diff --git a/testsuite/performance/meson.build b/testsuite/performance/meson.build
index c449cbd547..e28207686c 100644
--- a/testsuite/performance/meson.build
+++ b/testsuite/performance/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 if get_option ('profiler')
   test_performance = executable('test-performance', 'test-performance.c',
+                                c_args: common_cflags,
                                 dependencies: [profiler_dep, platform_gio_dep, libm])
 endif