diff --git a/office/spellcheck/enchant2/actions.py b/office/spellcheck/enchant2/actions.py
index 0366106aa2..65b491894b 100644
--- a/office/spellcheck/enchant2/actions.py
+++ b/office/spellcheck/enchant2/actions.py
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ j = ''.join([
     ])
 
 def setup():
+    pisitools.cxxflags.add("-fpermissive")
+    # autotools.autoreconf("-fi")
     autotools.configure(j)
 
     #fix unused direct dependency analysis