diff --git a/media-libs/a52dec/a52dec-0.7.4-r9.ebuild b/media-libs/a52dec/a52dec-0.7.4-r9.ebuild
index 952daa0a630c5..5811ae7d4af99 100644
--- a/media-libs/a52dec/a52dec-0.7.4-r9.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/a52dec/a52dec-0.7.4-r9.ebuild
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-tests-optional.patch
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-test-hidden-symbols.patch
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-dont-mangle-cflags.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-rm_getopt.patch
 )
 
 src_prepare() {
@@ -31,6 +32,9 @@ src_prepare() {
 	sed -i -e 's:AM_CONFIG_HEADER:AC_CONFIG_HEADERS:' configure.in || die # bug #466978
 	mv configure.{in,ac} || die
 
+	# use getopt.h from glibc/musl, bug 944997
+	rm src/getopt.h || die
+
 	eautoreconf
 
 	filter-flags -fprefetch-loop-arrays
diff --git a/media-libs/a52dec/files/a52dec-0.7.4-rm_getopt.patch b/media-libs/a52dec/files/a52dec-0.7.4-rm_getopt.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f0823d6ba41a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-libs/a52dec/files/a52dec-0.7.4-rm_getopt.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+see https://bugs.gentoo.org/944997
+use getopt from glibc/musl instead, getopt.h must be removed too
+--- a/src/Makefile.am
++++ b/src/Makefile.am
+@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
+ 
+ bin_PROGRAMS = a52dec extract_a52
+-a52dec_SOURCES = a52dec.c getopt.c gettimeofday.c
++a52dec_SOURCES = a52dec.c gettimeofday.c
+ a52dec_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/liba52/liba52.la \
+ 	       $(top_builddir)/libao/libao.a @LIBAO_LIBS@
+-extract_a52_SOURCES = extract_a52.c getopt.c
++extract_a52_SOURCES = extract_a52.c
+ 
+ man_MANS = a52dec.1 extract_a52.1
+ 
+-EXTRA_DIST = configure.incl getopt.h gettimeofday.h $(man_MANS)
++EXTRA_DIST = configure.incl gettimeofday.h $(man_MANS)