diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 2b2421a..ec30456 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project('evol-sandbox', 'c',
   version : '0.1',
-  default_options : ['warning_level=3', 'c_std=c11'])
+  default_options : ['warning_level=3', 'c_std=gnu11'])
 
 evol_dep = dependency('evol')