diff --git a/checkpolicy.spec b/checkpolicy.spec
index e0bbd01..ed99f1b 100644
--- a/checkpolicy.spec
+++ b/checkpolicy.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Summary: SELinux policy compiler
 Name: checkpolicy
 Version: 2.7
-Release: 4%{?dist}
+Release: 5%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2
 Source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/SELinuxProject/selinux/files/releases/20170804/checkpolicy-2.7.tar.gz
 # download https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fedora-selinux/scripts/master/selinux/make-fedora-selinux-patch.sh
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ Only required for building policies.
 
 %build
 make clean
-make LIBDIR="%{_libdir}" CFLAGS="%{optflags}" 
+make LIBDIR="%{_libdir}" CFLAGS="%{optflags}" LDFLAGS="$RPM_LD_FLAGS"
 cd test
-make LIBDIR="%{_libdir}" CFLAGS="%{optflags}" 
+make LIBDIR="%{_libdir}" CFLAGS="%{optflags}" LDFLAGS="$RPM_LD_FLAGS"
 
 %install
 mkdir -p ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_bindir}
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ install test/dispol ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_bindir}/sedispol
 %{_bindir}/sedispol
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Feb 22 2018 Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> - 2.7-5
+- Use LDFLAGS from redhat-rpm-config
+
 * Wed Feb 07 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.7-4
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_28_Mass_Rebuild