diff --git a/media-video/recordmydesktop/files/recordmydesktop-0.4.0-missing-include.patch b/media-video/recordmydesktop/files/recordmydesktop-0.4.0-missing-include.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..33ea1c0757b68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-video/recordmydesktop/files/recordmydesktop-0.4.0-missing-include.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+https://bugs.gentoo.org/959093
+Missing include for malloc and getenv
+--- a/src/rmd_jack.c
++++ b/src/rmd_jack.c
+@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
+ #include <pthread.h>
+ 
+ #include <string.h>
++#include <stdlib.h>
+ 
+ #ifdef HAVE_LIBJACK
+ 
diff --git a/media-video/recordmydesktop/recordmydesktop-0.4.0-r2.ebuild b/media-video/recordmydesktop/recordmydesktop-0.4.0-r2.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..be5d45f1f2ee1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-video/recordmydesktop/recordmydesktop-0.4.0-r2.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit autotools
+
+DESCRIPTION="Desktop session recorder producing Ogg video/audio files"
+HOMEPAGE="https://enselic.github.io/recordmydesktop/"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/Enselic/recordmydesktop/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+S="${WORKDIR}/${P}/${PN}"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2+"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~x86"
+IUSE="alsa jack"
+
+RDEPEND="x11-libs/libXext
+	x11-libs/libXfixes
+	x11-libs/libXdamage
+	media-libs/libvorbis
+	media-libs/libogg
+	media-libs/libtheora:=[encode]
+	x11-libs/libICE
+	x11-libs/libSM
+	alsa? ( media-libs/alsa-lib )
+	jack? ( virtual/jack )"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	x11-base/xorg-proto"
+
+PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/recordmydesktop-0.4.0-missing-include.patch" )
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+
+	eautoreconf
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	econf \
+		$(use_enable !alsa oss) \
+		$(use_enable jack)
+}