diff --git a/0009-Allow-compilation-to-succeed-with-fno-common.patch b/0009-Allow-compilation-to-succeed-with-fno-common.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fafb521
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0009-Allow-compilation-to-succeed-with-fno-common.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+From 212832f065dac884a2e9bc858263d7735b6e2230 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
+Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2020 08:59:13 +1100
+Subject: [PATCH] Allow compilation to succeed with -fno-common
+
+When compiled with -fno-common, global variables that are declared
+multple times cause an error.  With -fcommon (the default), they are
+merged.
+
+Declaring such variable multiple times is probably not a good idea, and
+is definitely not necessary.
+
+This patch changes all the global variables defined in include files to
+be explicitly "extern", and where necessary, adds the variable
+declaration to a suitable .c file.
+
+To test, run
+  CFLAGS=-fno-common ./configure
+  make
+
+Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
+---
+ utils/mountd/v4root.c |    2 --
+ utils/statd/statd.c   |    1 +
+ utils/statd/statd.h   |    2 +-
+ 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+--- a/utils/mountd/v4root.c
++++ b/utils/mountd/v4root.c
+@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
+ #include "v4root.h"
+ #include "pseudoflavors.h"
+ 
+-int v4root_needed;
+-
+ static nfs_export pseudo_root = {
+ 	.m_next = NULL,
+ 	.m_client = NULL,
+--- a/utils/statd/statd.c
++++ b/utils/statd/statd.c
+@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ static struct option longopts[] =
+ };
+ 
+ extern void sm_prog_1 (struct svc_req *, register SVCXPRT *);
++stat_chge	SM_stat_chge;
+ 
+ #ifdef SIMULATIONS
+ extern void simulator (int, char **);
+--- a/utils/statd/statd.h
++++ b/utils/statd/statd.h
+@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ extern void	load_state(void);
+ /*
+  * Host status structure and macros.
+  */
+-stat_chge		SM_stat_chge;
++extern stat_chge	SM_stat_chge;
+ #define MY_NAME		SM_stat_chge.mon_name
+ #define MY_STATE	SM_stat_chge.state
+ 
diff --git a/nfs-utils.changes b/nfs-utils.changes
index b209f2d..aecb020 100644
--- a/nfs-utils.changes
+++ b/nfs-utils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Feb  5 22:13:28 UTC 2020 - Neil Brown <nfbrown@suse.com>
+
+- 0009-Allow-compilation-to-succeed-with-fno-common.patch
+  Allow compilation to success with -fno-common
+  (boo#1160405)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Nov 20 23:55:31 UTC 2019 - Neil Brown <nfbrown@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/nfs-utils.spec b/nfs-utils.spec
index ae5d9b0..1c352b3 100644
--- a/nfs-utils.spec
+++ b/nfs-utils.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package nfs-utils
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2019 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2020 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Release:        0
 Summary:        Support Utilities for Kernel nfsd
 License:        GPL-2.0-or-later
 Group:          Productivity/Networking/NFS
-Url:            http://kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/nfs-utils/
+URL:            http://kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/nfs-utils/
 Source0:        http://kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/nfs-utils/%{version}/nfs-utils-%{version}.tar.xz
 # Download does not work:
 # Source1:        ftp://nfs.sourceforge.net/pub/nfs/nfs.doc.tar.bz2
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ Patch5:         0005-nfs.conf-fail-to-disable-major-NFS-version-4-using-v.patch
 Patch6:         0006-conffile-allow-optional-include-files.patch
 Patch7:         0007-statd-user-from-sm
 Patch8:         0008-mountd-Initialize-logging-early.patch
+Patch0:         0009-Allow-compilation-to-succeed-with-fno-common.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  e2fsprogs-devel
 BuildRequires:  fedfs-utils-devel
@@ -158,6 +159,7 @@ This package contains additional NFS documentation.
 %patch6 -p1
 %patch7 -p1
 %patch8 -p1
+%patch9 -p1
 
 cp %{SOURCE6} .