diff --git a/dev-libs/rocm-opencl-runtime/rocm-opencl-runtime-3.5.0.ebuild b/dev-libs/rocm-opencl-runtime/rocm-opencl-runtime-3.5.0.ebuild
index b0fa0e30b921b..40557c217c176 100644
--- a/dev-libs/rocm-opencl-runtime/rocm-opencl-runtime-3.5.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/rocm-opencl-runtime/rocm-opencl-runtime-3.5.0.ebuild
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ src_prepare() {
 }
 
 src_configure() {
+	# Reported upstream: https://github.com/RadeonOpenCompute/ROCm-OpenCL-Runtime/issues/120
+	append-cflags -fcommon
+
 	local mycmakeargs=(
 		-DUSE_COMGR_LIBRARY=yes
 		-DROCclr_DIR=/usr/include/rocclr