diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-util/gperf/gperf-3.1-r2.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-util/gperf/gperf-3.1-r2.ebuild
index 860133502e..e6df8e7758 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-util/gperf/gperf-3.1-r2.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-util/gperf/gperf-3.1-r2.ebuild
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ src_prepare() {
 }
 
 src_configure() {
+	# bug #944112
+	append-cflags -std=gnu17
+
 	# Aliasing violation (bug #858377)
 	append-flags -fno-strict-aliasing
 	filter-lto