diff --git a/recipes-support/mingw-libgnurx/mingw-libgnurx_2.5.1.bb b/recipes-support/mingw-libgnurx/mingw-libgnurx_2.5.1.bb
index 4547298..03a61a7 100644
--- a/recipes-support/mingw-libgnurx/mingw-libgnurx_2.5.1.bb
+++ b/recipes-support/mingw-libgnurx/mingw-libgnurx_2.5.1.bb
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "7147b7f806ec3d007843b38e19f42a5b7c65894a57ffc297a76b0dcd5f
 
 inherit autotools
 
+CFLAGS += "-std=gnu17"
+
 # Specify any options you want to pass to the configure script using EXTRA_OECONF:
 EXTRA_OECONF = ""