diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 90aa329eb7..372139f1f2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1186,7 +1186,7 @@ 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.