diff --git a/net-p2p/amule/amule-2.3.3-r8.ebuild b/net-p2p/amule/amule-2.3.3-r8.ebuild
index dccc25897f26f..e63c4c61e256a 100644
--- a/net-p2p/amule/amule-2.3.3-r8.ebuild
+++ b/net-p2p/amule/amule-2.3.3-r8.ebuild
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ src_configure() {
 
 	use debug || append-cppflags -DwxDEBUG_LEVEL=0
 	append-cxxflags -std=gnu++14
+	# Workaround for gettext-0.11.5
+	# https://bugs.gentoo.org/945720
+	append-cflags -std=gnu17
 
 	local myconf=(
 		--with-denoise-level=0