diff --git a/app-admin/integrit/integrit-4.2_rc1.ebuild b/app-admin/integrit/integrit-4.2_rc1.ebuild
index 1068aba7c9ff6..bf12d7cd6ecb9 100644
--- a/app-admin/integrit/integrit-4.2_rc1.ebuild
+++ b/app-admin/integrit/integrit-4.2_rc1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -20,7 +20,12 @@ RESTRICT="test"
 
 S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${MY_PV}"
 
-PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${PN}"-4.1-fix-build-system.patch )
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}"-4.1-fix-build-system.patch
+	# backport fix for https://github.com/integrit/integrit/issues/8
+	# https://bugs.gentoo.org/941078
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-type-mismatch.patch
+)
 
 BDEPEND="sys-apps/texinfo"