diff --git a/hdf5.changes b/hdf5.changes
index 2205dfd..5dd5e70 100644
--- a/hdf5.changes
+++ b/hdf5.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Sep 10 07:54:05 UTC 2019 - Ana Guerrero Lopez <aguerrero@suse.com>
+
+- Use -ffat-lto-objects to provide a proper static library. 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Sep  3 10:17:31 UTC 2019 - Ana Guerrero Lopez <aguerrero@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/hdf5.spec b/hdf5.spec
index 5a526a4..d93b9b7 100644
--- a/hdf5.spec
+++ b/hdf5.spec
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 %define short_ver 1.10
 %define src_ver %{version}
 %define pname hdf5
+%global _lto_cflags %{_lto_cflags} -ffat-lto-objects
 
 %if "%{flavor}" == ""
 ExclusiveArch:  do_not_build