diff --git a/cde/lib/tt/bin/ttdbserverd/Imakefile b/cde/lib/tt/bin/ttdbserverd/Imakefile
index e5915b12f..92e67d764 100644
--- a/cde/lib/tt/bin/ttdbserverd/Imakefile
+++ b/cde/lib/tt/bin/ttdbserverd/Imakefile
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ SYS_LIBRARIES   =
 EXTRA_LIBRARIES = TtClientExtraLibs
 #endif
 
+#if defined(LinuxDistribution)
+CXXEXTRA_DEFINES = -fpermissive
+#endif
 
 SRCS = \
         db_server_functions.C \