diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 473f1aa..4dac110 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@
 KBUILD_CPPFLAGS := -D__KERNEL__
 
 KBUILD_CFLAGS   := -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs \
-		   -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common \
+		   -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fshort-wchar \
 		   -Werror-implicit-function-declaration \
 		   -Wno-format-security \
 		   -std=gnu89 $(call cc-option,-fno-PIE)