diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ab/abcmidi/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ab/abcmidi/package.nix
index c3c21c93e4c6..94562d1bb5da 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ab/abcmidi/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ab/abcmidi/package.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     hash = "sha256-OBlkk5Fq3ep+wZqFfSXNqrXtznisNFjn9uDVj/Q4Odk=";
   };
 
+  # TODO: remove once https://github.com/sshlien/abcmidi/pull/15 merged
+  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-std=gnu17";
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://abc.sourceforge.net/abcMIDI/";
     downloadPage = "https://ifdo.ca/~seymour/runabc/top.html";