diff --git a/srcpkgs/frotz/template b/srcpkgs/frotz/template
index 45a2126df9f..1b44e1ddbfe 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/frotz/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/frotz/template
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ homepage="http://frotz.sourceforge.net/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/DavidGriffith/frotz/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=dbb5eb3bc95275dcb984c4bdbaea58bc1f1b085b20092ce6e86d9f0bf3ba858f
 
+CFLAGS="-fcommon"
 
 pre_build() {
 	sed -i Makefile \