diff --git a/desktop/cellwriter/cellwriter.SlackBuild b/desktop/cellwriter/cellwriter.SlackBuild
index 1d49813317..865d0d143c 100644
--- a/desktop/cellwriter/cellwriter.SlackBuild
+++ b/desktop/cellwriter/cellwriter.SlackBuild
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ find -L . \
  -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
 LDFLAGS="-lX11" \
-CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS -w -Wl,--allow-multiple-definition" \
 CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 ./configure \
   --prefix=/usr \