diff --git a/cpuid.spec b/cpuid.spec
index b3bb669..9b7f3e0 100644
--- a/cpuid.spec
+++ b/cpuid.spec
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ and is fairly complete.
 %setup -q
 
 %build
-%__make CFLAGS="%{optflags} -Wall"
+# remove -Werror=format-security which is used on Mandriva, as it produces
+# a false positive compiler error on several printf calls:
+CFLAGS=$(echo "%{optflags} -Wall"| %__sed 's/-Werror=format-security//g')
+
+%__make CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
 
 %install
 %__install -D -m 0755 cpuid "%{buildroot}%{_bindir}/cpuid"