diff --git a/sssd.spec b/sssd.spec
index 18be292..958b62f 100644
--- a/sssd.spec
+++ b/sssd.spec
@@ -683,6 +683,8 @@ done
 %build
 autoreconf -ivf
 
+export LDFLAGS="$(echo %{__global_ldflags} | sed -e 's/-Wl,-z,defs//')"
+
 %configure \
     --with-test-dir=/dev/shm \
     --with-db-path=%{dbpath} \