diff --git a/srcpkgs/gpm/template b/srcpkgs/gpm/template
index 41101b41517..d95a6c1a637 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gpm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gpm/template
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ homepage="http://www.nico.schottelius.org/software/gpm/"
 distfiles="http://www.nico.schottelius.org/software/gpm/archives/gpm-${version}.tar.lzma"
 checksum=a955053b36556ffa7c628ce18fd6de7d625966573fa412fb08869533d8f7385c
 
+CFLAGS="-fcommon"
+
 pre_configure() {
 	./autogen.sh
 }