diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b5dcfbde85..1212d2dd6c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ sdl_config="${SDL_CONFIG-${cross_prefix}sdl-config}"
 ARFLAGS="${ARFLAGS-rv}"
 
 # default flags for all hosts
-QEMU_CFLAGS="-fno-strict-aliasing $QEMU_CFLAGS"
+QEMU_CFLAGS="-fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common $QEMU_CFLAGS"
 QEMU_CFLAGS="-Wall -Wundef -Wwrite-strings -Wmissing-prototypes $QEMU_CFLAGS"
 QEMU_CFLAGS="-Wstrict-prototypes -Wredundant-decls $QEMU_CFLAGS"
 QEMU_CFLAGS="-D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE $QEMU_CFLAGS"