diff --git a/srcpkgs/wmii/template b/srcpkgs/wmii/template
index d04d7470d59..738f74350d6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/wmii/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/wmii/template
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ distfiles="https://storage.googleapis.com/google-code-archive-downloads/v2/code.
 checksum=0466f1a5c534b0ee9fdace2c7a2d251845b7ec0ae80bdb8e68ae6584ebeebf2b
 python_version=2 #unverified
 
+CFLAGS="-fcommon"
+
 do_build() {
 	LDFLAGS+=" -lX11 -lXrender"
 	make CC="$CC -c" AR="$AR crs" LD=$CC RANLIB=$RANLIB PREFIX=/usr