diff --git a/meta/recipes-multimedia/sbc/sbc_2.1.bb b/meta/recipes-multimedia/sbc/sbc_2.1.bb
index 5aaa52313f..8b91e7e65b 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-multimedia/sbc/sbc_2.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-multimedia/sbc/sbc_2.1.bb
@@ -19,5 +19,7 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "426633cabd7c798236443516dfa8335b47e004b0ef37ff107e0c7ead32
 
 inherit autotools pkgconfig
 
+CFLAGS += "-std=gnu17"
+
 PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-examples"
 FILES:${PN}-examples += "${bindir}/*"