diff --git a/srcpkgs/db/template b/srcpkgs/db/template
index d8b139bbe99..d3a2adc3309 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/db/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/db/template
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ homepage="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/products/berkeleydb/overview/index.h
 distfiles="http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/db-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=e0a992d740709892e81f9d93f06daf305cf73fb81b545afe72478043172c3628
 
+CFLAGS="-fpermissive"
+
 post_install() {
 	chmod 755 ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/*
 	vmkdir usr/share/doc/${pkgname}-${version}