diff --git a/srcpkgs/xforms/template b/srcpkgs/xforms/template
index c3baac8efa3..b76cf101ceb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xforms/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xforms/template
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ homepage="http://xforms-toolkit.org/"
 distfiles="$NONGNU_SITE/xforms/xforms-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=78cc6b07071bbeaa1f906e0a22d5e9980e48f8913577bc082d661afe5cb75696
 
+CFLAGS="-fcommon"
+
 xforms-devel_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
 	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"