diff --git a/srcpkgs/fprintd/template b/srcpkgs/fprintd/template
index b256567badf..11e0922ea43 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fprintd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fprintd/template
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ distfiles="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libfprint/fprintd/-/archive/V_${versio
 checksum=3bfbf870a3c333a0a1f08287b2b8501c34fd347faac8c1d52bd0d64ab3474d8e
 lib32disabled=yes
 
+CFLAGS="-fcommon"
+
 pre_configure() {
 	glib-gettextize -c -f
 	gtkdocize --copy