diff --git a/.tinycdb.metadata b/.tinycdb.metadata
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fef122a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.tinycdb.metadata
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ade42ee1e7c56f66a63cb933206c089b9983adba tinycdb-0.78.tar.gz
diff --git a/tinycdb.spec b/tinycdb.spec
index f29342c..fbb033a 100644
--- a/tinycdb.spec
+++ b/tinycdb.spec
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 Name:		tinycdb
 Summary:	Utility and library for manipulating constant databases
 Version:	0.78
-Release:	17%{?dist}
+Release:	18%{?dist}
 License:	Public Domain
 URL:		http://www.corpit.ru/mjt/tinycdb.html
 Source0:	http://www.corpit.ru/mjt/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 # taken from the 0.77 tarball
 Source1:	libcdb.pc
 
-BuildRequires: make
-BuildRequires:  gcc
+BuildRequires:	make
+BuildRequires:	gcc
 %description
-tinycdb is a small, fast and reliable utility and subroutine library for 
+tinycdb is a small, fast and reliable utility and subroutine library for
 creating and reading constant databases. The database structure is tuned
 for fast reading.
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Requires:	%{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 tinycdb is a small, fast and reliable utility set and subroutine
 library for creating and reading constant databases.
 
-This package contains tinycdb development library and header file for 
+This package contains tinycdb development library and header file for
 developing applications that use %{name}.
 
 %prep
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ cp %{SOURCE1} debian/
 sed -i -e 's\/lib\/%{_lib}\g' debian/libcdb.pc
 
 %build
-make %{?_smp_mflags} staticlib sharedlib cdb-shared CFLAGS="%{optflags}" 
+make %{?_smp_mflags} staticlib sharedlib cdb-shared CFLAGS="%{optflags}" LDFLAGS="%{build_ldflags}"
 
 %install
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_libdir}
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ cp -p debian/libcdb.pc %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/libcdb.pc
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/*.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Feb 15 2022 Jaroslav Škarvada <jskarvad@redhat.com> - 0.78-18
+- Honoured distribution LDFLAGS
+  Resolves: rhbz#2044894
+
 * Tue Aug 10 2021 Mohan Boddu <mboddu@redhat.com> - 0.78-17
 - Rebuilt for IMA sigs, glibc 2.34, aarch64 flags
   Related: rhbz#1991688