diff --git a/srcpkgs/openjdk7-bootstrap/template b/srcpkgs/openjdk7-bootstrap/template
index 03d91bebf49..a4e4ff46091 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/openjdk7-bootstrap/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/openjdk7-bootstrap/template
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ skip_extraction="
 shlib_provides="libawt.so libawt_xawt.so libjava.so libjli.so libjvm.so libjawt.so"
 nocross=yes
 
-CFLAGS="-fcommon"
+CFLAGS="-fcommon -fpermissive"
 
 post_extract() {
 	mv icedtea-*/* .