diff --git a/srcpkgs/bftpd/template b/srcpkgs/bftpd/template
index fa81603ad89..f2cd62ff411 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bftpd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bftpd/template
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ homepage="http://bftpd.sourceforge.net/"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/bftpd/bftpd-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=1a7aa6026c7f86f0fa2aebafcf3973b84d71324cdef9e33bd492fbf29ca54393
 
+CFLAGS="-fcommon"
+
 pre_build() {
 	sed -i "s|LDFLAGS=$|LDFLAGS=${LDFLAGS}|" Makefile
 }