diff --git a/srcpkgs/awesome/template b/srcpkgs/awesome/template
index 9f213ec29e8..337654d21f0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/awesome/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/awesome/template
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ else
 	depends+=" lua53-lgi>=0.7.2"
 fi
 
+CFLAGS="-fcommon"
+
 pre_configure() {
 	# Russian manpages fail to build.
 	vsed -i -e "s|es fr de ru|es fr de|g" CMakeLists.txt