diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/bash/bash_5.2.37.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/bash/bash_5.2.37.bb
index 20c51ecdbc..9f02ea17b5 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/bash/bash_5.2.37.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/bash/bash_5.2.37.bb
@@ -20,4 +20,6 @@ SRC_URI[tarball.sha256sum] = "9599b22ecd1d5787ad7d3b7bf0c59f312b3396d1e281175dd1
 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"