diff --git a/apps/app_festival.c b/apps/app_festival.c
index 6b3d5122e3..0b917a725f 100644
--- a/apps/app_festival.c
+++ b/apps/app_festival.c
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ static int send_waveform_to_fd(char *waveform, int length, int fd)
 {
 	int res;
 #ifdef __PPC__ 
+	int x;
 	char c;
 #endif