diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/rpi-tools-depends/RPi.GPIO/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/rpi-tools-depends/RPi.GPIO/package.mk
index fc33db55e0..fa9541ec0b 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/rpi-tools-depends/RPi.GPIO/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/rpi-tools-depends/RPi.GPIO/package.mk
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ PKG_TOOLCHAIN="manual"
 pre_configure_target() {
   export PYTHONXCPREFIX="$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr"
   export LDSHARED="$CC -shared"
+  export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fcommon"
   export CPPFLAGS="$TARGET_CPPFLAGS -I${SYSROOT_PREFIX}/usr/include/$PKG_PYTHON_VERSION"
 }