diff --git a/tinyows.spec b/tinyows.spec
index 42870d3..e7d479f 100644
--- a/tinyows.spec
+++ b/tinyows.spec
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ sed -i -e 's|/usr/tinyows/|%{_datadir}/%{name}/|' src/ows_define.h
 # fix DSO lookup
 sed -i -e 's|-lpq|-lpq -lm|' Makefile
 
+# respect fedora ldflags
+sed -i -e 's|-lfl $(POSTGIS_LIB)|-lfl $(LDFLAGS) $(POSTGIS_LIB)|' Makefile
+
 %make_build
 
 # disable timestamp inside docs