diff --git a/pkgs/games/macopix/default.nix b/pkgs/games/macopix/default.nix
index 8f226f3cef06..5541b3b9d0fa 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/macopix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/macopix/default.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  # Workaround build failure on -fno-common toolchains:
+  #   ld: dnd.o:src/main.h:136: multiple definition of
+  #     `MENU_EXT'; main.o:src/main.h:136: first defined here
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-fcommon";
+
   NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lX11";
 
   meta = {