diff --git a/macros b/macros
index 20abe4e..a2f5d8a 100644
--- a/macros
+++ b/macros
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@
 #==============================================================================
 # ---- configure and makeinstall.
 #
+%_configure_libtool_hardening_hack	1
 %_configure ./configure
-%configure(--:-:ChnqV) \
+%configure \
   CFLAGS="${CFLAGS:-%optflags}" ; export CFLAGS ; \
   CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS:-%optflags}" ; export CXXFLAGS ; \
   FFLAGS="${FFLAGS:-%optflags -I%_fmoddir}" ; export FFLAGS ; \
@@ -39,6 +40,10 @@
   for i in $(find . -name config.guess -o -name config.sub) ; do \
       [ -f /usr/lib/rpm/redhat/$(basename $i) ] && %{__rm} -f $i && %{__cp} -fv /usr/lib/rpm/redhat/$(basename $i) $i ; \
   done ; \
+  [ "%_configure_libtool_hardening_hack" = 1 ] && [ x != "x%{_hardened_ldflags}" ] && \
+      for i in $(find . -name ltmain.sh) ; do \
+        %{__sed} -i.backup -e 's~compiler_flags=$~compiler_flags="%{_hardened_ldflags}"~' $i \
+      done ; \
   %{_configure} --build=%{_build} --host=%{_host} \\\
 	--program-prefix=%{?_program_prefix} \\\
 	--disable-dependency-tracking \\\
@@ -54,12 +59,7 @@
 	--localstatedir=%{_localstatedir} \\\
 	--sharedstatedir=%{_sharedstatedir} \\\
 	--mandir=%{_mandir} \\\
-	--infodir=%{_infodir} \\\
-        %{**} ; \
-  [[ -f ./libtool && "x%{?%_hardened_ldflags}" != "x" ]] && \\\
-  sed   -i \\\
-        -e 's! \\\\\\$compiler_flags !&%{?%_hardened_ldflags} !g' \\\
-        ./libtool ;
+	--infodir=%{_infodir}
 
 %makeinstall \
   %{__make} \\\
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ package or when debugging this package.\
 %__find_requires        /usr/lib/rpm/redhat/find-requires
 
 %_hardening_cflags	-specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1
+# we don't escape symbols '~', '"', etc. so be careful when changing this
 %_hardening_ldflags	-specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-ld
 
 #_hardened_build	0