diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9804a0758b..c58b781105 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@ PTHREAD_CFLAGS =
 
 # For the 'sparse' target
 SPARSE_FLAGS ?=
-SP_EXTRA_FLAGS =
+SP_EXTRA_FLAGS = -Wno-universal-initializer
 
 # For the 'coccicheck' target; setting SPATCH_BATCH_SIZE higher will
 # usually result in less CPU usage at the cost of higher peak memory.