diff --git a/srcpkgs/trn/template b/srcpkgs/trn/template
index f3f0f7181e9..73a546e46ae 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/trn/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/trn/template
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}4/${wrksrc}.tar.gz"
 checksum=9ab0430244903ad86ed74fcc2fdc39dc043d23968888e071313050a967b8a6ff
 nocross="sh: ./try: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error"
 
+CFLAGS="-fcommon"
+
 post_extract() {
 	sed -i 's/pipe2/pipetwo/g' filter.c
 	sed -i '1i#include <time.h>' nntpclient.h