diff --git a/srcpkgs/srm/template b/srcpkgs/srm/template
index b747455d7d1..ac7910bba3e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/srm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/srm/template
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ homepage="http://srm.sourceforge.net/"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/srm/srm-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=7583c1120e911e292f22b4a1d949b32c23518038afd966d527dae87c61565283
 
+case $XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE in
+	*-musl) CFLAGS="-D__USE_GNU -D_GNU_SOURCE";;
+esac
+
 post_install() {
 	vlicense COPYING LICENSE
 }