diff --git a/srcpkgs/gcolor2/template b/srcpkgs/gcolor2/template
index ccb764556a0..4aec89567aa 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gcolor2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gcolor2/template
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ homepage="http://gcolor2.sourceforge.net/"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=89bd6c6d27ba5a679ec60057de8497855072f520515b490e5986fc3509774f23
 
+CFLAGS="-fcommon"
+
 post_extract() {
 	sed -i 's/\[:space:\]/[&]/g' configure
 }