diff --git a/srcpkgs/makedumpfile/template b/srcpkgs/makedumpfile/template
index a335df5d67..cffe72b97b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/makedumpfile/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/makedumpfile/template
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ homepage="http://sourceforge.net/projects/makedumpfile/"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=e702fbdf62b4cd829a76e46f3e24eb3fc7501918b85ebdcd8baef4f53d6ee2c8
 
+CFLAGS="-fcommon"
+
 post_extract() {
 	sed -i '/#define PAGESIZE/i#undef PAGESIZE' makedumpfile.h
 	sed -i '1i#include <limits.h>' common.h