diff --git a/srcpkgs/gxkb/template b/srcpkgs/gxkb/template
index fe3d6a4f57f..3e70796634a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gxkb/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gxkb/template
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ homepage="https://github.com/zen-tools/gxkb"
 distfiles="https://github.com/zen-tools/gxkb/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=aa8a69bbdce94e3cd17c7c12f5773c8e4bb7f2a5b706aacdce545e82063ff35e
 
+CFLAGS="-fcommon"
+
 pre_configure() {
 	./autogen.sh
 }