diff --git a/srcpkgs/gmsh/template b/srcpkgs/gmsh/template
index 5d36aaf6eb6..ef9786aec7a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gmsh/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gmsh/template
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ changelog="http://gmsh.info/CHANGELOG.txt"
 distfiles="https://gmsh.info/src/gmsh-${version}-source.tgz"
 checksum=ccf8c74f43cbe3c371abe79862025d41642b3538a0148f018949494e3b3e2ecd
 
+CFLAGS="-fcommon"
+
 if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	makedepends+=" hdf5-devel"
 fi