diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-common.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-common.inc
index a64c4caf00..6cb40fcb74 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-common.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-common.inc
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = "\
     --program-prefix=${TARGET_PREFIX} \
     --without-local-prefix \
     --disable-install-libiberty \
+    --with-specs=%{!fno-common:%{!fcommon:-fcommon}} \
     ${EXTRA_OECONF_BASE} \
     ${EXTRA_OECONF_GCC_FLOAT} \
     ${EXTRA_OECONF_PATHS} \