diff --git a/SPECS/perl.spec b/SPECS/perl.spec
index be2a2f2..696340a 100644
--- a/SPECS/perl.spec
+++ b/SPECS/perl.spec
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 Name:           perl
 Version:        %{perl_version}
 # release number must be even higher, because dual-lived modules will be broken otherwise
-Release:        403%{?dist}
+Release:        404%{?dist}
 Epoch:          %{perl_epoch}
 Summary:        Practical Extraction and Report Language
 # These are all found licenses. They are distributed among various
@@ -3258,8 +3258,6 @@ echo "RPM Build arch: %{_arch}"
 %global perl_vendorlib  %{privlib}/vendor_perl
 %global perl_vendorarch %{archlib}/vendor_perl
 
-# Disable hardening due to some run-time failures, bug #1238804
-%undefine _hardened_build
 # ldflags is not used when linking XS modules.
 # Only ldflags is used when linking miniperl.
 # Only ccflags and ldflags are used for Configure's compiler checks.
@@ -5487,6 +5485,9 @@ popd
 
 # Old changelog entries are preserved in CVS.
 %changelog
+* Mon Mar 25 2019 Jitka Plesnikova <jplesnik@redhat.com> - 4:5.24.4-404
+- Fix annocheck failure by enabling hardening (bug #1636329)
+
 * Thu Feb 07 2019 Petr Pisar <ppisar@redhat.com> - 4:5.24.4-403
 - Require perl-interpreter from perl (bug #1670435)