diff --git a/newt.spec b/newt.spec
index 221d583..41abdf2 100644
--- a/newt.spec
+++ b/newt.spec
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ library providing a python API for creating text mode interfaces.
 # --with-gpm-support
 %configure --without-tcl
 ## make depend
-%{__make} %{?_smp_mflags} all
+%{__make} CPPFLAGS="%{optflags}" %{?_smp_mflags} all
 #docbook2txt tutorial.sgml
 
 %install