diff --git a/srcpkgs/bspwm/template b/srcpkgs/bspwm/template
index 91fa6c38351..a65e3d5f6db 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bspwm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bspwm/template
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ homepage="https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm"
 distfiles="https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=b1438c3cad13b6101edb31ce8d00ba4ed2f972754e85b90f763e04fa5143c6fc
 
+CFLAGS="-fcommon"
+
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
 }