diff --git a/media-libs/libebur128/libebur128-1.2.4.recipe b/media-libs/libebur128/libebur128-1.2.6.recipe
similarity index 91%
rename from media-libs/libebur128/libebur128-1.2.4.recipe
rename to media-libs/libebur128/libebur128-1.2.6.recipe
index 29720ecf5..5847d2881 100644
--- a/media-libs/libebur128/libebur128-1.2.4.recipe
+++ b/media-libs/libebur128/libebur128-1.2.6.recipe
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ COPYRIGHT="2011 Jan Kokemüller"
 LICENSE="MIT"
 REVISION="1"
 SOURCE_URI="https://github.com/jiixyj/libebur128/archive/v$portVersion.tar.gz"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="2ee41a3a5ae3891601ae975d5ec2642b997d276ef647cf5c5b363b6127f7add8"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="baa7fc293a3d4651e244d8022ad03ab797ca3c2ad8442c43199afe8059faa613"
 SOURCE_FILENAME="libebur128-$portVersion.tar.gz"
+PATCHES="libebur128-$portVersion.patchset"
 
 ARCHITECTURES="all"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86"
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ BUILD()
 	mkdir build
 	cd build
 	cmake .. \
+		 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
 		-DENABLE_INTERNAL_QUEUE_H=1 \
 		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH="$prefix" \
 		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR:PATH="$libDir" \
diff --git a/media-libs/libebur128/patches/libebur128-1.2.6.patchset b/media-libs/libebur128/patches/libebur128-1.2.6.patchset
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..459bbe3b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-libs/libebur128/patches/libebur128-1.2.6.patchset
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+From 3af05b54eef05bee545c3400c007ff4a7e087579 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jerome Duval <jerome.duval@gmail.com>
+Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2022 10:04:30 +0100
+Subject: gcc2 build fix
+
+
+diff --git a/ebur128/ebur128.c b/ebur128/ebur128.c
+index 6550e89..d721c28 100644
+--- a/ebur128/ebur128.c
++++ b/ebur128/ebur128.c
+@@ -895,6 +895,8 @@ exit:
+ int ebur128_set_max_window(ebur128_state* st, unsigned long window) {
+   int errcode = EBUR128_SUCCESS;
+   size_t j;
++  size_t new_audio_data_frames;
++  size_t new_audio_data_size;
+ 
+   if ((st->mode & EBUR128_MODE_S) == EBUR128_MODE_S && window < 3000) {
+     window = 3000;
+@@ -906,7 +908,6 @@ int ebur128_set_max_window(ebur128_state* st, unsigned long window) {
+     return EBUR128_ERROR_NO_CHANGE;
+   }
+ 
+-  size_t new_audio_data_frames;
+   if (safe_size_mul(st->samplerate, window, &new_audio_data_frames) != 0 ||
+       new_audio_data_frames > ((size_t) -1) - st->d->samples_in_100ms) {
+     return EBUR128_ERROR_NOMEM;
+@@ -917,12 +918,12 @@ int ebur128_set_max_window(ebur128_state* st, unsigned long window) {
+                             (new_audio_data_frames % st->d->samples_in_100ms);
+   }
+ 
+-  size_t new_audio_data_size;
+   if (safe_size_mul(new_audio_data_frames, st->channels * sizeof(double),
+                     &new_audio_data_size) != 0) {
+     return EBUR128_ERROR_NOMEM;
+   }
+ 
++{
+   double* new_audio_data = (double*) malloc(new_audio_data_size);
+   CHECK_ERROR(!new_audio_data, EBUR128_ERROR_NOMEM, exit)
+ 
+@@ -944,6 +945,7 @@ int ebur128_set_max_window(ebur128_state* st, unsigned long window) {
+ exit:
+   return errcode;
+ }
++}
+ 
+ int ebur128_set_max_history(ebur128_state* st, unsigned long history) {
+   if ((st->mode & EBUR128_MODE_LRA) == EBUR128_MODE_LRA && history < 3000) {
+-- 
+2.30.2
+