diff --git a/srcpkgs/msp430-toolchain/template b/srcpkgs/msp430-toolchain/template
index 4c2c46006ab..10f8d6b7fe4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/msp430-toolchain/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/msp430-toolchain/template
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ do_configure() {
 	mkdir obj-msp
 	cd obj-msp
 
-	../sources/tools/configure \
+	CFLAGS="-fcommon" \
+		../sources/tools/configure \
 		--prefix=$_prefix \
 		--enable-languages=c \
 		--program-prefix="msp430-" \