diff --git a/srcpkgs/cpio/template b/srcpkgs/cpio/template
index 2c91ad1cb1a..26a591593d5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cpio/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cpio/template
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/"
 distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/cpio/cpio-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=eab5bdc5ae1df285c59f2a4f140a98fc33678a0bf61bdba67d9436ae26b46f6d
 
+CFLAGS="-fcommon"
+
 pre_configure() {
 	autoreconf -if
 }