diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index db9e44e9654..ff333961a0d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ project(
   ).stdout(),
   license : 'MIT',
   meson_version : '>= 0.52',
-  default_options : ['buildtype=debugoptimized', 'b_ndebug=if-release', 'c_std=c99', 'cpp_std=c++14']
+  default_options : ['buildtype=debugoptimized', 'b_ndebug=if-release', 'c_std=c11', 'cpp_std=c++14']
 )
 
 cc = meson.get_compiler('c')