diff --git a/common.xml b/common.xml
index 62fbbc8f7..d833fe3e3 100644
--- a/common.xml
+++ b/common.xml
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
         <element name = "arguments" optional = "true" />
         
         <sequential>
-            <exec executable = "gcc" output = "@{output}">
+            <exec executable = "gcc" output = "@{output}" error = "@{output}.err">
                 <!-- Preprocessing only -->
                 <arg value = "-E" />
                 <!-- Interpret files as C source files (instead of treating them as object files); this option is given to make the compiler preprocess them -->
@@ -123,4 +123,4 @@
     </macrodef>
 
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>