diff --git a/raylib.changes b/raylib.changes
index d476b4a..5325128 100644
--- a/raylib.changes
+++ b/raylib.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Jun 11 09:24:49 UTC 2017 - mvetter@suse.com
+
+- Add option to meson file to build with gnu99 because:
+  * CLOCK_MONOTONIC macro
+  * var init in for loops (c99)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Jun 11 06:40:24 UTC 2017 - mvetter@suse.com
 
diff --git a/root-meson.build b/root-meson.build
index 0760c36..a277b0c 100644
--- a/root-meson.build
+++ b/root-meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 project('raylib', 'c', version:	'1.7.0',
 		license: 'zlib',
-		meson_version: '>= 0.39.1')
+		meson_version: '>= 0.39.1',
+		default_options : 'c_std=gnu99')
 
 cc = meson.get_compiler('c')