diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/uim/uim_1.9.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/uim/uim_1.9.0.bb
index 4c16ab327a..a7857b2487 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/uim/uim_1.9.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/uim/uim_1.9.0.bb
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "x11"
 
 GTKIMMODULES_PACKAGES = "uim-gtk2.0 uim-gtk3"
 
+CFLAGS += "-std=gnu17"
+
 EXTRA_OECONF += "--disable-emacs \
     --with-libedit=${STAGING_EXECPREFIXDIR} \
     --without-scim \