diff --git a/gawk.changes b/gawk.changes
index a25b290..3a9060c 100644
--- a/gawk.changes
+++ b/gawk.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat May 13 08:31:16 UTC 2023 - Andreas Stieger <Andreas.Stieger@gmx.de>
+
+- enable profiling
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue May  9 20:38:51 UTC 2023 - Andreas Stieger <andreas.stieger@gmx.de>
 
diff --git a/gawk.spec b/gawk.spec
index d35f63d..46bd95f 100644
--- a/gawk.spec
+++ b/gawk.spec
@@ -43,7 +43,20 @@ almost completely POSIX 1003.2 compliant.
 
 %build
 %configure
-%make_build
+export CFLAGS="%{optflags}"
+%configure
+%if %{do_profiling}
+  %make_build CFLAGS="$CFLAGS %{cflags_profile_generate}" LDFLAGS="-fprofile-arcs"
+  %make_build check \
+%if 0%{?qemu_user_space_build}
+	NEED_PMA= \
+%endif
+  %{nil}
+  %make_build clean
+  %make_build CFLAGS="$CFLAGS %{cflags_profile_feedback}" LDFLAGS="-fprofile-arcs"
+%else
+  %make_build
+%endif
 
 %check
 # Disable pma tests when running in linux-user emulation (bsc#1203140)