diff --git a/libfvde.spec b/libfvde.spec
index 83362fc..0d15e69 100644
--- a/libfvde.spec
+++ b/libfvde.spec
@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@ autoreconf -fi
 # OOT builds are presently broken, so we have to install
 # within each python iteration now, not in %%install.
 %{python_expand #
-%configure --disable-static --enable-wide-character-type --enable-python PYTHON_VERSION="%{$python_bin_suffix}"
+# see libcdata for version-sc
+echo "V_%version { global: *; };" >v.sym
+%configure --disable-static --enable-wide-character-type --enable-python PYTHON_VERSION="%{$python_bin_suffix}" LDFLAGS="-Wl,--version-script=$PWD/v.sym"
 %make_build
 %make_install DESTDIR="%_builddir/rt"
 %make_build clean