diff --git a/libwebp.spec b/libwebp.spec
index ae965c9..a816be8 100644
--- a/libwebp.spec
+++ b/libwebp.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name:          libwebp
 Version:       0.6.1
-Release:       7%{?dist}
+Release:       8%{?dist}
 URL:           http://webmproject.org/
 Summary:       Library and tools for the WebP graphics format
 # Additional IPR is licensed as well. See PATENTS file for details
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ swig -ignoremissing -I../src -java \
     -outdir java/com/google/webp \
     -o libwebp_java_wrap.c libwebp.swig
 
-gcc %{optflags} -shared \
+gcc %{__global_ldflags} %{optflags} -shared \
     -I/usr/lib/jvm/java/include \
     -I/usr/lib/jvm/java/include/linux \
     -I../src \
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ cp swig/*.jar swig/*.so %{buildroot}/%{_libdir}/%{name}-java/
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Feb 27 2018 Sandro Mani <manisandro@gmail.com> - 0.6.1-8
+- Fix LDFLAGS not passed when building libwebp_jni.so (#1548718)
+
 * Mon Feb 26 2018 Sandro Mani <manisandro@gmail.com> - 0.6.1-7
 - More big-endian fixes