diff --git a/app-containers/crun/crun-1.19.1.ebuild b/app-containers/crun/crun-1.19.1.ebuild
index af92ab475fd34..0e59b651b1ebd 100644
--- a/app-containers/crun/crun-1.19.1.ebuild
+++ b/app-containers/crun/crun-1.19.1.ebuild
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ EAPI=8
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..13} )
 
-inherit libtool python-any-r1
+inherit autotools libtool python-any-r1
 
 DESCRIPTION="A fast and low-memory footprint OCI Container Runtime fully written in C"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/containers/crun"
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ BDEPEND="
 src_prepare() {
 	default
 	elibtoolize
+
+	# https://github.com/containers/crun/pull/1887
+	sed -i -E '/AC_CHECK_HEADERS\(\[error.h/{
+		s/error\.h[[:space:]]*//g
+		a\
+		AC_CHECK_HEADER([error.h], [AC_CHECK_FUNC([error], AC_DEFINE([HAVE_ERROR_H], [1], [Define if error.h is usable]))])
+	}' configure.ac || die
+
+	eautoreconf
 }
 
 src_configure() {
diff --git a/app-containers/crun/crun-1.20.ebuild b/app-containers/crun/crun-1.20.ebuild
index 1a97040741a25..8d8b91f378e0a 100644
--- a/app-containers/crun/crun-1.20.ebuild
+++ b/app-containers/crun/crun-1.20.ebuild
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ EAPI=8
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..13} )
 
-inherit libtool python-any-r1
+inherit autotools libtool python-any-r1
 
 DESCRIPTION="A fast and low-memory footprint OCI Container Runtime fully written in C"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/containers/crun"
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ BDEPEND="
 src_prepare() {
 	default
 	elibtoolize
+
+	# https://github.com/containers/crun/pull/1887
+	sed -i -E '/AC_CHECK_HEADERS\(\[error.h/{
+		s/error\.h[[:space:]]*//g
+		a\
+		AC_CHECK_HEADER([error.h], [AC_CHECK_FUNC([error], AC_DEFINE([HAVE_ERROR_H], [1], [Define if error.h is usable]))])
+	}' configure.ac || die
+
+	eautoreconf
 }
 
 src_configure() {
diff --git a/app-containers/crun/crun-1.21.ebuild b/app-containers/crun/crun-1.21.ebuild
index 16f0b6821136d..eb94320c065f8 100644
--- a/app-containers/crun/crun-1.21.ebuild
+++ b/app-containers/crun/crun-1.21.ebuild
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ EAPI=8
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} )
 
-inherit libtool python-any-r1
+inherit autotools libtool python-any-r1
 
 DESCRIPTION="Fast and low-memory footprint OCI Container Runtime fully written in C"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/containers/crun"
@@ -42,6 +42,15 @@ BDEPEND="
 src_prepare() {
 	default
 	elibtoolize
+
+	# https://github.com/containers/crun/pull/1887
+	sed -i -E '/AC_CHECK_HEADERS\(\[error.h/{
+		s/error\.h[[:space:]]*//g
+		a\
+		AC_CHECK_HEADER([error.h], [AC_CHECK_FUNC([error], AC_DEFINE([HAVE_ERROR_H], [1], [Define if error.h is usable]))])
+	}' configure.ac || die
+
+	eautoreconf
 }
 
 src_configure() {