diff --git a/srcpkgs/gtkdialog/template b/srcpkgs/gtkdialog/template
index f8f62c3178..7311db4ef1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gtkdialog/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gtkdialog/template
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ homepage="https://code.google.com/p/gtkdialog/"
 distfiles="https://storage.googleapis.com/google-code-archive-downloads/v2/code.google.com/gtkdialog/gtkdialog-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=ff89d2d7f1e6488e5df5f895716ac1d4198c2467a2a5dc1f51ab408a2faec38e
 
+CFLAGS="-fcommon"
+
 post_install() {
 	vmkdir usr/share/doc/$pkgname
 	cp -a examples ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/doc/$pkgname/examples