diff --git a/cde/lib/DtSvc/DtCodelibs/Imakefile b/cde/lib/DtSvc/DtCodelibs/Imakefile
index b2f8eb7cb..dbacb258b 100644
--- a/cde/lib/DtSvc/DtCodelibs/Imakefile
+++ b/cde/lib/DtSvc/DtCodelibs/Imakefile
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ INCLUDES = -I. -I../include
 CXXEXTRA_DEFINES = -qlanglvl=compat
 #endif
 
+#if defined(LinuxDistribution)
+CXXEXTRA_DEFINES = -fpermissive
+#endif
 
 SRCS =	buf.C		filegen.C	mbschr.C \
 	pathcollapse.C 	shellscan.C	strend.C \