diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/xinetd/xinetd_2.3.15.4.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/xinetd/xinetd_2.3.15.4.bb
index 897747379b..d30f08dd72 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/xinetd/xinetd_2.3.15.4.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/xinetd/xinetd_2.3.15.4.bb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ INITSCRIPT_PARAMS = "defaults"
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= "tcp-wrappers"
 PACKAGECONFIG[tcp-wrappers] = "--with-libwrap,,tcp-wrappers"
 
-CFLAGS += "-D_GNU_SOURCE"
+CFLAGS += "-D_GNU_SOURCE -std=gnu17"
 
 CONFFILES:${PN} = "${sysconfdir}/xinetd.conf"