diff --git a/pkgs/shells/bash/5.nix b/pkgs/shells/bash/5.nix
index 66172bddd125..d11f363592f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/shells/bash/5.nix
+++ b/pkgs/shells/bash/5.nix
@@ -133,10 +133,31 @@ lib.warnIf (withDocs != null)
 
     enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-    makeFlags = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isCygwin [
-      "LOCAL_LDFLAGS=-Wl,--export-all,--out-implib,libbash.dll.a"
-      "SHOBJ_LIBS=-lbash"
-    ];
+    makeFlags =
+      lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isCygwin [
+        "LOCAL_LDFLAGS=-Wl,--export-all,--out-implib,libbash.dll.a"
+        "SHOBJ_LIBS=-lbash"
+      ]
+      # GNU Bash extensively uses function prototypes with unspecified signature, like
+      #
+      #     extern void add_unwind_protect ()
+      #
+      # to implicitly cast all kinds of word-sized arguments. GCC-15 switched C standard
+      # from gnu17 to gnu23, which changed the meaning of the prototype above to
+      #
+      #     extern void add_unwind_protect (void)
+      #
+      # Note that Bash 5.3, quoting the release announcement:
+      #
+      # > The source code has been updated for C23 conformance. This means that bash
+      # > will no longer compile with K&R-style C compilers.
+      #
+      # So this workaround won't be necessary after upgrade to bash=5.3.
+      #
+      # => https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2025-07/msg00005.html
+      #
+      #      ~kaction 2025-07-19
+      ++ [ "LOCAL_CFLAGS=-std=c99" ];
 
     nativeCheckInputs = [ util-linux ];
     doCheck = false; # dependency cycle, needs to be interactive