diff --git a/media-sound/gtick/files/gtick-0.5.5-c23.patch b/media-sound/gtick/files/gtick-0.5.5-c23.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3e48e84392826
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-sound/gtick/files/gtick-0.5.5-c23.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+https://bugs.gentoo.org/946659
+--- a/src/optionlexer.h
++++ b/src/optionlexer.h
+@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
+ #define OPTIONLEXER_H
+ 
+ extern FILE *option_in;
+-int option_parse();
++int option_parse(void *option_list);
+ 
+ void option_lexer_init(char* filename);
+ void option_lexer_deinit();
diff --git a/media-sound/gtick/files/gtick-0.5.5-no-dmalloc-tests.patch b/media-sound/gtick/files/gtick-0.5.5-no-dmalloc-tests.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..cfdc2c18b1cd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-sound/gtick/files/gtick-0.5.5-no-dmalloc-tests.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+We don't want to require last-rited dmalloc for tests.
+--- a/testsuite/Makefile.am
++++ b/testsuite/Makefile.am
+@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ DEFS = -DLOCALEDIR=\"$(localedir)\" @DEFS@
+ LIBS = @LIBINTL@ @LIBS@
+ 
+ AM_CPPFLAGS = -I../src -I../intl -I$(top_srcdir)/intl @DEPS_CFLAGS@ @SNDFILE_CFLAGS@ @CHECK_CFLAGS@ @DMALLOC_CFLAGS@
+-AM_CFLAGS = -DVERSION='"@VERSION@"' -DPACKAGE='"@PACKAGE@"' -DUSE_DMALLOC
++AM_CFLAGS = -DVERSION='"@VERSION@"' -DPACKAGE='"@PACKAGE@"'
+ 
+ AM_YFLAGS = -d
+ AM_LFLAGS=-olex.yy.c
diff --git a/media-sound/gtick/gtick-0.5.5-r1.ebuild b/media-sound/gtick/gtick-0.5.5-r1.ebuild
index 2d7dec66d23ac..5ed0fdd6a79ca 100644
--- a/media-sound/gtick/gtick-0.5.5-r1.ebuild
+++ b/media-sound/gtick/gtick-0.5.5-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -22,11 +22,10 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig
 	nls? ( sys-devel/gettext )"
 
-RESTRICT="test"
-
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-0.5.5-desktop.patch
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-0.5.5-autotools.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-0.5.5-no-dmalloc-tests.patch
 )
 
 src_prepare() {
@@ -39,6 +38,8 @@ src_prepare() {
 }
 
 src_configure() {
+	#append-cflags -std=gnu17
+
 	local myeconfargs=(
 		$(use_enable nls)
 		$(use_with sndfile)