diff --git a/recipes-bsp/cppi-lld/cppi-lld-test_git.bb b/recipes-bsp/cppi-lld/cppi-lld-test_git.bb
index b4f5c239..0c630b4e 100644
--- a/recipes-bsp/cppi-lld/cppi-lld-test_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-bsp/cppi-lld/cppi-lld-test_git.bb
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ PR = "${INC_PR}.0"
 
 CHOICELIST = "yes no"
 
+CFLAGS += "-fcommon"
+
 do_compile () {
 #   Now build the lld in the updated directory
 	for device in ${DEVICELIST}
diff --git a/recipes-bsp/pa-lld/pa-lld-test_git.bb b/recipes-bsp/pa-lld/pa-lld-test_git.bb
index 62ec1222..760f1882 100644
--- a/recipes-bsp/pa-lld/pa-lld-test_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-bsp/pa-lld/pa-lld-test_git.bb
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ PR = "${INC_PR}.1"
 
 CHOICELIST = "yes no"
 
+CC += "-fcommon"
+
 do_compile () {
 # Now build the lld unit test examples
 	for device in ${DEVICELIST}
diff --git a/recipes-bsp/qmss-lld/qmss-lld-test_git.bb b/recipes-bsp/qmss-lld/qmss-lld-test_git.bb
index 77e698a4..53f6dcff 100644
--- a/recipes-bsp/qmss-lld/qmss-lld-test_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-bsp/qmss-lld/qmss-lld-test_git.bb
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ PR = "${INC_PR}.2"
 
 CHOICELIST = "yes no"
 
+CFLAGS += "-fcommon"
+
 do_compile () {
 #   Now build the lld in the updated directory
 	for device in ${DEVICELIST}
diff --git a/recipes-bsp/sa-lld/sa-lld-test_git.bb b/recipes-bsp/sa-lld/sa-lld-test_git.bb
index f3fa4f3d..b9050b6a 100644
--- a/recipes-bsp/sa-lld/sa-lld-test_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-bsp/sa-lld/sa-lld-test_git.bb
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ DEVICELIST_k2e  = "k2e"
 
 CHOICELIST = "no yes"
 
+CFLAGS += "-fcommon"
+
 PARALLEL_MAKE = ""
 EXTRA_OEMAKE = "-f makefile_armv7 PDK_INSTALL_PATH=${STAGING_INCDIR} SA_SRC_DIR=${S}"
 
diff --git a/recipes-bsp/srio-lld/srio-lld-test_git.bb b/recipes-bsp/srio-lld/srio-lld-test_git.bb
index d2a00682..ca22b7d5 100644
--- a/recipes-bsp/srio-lld/srio-lld-test_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-bsp/srio-lld/srio-lld-test_git.bb
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ PR = "${INC_PR}.0"
 
 CHOICELIST = "yes no"
 
+CFLAGS += "-fcommon"
+
 do_compile () {
 #   Now build the lld in the updated directory
 	for device in ${DEVICELIST}