diff --git a/srcpkgs/read-edid/template b/srcpkgs/read-edid/template
index 369b5d718d1..ef0abdc4b90 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/read-edid/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/read-edid/template
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ homepage="http://www.polypux.org/projects/read-edid/"
 distfiles="http://www.polypux.org/projects/read-edid/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=c7c6d8440f5b90f98e276829271ccea5b2ff5a3413df8a0f87ec09f834af186f
 
+CFLAGS="-fcommon"
+
 pre_install() {
 	sed -i 's/COPYING//' CMakeLists.txt
 }