diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/procmail/procmail_3.24.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/procmail/procmail_3.24.bb
index cb3775ebf6..6767f87db6 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/procmail/procmail_3.24.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/procmail/procmail_3.24.bb
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ do_configure() {
 }
 
 do_compile() {
-    oe_runmake -i CFLAGS="$TARGET_CFLAGS -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 LOCKINGTEST=/tmp" LDFLAGS0="${LDFLAGS}" LOCKINGTEST=100
+    oe_runmake -i CFLAGS="$TARGET_CFLAGS -std=gnu17 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 LOCKINGTEST=/tmp" LDFLAGS0="${LDFLAGS}" LOCKINGTEST=100
 }
 
 do_install() {