diff --git a/srcpkgs/openjdk7-bootstrap/template b/srcpkgs/openjdk7-bootstrap/template
index eceb9d8fbb..da4617fe4d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/openjdk7-bootstrap/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/openjdk7-bootstrap/template
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ shlib_provides="libawt.so libawt_xawt.so libjava.so libjli.so libjvm.so libjawt.
 patch_args="-Np1"
 nocross=yes
 
+CFLAGS="-fcommon"
+
 post_extract() {
 	# ensure they're cleaned up
 	mv ../apache-ant-${_ant_ver} ${wrksrc}/apache-ant