diff --git a/srcpkgs/memtester/template b/srcpkgs/memtester/template
index 67502e035fc..4badaea8c32 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/memtester/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/memtester/template
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ changelog="http://pyropus.ca/software/memtester/CHANGELOG"
 distfiles="http://pyropus.ca/software/memtester/old-versions/memtester-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=f9dfe2fd737c38fad6535bbab327da9a21f7ce4ea6f18c7b3339adef6bf5fd88
 
+CFLAGS="-fcommon"
+
 pre_build() {
 	sed -i -e "s|^cc|$CC|" -e "s|-c|${CFLAGS} -c|" conf-cc
 	sed -i -e "s|^cc|$CC|" -e "s|-s|${LDFLAGS} -s|" conf-ld