
+src_compile() {
+	# Workaround crash in libwebkit2gtk-4.0.so
+	# https://bugs.gentoo.org/704594
+	WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1 \
+		gnome2_src_compile
+}
+
 pkg_postinst() {
 	gnome2_pkg_postinst