diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice_git.bb
index 3dfd4e90fe..52176872cf 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice_git.bb
@@ -17,3 +17,5 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 inherit autotools pkgconfig
 
 EXTRA_OECONF = " --without-cython "
+
+CFLAGS += "-D_GNU_SOURCE"