diff --git a/srcpkgs/glabels/template b/srcpkgs/glabels/template
index 9cec704ca3d..f23ce30084b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/glabels/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/glabels/template
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ homepage="http://glabels.org/"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/glabels/${version%.*}/glabels-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=18e457298abb1c617187361109eeae769317686303fc07726af31e11519c5938
 
+CFLAGS="-fcommon"
+
 libglabels30_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - library files"
 	pkg_install() {