diff --git a/sys-fs/dmraid/dmraid-1.0.0_rc16-r7.ebuild b/sys-fs/dmraid/dmraid-1.0.0_rc16-r7.ebuild
index f395de4ffa334..ca4b337f61b87 100644
--- a/sys-fs/dmraid/dmraid-1.0.0_rc16-r7.ebuild
+++ b/sys-fs/dmraid/dmraid-1.0.0_rc16-r7.ebuild
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ src_prepare() {
 }
 
 src_configure() {
+	# bug #944298
+	append-cflags -std=gnu17
+
 	# bug 908662
 	use elibc_musl && append-flags -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE