diff --git a/srcpkgs/kexec-tools/template b/srcpkgs/kexec-tools/template
index 96e730e9127..64f8df9ae63 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kexec-tools/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kexec-tools/template
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ distfiles="${KERNEL_SITE}/utils/kernel/kexec/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=dad8077f0315445d1f6335579fc4ade222facf82a67124974c7be5303ba4f8c8
 skip_extraction="${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 
+CFLAGS="-fcommon"
+
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	ppc-musl) nopie=yes;; # textrels not supported
 esac