diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/bash/bash_5.2.21.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/bash/bash_5.2.21.bb
index ccfe5c47a7..42ab02c440 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/bash/bash_5.2.21.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/bash/bash_5.2.21.bb
@@ -22,4 +22,6 @@ SRC_URI[tarball.sha256sum] = "c8e31bdc59b69aaffc5b36509905ba3e5cbb12747091d27b4b
 DEBUG_OPTIMIZATION:append:armv4 = " ${@bb.utils.contains('TUNE_CCARGS', '-mthumb', '-fomit-frame-pointer', '', d)}"
 DEBUG_OPTIMIZATION:append:armv5 = " ${@bb.utils.contains('TUNE_CCARGS', '-mthumb', '-fomit-frame-pointer', '', d)}"
 
+CFLAGS += "-std=gnu17"
+
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "nativesdk"