diff --git a/dev-games/t4k-common/files/t4k-common-0.1.1-bool.patch b/dev-games/t4k-common/files/t4k-common-0.1.1-bool.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..202facfd63dab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-games/t4k-common/files/t4k-common-0.1.1-bool.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+Double-wrap bool in case it's a keyword, not macro, for C23.
+As typedef enum bool was guarded before and downstream user
+tuxmath package takes care to use bool type only internally,
+without exposing it over the network or to filesystem,
+I act under presumption that this is ok to do in this
+installable header.
+https://bugs.gentoo.org/943953
+--- a/src/t4k_common.h
++++ b/src/t4k_common.h
+@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
+
+ #include <sys/types.h>
+ #include <sys/stat.h>
++#include <stdbool.h>
+ #include <fcntl.h>
+ #include <unistd.h>
+ #include <dirent.h>
+@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@
+ // #define _(String) gettext (String)
+
+ #ifndef bool
++#if __STDC_VERSION__ <= 201710L
+ typedef enum
+ {
+    false,
+@@ -131,6 +133,7 @@
+ }
+ bool;
++#endif
+ #endif
+
+ // Debug macros
+ #define DEBUGCODE(mask) if((mask) & debug_status)
diff --git a/dev-games/t4k-common/t4k-common-0.1.1-r3.ebuild b/dev-games/t4k-common/t4k-common-0.1.1-r3.ebuild
index be38e2e61d00d..640cfe66af13d 100644
--- a/dev-games/t4k-common/t4k-common-0.1.1-r3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-games/t4k-common/t4k-common-0.1.1-r3.ebuild
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=7
+EAPI=8
 
 inherit autotools
 
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-missing-text.patch
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-svg-libxml2.patch
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-gcc14-build-fix.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-bool.patch
 )
 
 src_prepare() {
@@ -54,7 +55,6 @@ src_configure() {
 	# note: sdlpango<->sdlttf breaks ABI, prefer default pango
 	local econfargs=(
 		$(usex svg '' --without-rsvg)
-		--disable-static
 	)
 	econf "${econfargs[@]}"
 }