diff --git a/srcpkgs/halibut/template b/srcpkgs/halibut/template
index 5d33d6d5207..e428d771ea8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/halibut/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/halibut/template
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ homepage="http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/halibut/"
 distfiles="http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=1aedfb6240f27190c36a390fcac9ce732edbdbaa31c85ee675b994e2b083163f
 
-CFLAGS='-I../charset -I../build'
+CFLAGS='-I../charset -I../build -fcommon'
 
 pre_build() {
 	export LIBS="$LDFLAGS"