diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/gdbm/gdbm_1.24.bb b/meta/recipes-support/gdbm/gdbm_1.24.bb
index 88f9fa47cf..8e3cec4295 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/gdbm/gdbm_1.24.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/gdbm/gdbm_1.24.bb
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = "--enable-libgdbm-compat --without-readline"
 # Stop presence of dbm/nbdm on the host contaminating builds
 CACHED_CONFIGUREVARS += "ac_cv_lib_ndbm_main=no ac_cv_lib_dbm_main=no"
 
+# Not yet ready for C23
+CFLAGS += "-std=gnu11"
+
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
 
 do_install:append () {