diff --git a/SPECS/c-ares.spec b/SPECS/c-ares.spec
index ee05801b..7e4485f5 100644
--- a/SPECS/c-ares.spec
+++ b/SPECS/c-ares.spec
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+%global optflags %(echo %{optflags} | sed 's/-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2//')
+
 Summary: A library that performs asynchronous DNS operations
 Name: c-ares
 Version: 1.10.0