diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/foremost/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/foremost/default.nix
index 24f207e95f1..1d0a2fa3188 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/foremost/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/foremost/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   patches = [ ./makefile.patch ];
 
+  # -fcommon: Workaround build failure on -fno-common toolchains like upstream
+  # gcc-10. Otherwise build fails as:
+  #   ld: api.o:(.bss+0xbdba0): multiple definition of `wildcard'; main.o:(.bss+0xbd760): first defined here
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-fcommon";
+
   makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;