diff --git a/srcpkgs/dhcp/template b/srcpkgs/dhcp/template
index 0af93fb9e6a..d31df6728c1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/dhcp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/dhcp/template
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ conf_files="/etc/dhcpd.conf"
 
 make_dirs="/var/lib/dhcp 0755 root root"
 
+CFLAGS="-fcommon"
+
 post_patch() {
 	if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
 		vsed -i "/LIBATOMIC=/s/$/-latomic/" configure.ac