diff --git a/srcpkgs/light/template b/srcpkgs/light/template
index 6be5a27bff5..98996f551f3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/light/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/light/template
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ homepage="http://haikarainen.github.io/light/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/haikarainen/light/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=62e889ee9be80fe808a972ef4981acc39e83a20f9a84a66a82cd1f623c868d9c
 
+CFLAGS="-fcommon"
+
 pre_configure() {
 	autoreconf -fi
 }