diff --git a/adobe-afdko.spec b/adobe-afdko.spec
index cb28c4b..0739cda 100644
--- a/adobe-afdko.spec
+++ b/adobe-afdko.spec
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ from PostScript and TrueType font data.
 
 %build
 %set_build_flags
+export XFLAGS="${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS}"
 pushd c
 sh buildalllinux.sh release
 popd
@@ -44,6 +45,8 @@ find ./ -type f -executable -exec install -p -m 0755 "{}" \
 %changelog
 * Thu Jan 22 2024 Benjamin A. Beasley <code@musicinmybrain.net> - 3.6.1-10
 - Fix a typo in the License expression
+- Fix build not respecting distribution compiler flags; this means executables
+  are now PIE, and the debuginfo package is now useful
 
 * Mon Jan 22 2024 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 3.6.1-9
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_40_Mass_Rebuild