diff --git a/sys-apps/sed/sed-4.9.ebuild b/sys-apps/sed/sed-4.9-r1.ebuild
similarity index 89%
rename from sys-apps/sed/sed-4.9.ebuild
rename to sys-apps/sed/sed-4.9-r1.ebuild
index ef4336465acc5..96c05b2fc3200 100644
--- a/sys-apps/sed/sed-4.9.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/sed/sed-4.9-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
 
 VERIFY_SIG_OPENPGP_KEY_PATH=/usr/share/openpgp-keys/sed.asc
-inherit flag-o-matic verify-sig
+inherit autotools flag-o-matic verify-sig
 
 DESCRIPTION="Super-useful stream editor"
 HOMEPAGE="https://www.gnu.org/software/sed/"
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 BDEPEND="nls? ( sys-devel/gettext )
 	verify-sig? ( sec-keys/openpgp-keys-sed )"
 
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+	# Modern C fixes from latest autotools. bug #900382
+	eautoreconf
+}
+
 src_configure() {
 	use static && append-ldflags -static