diff --git a/src/php/ext/grpc/config.m4 b/src/php/ext/grpc/config.m4
index d1a8decb73a..11778e3bb64 100755
--- a/src/php/ext/grpc/config.m4
+++ b/src/php/ext/grpc/config.m4
@@ -66,5 +66,5 @@ if test "$PHP_GRPC" != "no"; then
 
   PHP_SUBST(GRPC_SHARED_LIBADD)
 
-  PHP_NEW_EXTENSION(grpc, byte_buffer.c call.c channel.c credentials.c timeval.c server.c server_credentials.c php_grpc.c, $ext_shared, , -Wall -Werror -pedantic -std=c99)
+  PHP_NEW_EXTENSION(grpc, byte_buffer.c call.c channel.c credentials.c timeval.c server.c server_credentials.c php_grpc.c, $ext_shared, , -Wall -Werror -std=c11)
 fi