diff --git a/srcpkgs/luakit/template b/srcpkgs/luakit/template
index 28f9858e3be..33587f26196 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/luakit/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/luakit/template
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ case "${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE}" in
 	aarch64) broken="LuaJIT-devel marked as unsupported";;
 esac
 
+CFLAGS="-fcommon"
+
 do_build() {
 	make DEVELOPMENT_PATHS=0 LUA_BIN_NAME=luajit USE_LUAJIT=1 PREFIX=/usr VERSION=${version} all
 }