diff --git a/package/gpsd/gpsd.mk b/package/gpsd/gpsd.mk
index 4fe5d18b1a..73067d3b15 100644
--- a/package/gpsd/gpsd.mk
+++ b/package/gpsd/gpsd.mk
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ endif
 # Build libgpsmm if we've got C++
 ifeq ($(BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP),y)
 GPSD_LDFLAGS += -lstdc++
+GPSD_CFLAGS += -std=gnu++98
+GPSD_CXXFLAGS += -std=gnu++98
 GPSD_SCONS_OPTS += libgpsmm=yes
 else
 GPSD_SCONS_OPTS += libgpsmm=no