diff --git a/gnu/packages/bittorrent.scm b/gnu/packages/bittorrent.scm
index f0f5128db4..197ad2ac55 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bittorrent.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bittorrent.scm
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Jelle Licht <jlicht@fsfe.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Fis Trivial <ybbs.daans@hotmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Nam Nguyen <namn@berkeley.edu>
-;;; Copyright © 2018 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
+;;; Copyright © 2018, 2021 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2019, 2020 Brett Gilio <brettg@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2021 Justin Veilleux <terramorpha@cock.li>
@@ -363,6 +363,8 @@ Aria2 can be manipulated via built-in JSON-RPC and XML-RPC interfaces.")
        (sha256
         (base32 "0dlrjhnm1pg2vwmp7nl2xv1aia5hyirb3021rl46x859k63zap24"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     `(#:configure-flags '("CFLAGS=-fcommon")))
     (inputs
      `(("curl" ,curl)
        ("gtk+" ,gtk+)