diff --git a/dev-php/libvirt-php/libvirt-php-0.5.5.ebuild b/dev-php/libvirt-php/libvirt-php-0.5.5.ebuild
index dae081f9be6e8..df9088443f659 100644
--- a/dev-php/libvirt-php/libvirt-php-0.5.5.ebuild
+++ b/dev-php/libvirt-php/libvirt-php-0.5.5.ebuild
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ PHP_EXT_SKIP_PHPIZE="yes"
 USE_PHP="php5-6 php7-0 php7-1 php7-2 php7-3"
 PHP_EXT_ECONF_ARGS=()
 
-inherit php-ext-source-r3 autotools
+inherit php-ext-source-r3 autotools flag-o-matic
 
 DESCRIPTION="PHP bindings for libvirt"
 HOMEPAGE="http://libvirt.org/php/"
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ src_prepare() {
 	done
 }
 
+src_configure() {
+	append-cflags -fcommon
+	php-ext-source-r3_src_configure
+}
+
 src_install() {
 	local slot
 	for slot in $(php_get_slots); do