diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/rdist/rdist_6.1.5.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/rdist/rdist_6.1.5.bb
index abe23cb46e..2fb5ced2bb 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/rdist/rdist_6.1.5.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/rdist/rdist_6.1.5.bb
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "/rdist/(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)"
 
 DEPENDS = "bison-native"
 
+CFLAGS += "-std=gnu17"
+
 EXTRA_OEMAKE = "CPPFLAGS='${CFLAGS}' BIN_GROUP=root MAN_GROUP=root RDIST_MODE=755 RDISTD_MODE=755 MAN_MODE=644"
 
 do_install() {