diff --git a/libpsm2.changes b/libpsm2.changes
index 341056c..f280872 100644
--- a/libpsm2.changes
+++ b/libpsm2.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Apr 27 19:27:00 UTC 2020 - Martin Liška <mliska@suse.cz>
+
+- Add -fcommon in order to fix boo#1160279.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Apr  3 08:27:09 UTC 2020 - Nicolas Morey-Chaisemartin <nmoreychaisemartin@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/libpsm2.spec b/libpsm2.spec
index c88ab6d..987d384 100644
--- a/libpsm2.spec
+++ b/libpsm2.spec
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ Support for MPIs linked with PSM versions < 2.
 cp %{S:1} ChangeLog
 
 %build
+%global optflags %{optflags} -fcommon
 export RPM_OPT_FLAGS
 export VERSION=${Version} RELEASE=${Release}
 make %{?_smp_mflags}