diff --git a/srcpkgs/rox/template b/srcpkgs/rox/template
index 4e5d1cbdc3f..625e4e26215 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rox/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rox/template
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ license="GPL-2.0-only"
 homepage="http://rox.sourceforge.net/desktop/"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/rox/rox-filer-$version.tar.bz2"
 checksum=a929bd32ee18ef7a2ed48b971574574592c42e34ae09f36604bf663d7c101ba8
-
 nocross=yes
 
+CFLAGS="-fcommon"
+
 do_build() {
 	./ROX-Filer/AppRun --compile LIBS="-ldl -lm"
 	rsvg-convert -w 48 -h 38 -f png -o rox.png ${FILESDIR}/rox.svg