diff --git a/bison.changes b/bison.changes
index 17b8f41..2defd8b 100644
--- a/bison.changes
+++ b/bison.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jul  9 07:53:58 UTC 2013 - schwab@suse.de
+
+- Override broken configure checks
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Mar 21 07:52:06 UTC 2013 - mmeister@suse.com
 
diff --git a/bison.spec b/bison.spec
index 64b93bb..b4b4066 100644
--- a/bison.spec
+++ b/bison.spec
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ Bison is a parser generator similar to yacc(1).
 %setup -q
 
 %build
-%configure --disable-silent-rules --disable-rpath
+%configure --disable-silent-rules --disable-rpath \
+  gl_cv_func_printf_directive_n=yes \
+  gl_cv_func_printf_infinite_long_double=yes
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %check