diff --git a/macros.rubygems b/macros.rubygems
index 3f72b14..8c4d067 100644
--- a/macros.rubygems
+++ b/macros.rubygems
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 %gem_install(d:n:) \
 mkdir -p %{-d*}%{!?-d:.%{gem_dir}} \
 \
-CONFIGURE_ARGS="--with-cflags='%{optflags}' --with-cxxflags='%{optflags}' $CONFIGURE_ARGS" \\\
+CONFIGURE_ARGS="--with-cflags='%{optflags}' --with-cxxflags='%{optflags}' --with-ldflags='%{build_ldflags}' $CONFIGURE_ARGS" \\\
 gem install \\\
         -V \\\
         --local \\\
diff --git a/ruby.spec b/ruby.spec
index 5ea6891..301e474 100644
--- a/ruby.spec
+++ b/ruby.spec
@@ -1348,6 +1348,8 @@ MSPECOPTS=""
 - Fix StartTLS stripping vulnerability in Net::IMAP (CVE-2021-32066)
 - Fix dependencies of gems with explicit source installed from a
   different source. (CVE-2020-36327)
+- Pass ldflags to gem install via CONFIGURE_ARGS.
+  The same comment on the changelog 3.0.1-138 was wrong.
 
 * Mon Jun 07 2021 Jarek Prokop <jprokop@redhat.com> - 3.0.1-138
 - Upgrade to Ruby 3.0.1 by merging Fedora rawhide branch (commit: 6b2ff68).