diff --git a/srcpkgs/iselect/template b/srcpkgs/iselect/template
index 2a56bb61338..7b0737f3774 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/iselect/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/iselect/template
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ homepage="http://www.ossp.org/pkg/tool/iselect/"
 distfiles="${DEBIAN_SITE}/main/${pkgname:0:1}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}_${version}.orig.tar.gz"
 checksum=5b75fc5fa5407e85fa77d2a299c4e7628c0213116809f343946e62a8a25c5b1b
 
+CFLAGS="-fcommon"
+
 do_build() {
 	make ${makejobs} CC="$CC" LD="$LD" CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
 }