diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/uim/uim_1.8.8.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/uim/uim_1.8.8.bb
index e0d9d05dce..0a3783e593 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/uim/uim_1.8.8.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/uim/uim_1.8.8.bb
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "x11"
 
 GTKIMMODULES_PACKAGES = "uim-gtk2.0 uim-gtk3"
 
+CFLAGS += "-std=gnu17"
+
 EXTRA_OECONF += "--disable-emacs \
     --with-libedit=${STAGING_EXECPREFIXDIR} \
     --without-scim \