diff --git a/srcpkgs/edbrowse/template b/srcpkgs/edbrowse/template
index cbc3fe32a7d..b5bdd2a2e05 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/edbrowse/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/edbrowse/template
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ homepage="http://edbrowse.org/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/CMB/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=a47a7ba363a72d310b08edee9847fbcfe0b7d1bf53c7b5cf4da10aae237b0abb
 
+CFLAGS="-fcommon"
+
 do_install() {
 	vbin build/edbrowse
 	vsconf doc/sample.ebrc