diff --git a/Makefile.common b/Makefile.common
index 59b72dcb536..96444261803 100644
--- a/Makefile.common
+++ b/Makefile.common
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ MODULES += \
 	common \
 	engines \
 	backends \
-	common		# HACK/FIXME: this extra 'common' was added because of a circular dependency between
+	common \
+	graphics	# HACK/FIXME: this extra 'common' was added because of a circular dependency between
 			# backends and common (the newly added Virtual Keyboard stuff depends on things
 			# from common).   This should be resolved in one way or another, perhaps by moving 
 			# the VK code out of backends?