diff --git a/cde/lib/tt/bin/dbck/Imakefile b/cde/lib/tt/bin/dbck/Imakefile
index 7671378e6..f67c3298d 100644
--- a/cde/lib/tt/bin/dbck/Imakefile
+++ b/cde/lib/tt/bin/dbck/Imakefile
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ SYS_LIBRARIES   =
 EXTRA_LIBRARIES = TtClientExtraLibs
 #endif
 
+#if defined(LinuxDistribution)
+CXXEXTRA_DEFINES = -fpermissive
+#endif
 
 SRCS =  binkey.C        binkey_utils.C  common.C \
         options.C       options_tt.C    prop.C \