diff --git a/libopenjpeg/jpwl/CMakeLists.txt b/libopenjpeg/jpwl/CMakeLists.txt
index 52411779..6fcfc957 100644
--- a/libopenjpeg/jpwl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libopenjpeg/jpwl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DUSE_JPWL)
 
 SET(JPWL_SRCS crc.c jpwl.c jpwl_lib.c rs.c)
+IF(APPLE)
+  SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES(
+    rs.c
+    PROPERTIES
+    COMPILE_FLAGS -fno-common)
+ENDIF(APPLE)
 
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(
   ${OPENJPEG_SOURCE_DIR}/libopenjpeg