diff --git a/re2c.changes b/re2c.changes
index 1f54d49..cd14a13 100644
--- a/re2c.changes
+++ b/re2c.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 23 12:52:50 UTC 2010 - cristian.rodriguez@opensuse.org
+
+-  Use smp_flags
+- when rebuilding the scanner use -g, to generate GCC specific
+  code that is slightly faster.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jun 26 18:36:53 CEST 2008 - mmarek@suse.cz
 
diff --git a/re2c.spec b/re2c.spec
index 2b1d900..371fd8d 100644
--- a/re2c.spec
+++ b/re2c.spec
@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@ find CHANGELOG lessons examples -type f -print0 \
 
 %build
 %configure
-%{__make} re2c
+%{__make} %{?_smp_mflags} re2c
 #regenerate file scanner.cc
 %{__rm} -f scanner.cc
-./re2c scanner.re > scanner.cc
+./re2c -g scanner.re > scanner.cc
 %{__rm} -f re2c scanner.o
-%{__make}
+%{__make} %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %check
 %{__make} test