diff --git a/srcpkgs/slurm-wlm/template b/srcpkgs/slurm-wlm/template
index efa2aa3064..9753cabe79 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/slurm-wlm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/slurm-wlm/template
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ homepage="http://slurm.schedmd.com/slurm.html"
 distfiles="https://github.com/SchedMD/slurm/archive/slurm-${_distver}.tar.gz"
 checksum=e53e67bd0bb4c37a9c481998764a746467a96bc41d6527569080514f36452c07
 
+CFLAGS="-fcommon"
+
 if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_WORDSIZE" = "32" ]; then
 	# configure: error: 32-bit support is deprecated, and not tested
 	# regularly. Use at your own risk.