diff --git a/sysfsutils.changes b/sysfsutils.changes
index c473ffc..dc049e4 100644
--- a/sysfsutils.changes
+++ b/sysfsutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Apr 27 19:28:46 UTC 2020 - Martin Liška <mliska@suse.cz>
+
+- Enable -fcommon in order to fix boo#1160295.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Mar 23 16:16:25 UTC 2020 - Martin Liška <mliska@suse.cz>
 
diff --git a/sysfsutils.spec b/sysfsutils.spec
index 8ab59cd..275a56e 100644
--- a/sysfsutils.spec
+++ b/sysfsutils.spec
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ This package contains the development files for libsysfs.
 %patch1 -p1
 
 %build
+%global optflags %{optflags} -fcommon
 %configure --disable-static --with-pic
 %{__make} %{?_smp_mflags}