diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/tcp-wrappers/tcp-wrappers_7.6.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/tcp-wrappers/tcp-wrappers_7.6.bb
index 8cf927153f..05644b7db9 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/tcp-wrappers/tcp-wrappers_7.6.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/tcp-wrappers/tcp-wrappers_7.6.bb
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "9543d7adedf78a6de0b221ccbbd1952e08b5138717f4ade814039bb489
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/tcp_wrappers_${PV}"
 
+CFLAGS += "-std=gnu17"
+
 EXTRA_OEMAKE = "'CC=${CC}' \
                 'AR=${AR}' \
                 'RANLIB=${RANLIB}' \