diff --git a/package/libva/libva.mk b/package/libva/libva.mk
index 9e9d5d698c..4481be9e7b 100644
--- a/package/libva/libva.mk
+++ b/package/libva/libva.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ LIBVA_LICENSE = MIT
 LIBVA_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 LIBVA_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBVA_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf libdrm
+LIBVA_CFLAGS = $(TARGET_CFLAGS) -std=gnu99
 
 # libdrm is a hard-dependency
 LIBVA_CONF_OPTS = \