diff --git a/libdb.spec b/libdb.spec
index 8c2415d..48078bc 100644
--- a/libdb.spec
+++ b/libdb.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Summary: The Berkeley DB database library for C
 Name: libdb
 Version: 5.3.21
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 Source0: http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/db-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1: http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/db.1.85.tar.gz
 Patch0: libdb-multiarch.patch
@@ -213,8 +213,8 @@ make -C db.1.85/PORT/%{_os} OORG="$CFLAGS"
 
 test -d dist/dist-tls || mkdir dist/dist-tls
 # Static link db_dump185 with old db-185 libraries.
-/bin/sh libtool --mode=compile	%{__cc} $RPM_OPT_FLAGS -Idb.1.85/PORT/%{_os}/include -D_REENTRANT -c util/db_dump185.c -o dist/dist-tls/db_dump185.lo
-/bin/sh libtool --mode=link	%{__cc} -o dist/dist-tls/db_dump185 dist/dist-tls/db_dump185.lo db.1.85/PORT/%{_os}/libdb.a
+/bin/sh libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile	%{__cc} $RPM_OPT_FLAGS -Idb.1.85/PORT/%{_os}/include -D_REENTRANT -c util/db_dump185.c -o dist/dist-tls/db_dump185.lo
+/bin/sh libtool --tag=LD --mode=link %{__cc} -o dist/dist-tls/db_dump185 dist/dist-tls/db_dump185.lo db.1.85/PORT/%{_os}/libdb.a
 
 pushd dist/dist-tls
 ln -sf ../configure .
@@ -396,6 +396,9 @@ rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 %{_libdir}/libdb_java.so
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Jul 14 2012 Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@fedoraproject.org> - 5.3.21-2
+- Specify tag for libtool (fixes FTBFS # 838334 )
+
 * Thu Jul  5 2012 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> 5.3.21-1
 - update to 5.3.21
 http://download.oracle.com/otndocs/products/berkeleydb/html/changelog_5_3.html