diff --git a/package/mc/mc.mk b/package/mc/mc.mk
index ac12c2173a..3858d62886 100644
--- a/package/mc/mc.mk
+++ b/package/mc/mc.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ MC_SITE = http://ftp.midnight-commander.org
 MC_LICENSE = GPL-3.0+
 MC_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 MC_DEPENDENCIES = libglib2 host-pkgconf $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
-MC_CONF_ENV = LIBS=$(TARGET_NLS_LIBS)
+MC_CONF_ENV = \
+	CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) -std=c99" \
+	LIBS=$(TARGET_NLS_LIBS)
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GPM),y)
 MC_CONF_OPTS += --with-gpm-mouse