diff --git a/srcpkgs/libunwind/template b/srcpkgs/libunwind/template
index 2bafd62b62..944fba59bf 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libunwind/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libunwind/template
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ homepage="https://www.nongnu.org/libunwind/"
 distfiles="${NONGNU_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version/rc/-rc}.tar.gz"
 checksum=df59c931bd4d7ebfd83ee481c943edf015138089b8e50abed8d9c57ba9338435
 
+CFLAGS="-fcommon"
+
 # LDFLAGS is necessary because libunwind.so itself uses getcontext/setcontext
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	i686-musl) LDFLAGS=" -lssp_nonshared" ;;