diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 8da9f47..1e5225c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 project(
   'phosphor-ipmi-blobs-binarystore',
-  'cpp',
+  ['cpp', 'c'],
   version: '0.1',
   meson_version: '>=1.1.1',
   default_options: [
     'cpp_std=c++23',
+    'c_std=c18',
     'warning_level=3',
     'werror=true',
   ]