diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/so/soundtracker/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/so/soundtracker/package.nix
index ff844e72587c2..8fb4b6820388e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/so/soundtracker/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/so/soundtracker/package.nix
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     "--disable-alsa"
   ];
 
+  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-std=gnu17";
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   strictDeps = true;