diff --git a/mariadb10.11.spec b/mariadb10.11.spec
index 9447ba9..2cf25c0 100644
--- a/mariadb10.11.spec
+++ b/mariadb10.11.spec
@@ -926,6 +926,27 @@ fi
     fi
 %endif
 
+
+# Adjust the compliation flags:
+# First initialize the distribution default values
+%{set_build_flags}
+# Add custom tweaks
+CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE"
+# Force the 'PIC' mode so that we can build libmysqld.so
+CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC"
+
+# When making a debug build, remove all optimizations
+%if %{with debug}
+# -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE requires optimizations enabled. Disable the fortify.
+%undefine _fortify_level
+CFLAGS=`echo "$CFLAGS" | sed -r 's/-O[0123]//'`
+CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -O0 -g"
+%endif
+
+# Apply the updated values
+CXXFLAGS="$CFLAGS"; CPPFLAGS="$CFLAGS"; export CFLAGS CXXFLAGS CPPFLAGS
+
+
 # The INSTALL_xxx macros have to be specified relative to CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX
 # so we can't use %%{_datadir} and so forth here.
 %cmake \
@@ -1001,27 +1022,8 @@ fi
 # The issue is that the MariaDB upstream level of hardening is lower than expected by Red Hat
 # We disable this option to the default compilation flags (which have higher level of hardening) will be used
 
-
-CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE"
-# force PIC mode so that we can build libmysqld.so
-CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC"
-
-%if %{with debug}
-# Override all optimization flags when making a debug build
-# -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE requires optimizations enabled. Disable the fortify.
-%undefine _fortify_level
-CFLAGS=`echo "$CFLAGS" | sed -r 's/-O[0123]//'`
-
-CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -O0 -g"
-%endif
-
-CXXFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
-CPPFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
-export CFLAGS CXXFLAGS CPPFLAGS
-
-
-# Print all Cmake options values; "-LAH" means "List Advanced Help"
-cmake -B %{_vpath_builddir} -LAH
+# Print all cached CMake options values; "-N" means to run in read-only mode; "-LAH" means "List Advanced Help" for each option
+cmake -B %{_vpath_builddir} -N -LAH
 
 %cmake_build