diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index e8928777fd9ec1f5eeba8a8564568a479467a633..4359aa1a865f92a0e5e85abf70fc0247d37295d5 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2020-01-27  Richard Sandiford  <richard.sandiford@arm.com>
+
+	PR testsuite/71727
+	* gcc.target/aarch64/pr71727.c: Add -fcommon.
+
 2020-01-27  David Malcolm  <dmalcolm@redhat.com>
 
 	* gcc.dg/analyzer/sigsetjmp-5.c: New test.
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/aarch64/pr71727.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/aarch64/pr71727.c
index 05eef3e91919289e224cebc0d9bee77a3edd1324..41fa72bc67e910cac15c1e1712fd3aebd433aa0f 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/aarch64/pr71727.c
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/aarch64/pr71727.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* { dg-do compile } */
-/* { dg-options "-mstrict-align -O3" } */
+/* { dg-options "-mstrict-align -O3 -fcommon" } */
 
 struct test_struct_s
 {