diff --git a/apps/app_festival.c b/apps/app_festival.c
index ab05824f58..8251e8cffd 100644
--- a/apps/app_festival.c
+++ b/apps/app_festival.c
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ static int send_waveform_to_fd(char *waveform, int length, int fd) {
         int x;
 #ifdef __PPC__ 
 	char c;
+	int x;
 #endif
 	sigset_t fullset, oldset;