diff --git a/meta-ti-extras/recipes-devtools/gdbc6x/gdbc6x_git.bb b/meta-ti-extras/recipes-devtools/gdbc6x/gdbc6x_git.bb
index 855de762..777a217f 100644
--- a/meta-ti-extras/recipes-devtools/gdbc6x/gdbc6x_git.bb
+++ b/meta-ti-extras/recipes-devtools/gdbc6x/gdbc6x_git.bb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/git/gdbc6x"
 inherit update-rc.d
 inherit gettext
 
-CFLAGS += "-fcommon -fpermissive"
+CFLAGS += "-fcommon -fpermissive -std=gnu11"
 
 do_configure () {
     cd ${S}