diff --git a/arch/s390/Makefile b/arch/s390/Makefile
index 71e3d7c0b870..22dc393b5a83 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Makefile
+++ b/arch/s390/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ endif
 aflags_dwarf	:= -Wa,-gdwarf-2
 KBUILD_AFLAGS_DECOMPRESSOR := $(CLANG_FLAGS) -m64 -D__ASSEMBLY__
 KBUILD_AFLAGS_DECOMPRESSOR += $(if $(CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO),$(aflags_dwarf))
-KBUILD_CFLAGS_DECOMPRESSOR := $(CLANG_FLAGS) -m64 -O2
+KBUILD_CFLAGS_DECOMPRESSOR := $(CLANG_FLAGS) -m64 -O2 -std=gnu11
 KBUILD_CFLAGS_DECOMPRESSOR += -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING -D__NO_FORTIFY
 KBUILD_CFLAGS_DECOMPRESSOR += -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -msoft-float
 KBUILD_CFLAGS_DECOMPRESSOR += -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables
diff --git a/arch/s390/purgatory/Makefile b/arch/s390/purgatory/Makefile
index 9de56065f28c..2f4d8422bdfb 100644
--- a/arch/s390/purgatory/Makefile
+++ b/arch/s390/purgatory/Makefile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ GCOV_PROFILE := n
 UBSAN_SANITIZE := n
 KASAN_SANITIZE := n
 
-KBUILD_CFLAGS := -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes
+KBUILD_CFLAGS := -std=gnu11 -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-pointer-sign -Wno-sign-compare
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-zero-initialized-in-bss -fno-builtin -ffreestanding
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -c -MD -Os -m64 -msoft-float -fno-common