diff --git a/srcpkgs/tvheadend/template b/srcpkgs/tvheadend/template
index e7c483aee4..e32d30f917 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/tvheadend/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/tvheadend/template
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ homepage="http://tvheadend.org"
 distfiles="https://github.com/tvheadend/tvheadend/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=1aef889373d5fad2a7bd2f139156d4d5e34a64b6d38b87b868a2df415f01f7ad
 
+CFLAGS="-fcommon"
+
 pre_build() {
 	sed -i '/^${PROG}:/s/check_config//' Makefile
 	sed -i 's/-Werror//' Makefile