diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index be65e09019..995b440c12 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2016-08-26  Adhemerval Zanella  <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>
+
+	* test-skeleton.c (delayed_exit_thread): Add initializer on struct
+	timespec C99 designated initialization.
+
 2016-08-26  Florian Weimer  <fweimer@redhat.com>
 
 	[BZ #19946]
diff --git a/test-skeleton.c b/test-skeleton.c
index b24ce1d834..913a335782 100644
--- a/test-skeleton.c
+++ b/test-skeleton.c
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ delayed_exit_thread (void *seconds_as_ptr)
 {
   int seconds = (uintptr_t) seconds_as_ptr;
   struct timespec delay = { seconds, 0 };
-  struct timespec remaining = {};
+  struct timespec remaining = { 0 };
   if (nanosleep (&delay, &remaining) != 0)
     {
       printf ("error: nanosleep: %m\n");