--- /dev/null
+From f385e7be8adb620ca7eb89f84abe4d1df94c1029 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Dave Vasilevsky <dave@vasilevsky.ca>
+Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2020 19:16:05 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] fix linkage
+
+[Retrieved from:
+https://github.com/vasi/pixz/commit/f385e7be8adb620ca7eb89f84abe4d1df94c1029]
+Signed-off-by: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice@gmail.com>
+---
+ src/common.c | 2 +-
+ src/pixz.h | 4 ++--
+ 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/common.c b/src/common.c
+index 59d3273..5938633 100644
+--- a/src/common.c
++++ b/src/common.c
+@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
+
+ #pragma mark UTILS
+
+-FILE *gInFile = NULL;
++FILE *gInFile = NULL, *gOutFile = NULL;
+ lzma_stream gStream = LZMA_STREAM_INIT;
+
+
+diff --git a/src/pixz.h b/src/pixz.h
+index 0fa60f2..0939a9a 100644
+--- a/src/pixz.h
++++ b/src/pixz.h
+@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ void pixz_read(bool verify, size_t nspecs, char **specs);
+
+ #pragma mark UTILS
+
+-FILE *gInFile, *gOutFile;
+-lzma_stream gStream;
++extern FILE *gInFile, *gOutFile;
++extern lzma_stream gStream;
+
+ extern lzma_index *gIndex;
+