diff --git a/mingw-w64-termcap/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-termcap/PKGBUILD
index 4051415a53..3039a09542 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-termcap/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-termcap/PKGBUILD
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ prepare() {
 
 build() {
   mkdir -p "${srcdir}"/build-${MSYSTEM} && cd "${srcdir}"/build-${MSYSTEM}
+  
+  CC="gcc -std=gnu17"
 
   ../${_realname}-${pkgver}/configure \
     --prefix=${MINGW_PREFIX} \