diff --git a/srcpkgs/ucspi-ssl/patches/fix-syntax.patch b/srcpkgs/ucspi-ssl/patches/fix-syntax.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c486e58724
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/ucspi-ssl/patches/fix-syntax.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- host/superscript.com/net/ucspi-ssl-0.11.6a/src/sslperl.c	2019-06-22 10:19:41.000000000 +0200
++++ host/superscript.com/net/ucspi-ssl-0.11.6a/src/sslperl.c	2020-09-28 23:36:57.970547752 +0200
+@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
+ #define call_argv perl_call_argv
+ #endif
+ 
+-extern char *who = "PERL!";
++extern char *who /* = "PERL!" */;
+ 
+ //extern const char *who;
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ucspi-ssl/template b/srcpkgs/ucspi-ssl/template
index 0057498255..3f4f828cc3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ucspi-ssl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ucspi-ssl/template
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ checksum=e7fcd4ceec351a0f36b7d27188758709a6c095460ed4dce434e0c5d463c4c4ea
 # ad hoc build system breaks parallel build and cross-compilation
 disable_parallel_build="ad hoc build system breaks parallel build"
 
+CFLAGS="-fcommon"
+
 pre_build() {
 	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 		x86_64*) ;;