diff --git a/media-libs/libfpx/libfpx-1.3.1_p10-r1.ebuild b/media-libs/libfpx/libfpx-1.3.1_p10-r1.ebuild
index 59235c4ea6ef1..a06152cd7dc0a 100644
--- a/media-libs/libfpx/libfpx-1.3.1_p10-r1.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/libfpx/libfpx-1.3.1_p10-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
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ src_configure() {
 	append-flags -fno-strict-aliasing
 	filter-lto
 
+	# https://bugs.gentoo.org/896246
+	# already fixed by upstream but the patch is too large, waiting for new releases
+	# https://github.com/ImageMagick/libfpx/commit/5f340b0a490450b40302cc9948c7dfac60d40041
+	append-cxxflags -std=gnu++14
+
 	append-ldflags -Wl,--no-undefined
 	econf \
 		$(use_enable static-libs static) \