diff --git a/games-arcade/bumprace/bumprace-1.5.8.ebuild b/games-arcade/bumprace/bumprace-1.5.8.ebuild
index f9962244a2184..7f95ce5a70b11 100644
--- a/games-arcade/bumprace/bumprace-1.5.8.ebuild
+++ b/games-arcade/bumprace/bumprace-1.5.8.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ DEPEND="
 "
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 
+PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${P}-C23.patch" )
+
 src_install() {
 	default
 	make_desktop_entry bumprace BumpRace
diff --git a/games-arcade/bumprace/files/bumprace-1.5.8-C23.patch b/games-arcade/bumprace/files/bumprace-1.5.8-C23.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..506502b4b425d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games-arcade/bumprace/files/bumprace-1.5.8-C23.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+StartText doesn't take an argument
+https://bugs.gentoo.org/966631
+--- a/src/bumprace.c	2026-02-13 16:02:19.108518662 +0300
++++ b/src/bumprace.c	2026-02-13 16:05:19.152697531 +0300
+@@ -1178,7 +1178,7 @@
+   sprintf(text,"%s/font.scl",DATAPATH);
+   Font=LoadImage("font.png",3);
+   InitFont(Font);
+-  if (final) StartText(i);
++  if (final) StartText();
+ //load data
+   printf("** Loading Data **\n");
+ #ifdef SOUND