diff --git a/mold.changes b/mold.changes
index 821c9d8..48a014f 100644
--- a/mold.changes
+++ b/mold.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Mar  8 12:07:34 UTC 2022 - Martin Liška <mliska@suse.cz>
+
+- Respect %{optflags}.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Mar  8 09:58:13 UTC 2022 - Martin Liška <mliska@suse.cz>
 
diff --git a/mold.spec b/mold.spec
index 6626b0a..5435319 100644
--- a/mold.spec
+++ b/mold.spec
@@ -61,12 +61,13 @@ export CXX=g++-10
 export CC=gcc
 export CXX=g++
 %endif
-export CFLAGS="%{optflags} -Wno-sign-compare"
-export CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
 export MANDIR=%{_mandir}
 export LIBDIR=%{_libdir}
 export BINDIR=%{_bindir}
-%make_build %{build_args}
+
+export CXXFLAGS="%{optflags} -Wno-sign-compare"
+export LDFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}"
+%make_build %{build_args} CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}" LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
 
 %install
 %make_install PREFIX=%{_prefix} BINDIR=%{_bindir} MANDIR=%{_mandir} LIBDIR=%{_libdir} %{build_args}