diff --git a/powerd.spec b/powerd.spec
index ba67d59..f713257 100644
--- a/powerd.spec
+++ b/powerd.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package powerd
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2014 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
diff --git a/sysvinit.changes b/sysvinit.changes
index 2470842..74c96bd 100644
--- a/sysvinit.changes
+++ b/sysvinit.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Feb 23 09:30:00 UTC 2015 - rguenther@suse.com
+
+- Build with -std=gnu89 to deal with GCC 5 defaulting to -std=gnu11
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Sep  8 10:31:48 UTC 2014 - werner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/sysvinit.spec b/sysvinit.spec
index 8c00596..abdd3f2 100644
--- a/sysvinit.spec
+++ b/sysvinit.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package sysvinit
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2014 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ popd
 /bin/chmod -Rf a+rX,g-w,o-w .
 
 %build
-  RPM_OPT_FLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS} -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -pipe"
+  RPM_OPT_FLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS} -std=gnu89 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -pipe"
   CC=%__cc
   export RPM_OPT_FLAGS CC
   make %{?_smp_mflags} WITH_SELINUX=yes DISTRO=SuSE