diff --git a/srcpkgs/vilistextum/template b/srcpkgs/vilistextum/template
index f5ffe47b536..aa10c3427fe 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vilistextum/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vilistextum/template
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ homepage="http://bhaak.net/vilistextum"
 distfiles="http://bhaak.net/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=3a16b4d70bfb144e044a8d584f091b0f9204d86a716997540190100c20aaf88d
 
+CFLAGS="-fcommon"
+
 pre_configure() {
 	sed -i '/SUBDIRS =/s/tests//' Makefile.am
 	autoreconf -fi