diff --git a/SOURCES/uuid-1.6.2-ldflags.patch b/SOURCES/uuid-1.6.2-ldflags.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d0ae2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/uuid-1.6.2-ldflags.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+diff -up uuid-1.6.2/Makefile.in.ldflags uuid-1.6.2/Makefile.in
+--- uuid-1.6.2/Makefile.in.ldflags	2022-01-24 20:53:01.992171989 +0100
++++ uuid-1.6.2/Makefile.in	2022-01-24 20:53:02.025171559 +0100
+@@ -112,15 +112,15 @@ all: $(TARGETS)
+ 	@$(LIBTOOL) --mode=compile $(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c $<
+ 
+ $(LIB_NAME): $(LIB_OBJS)
+-	@$(LIBTOOL) --mode=link $(CC) -o $(LIB_NAME) $(LIB_OBJS) -rpath $(libdir) \
++	@$(LIBTOOL) --mode=link $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(LIB_NAME) $(LIB_OBJS) -rpath $(libdir) \
+ 	    -version-info `$(SHTOOL) version -l c -d libtool $(S)/uuid_vers.h`
+ 
+ $(DCE_NAME): $(DCE_OBJS)
+-	@$(LIBTOOL) --mode=link $(CC) -o $(DCE_NAME) $(DCE_OBJS) -rpath $(libdir) \
++	@$(LIBTOOL) --mode=link $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(DCE_NAME) $(DCE_OBJS) -rpath $(libdir) \
+ 	    -version-info `$(SHTOOL) version -l c -d libtool $(S)/uuid_vers.h`
+ 
+ $(CXX_NAME): $(CXX_OBJS)
+-	@$(LIBTOOL) --mode=link $(CXX) -o $(CXX_NAME) $(CXX_OBJS) -rpath $(libdir) \
++	@$(LIBTOOL) --mode=link $(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(CXX_NAME) $(CXX_OBJS) -rpath $(libdir) \
+ 	    -version-info `$(SHTOOL) version -l c -d libtool $(S)/uuid_vers.h`
+ 
+ $(PRG_NAME): $(PRG_OBJS) $(LIB_NAME)
diff --git a/SPECS/uuid.spec b/SPECS/uuid.spec
index bff4fa7..64ec86d 100644
--- a/SPECS/uuid.spec
+++ b/SPECS/uuid.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 Name:           uuid
 Version:        1.6.2
-Release:        53%{?dist}
+Release:        55%{?dist}
 Summary:        Universally Unique Identifier library
 License:        MIT
 URL:            http://www.ossp.org/pkg/lib/uuid/
@@ -20,10 +20,13 @@ Patch3:         uuid-1.6.2-hwaddr.patch
 
 # do not strip binaries
 Patch4:         uuid-1.6.2-nostrip.patch
-Patch5: uuid-1.6.2-manfix.patch
-Patch6: uuid-aarch64.patch
+Patch5:         uuid-1.6.2-manfix.patch
+Patch6:         uuid-aarch64.patch
 
-BuildRequires: make
+# use ldflags for libs too
+Patch7:         uuid-1.6.2-ldflags.patch
+
+BuildRequires:  make
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  libtool
 
@@ -111,6 +114,7 @@ DCE development headers and libraries for OSSP uuid.
 %patch4 -p1 -b .nostrip
 %patch5 -p1 -b .manfix
 %patch6 -p1 -b .aarch64
+%patch7 -p1 -b .ldflags
 
 %build
 # Build the library.
@@ -121,6 +125,7 @@ export PHP_NAME=$(pwd)/php/modules/ossp-uuid.so
 export PGSQL_NAME=$(pwd)/pgsql/libossp-uuid.so
 export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS"
 export CXXFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS"
+export LDFLAGS="-Wl,-z,now -Wl,-z,relro %{?__global_ldflags}"
 %configure \
     --disable-static \
     --without-perl \
@@ -156,6 +161,13 @@ find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -depth -type d -exec rmdir {} 2>/dev/null \;
 %{_fixperms} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/*
 popd
 
+# fix multilib issues
+cp $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_bindir}/uuid-config $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_bindir}/uuid-config.$(uname -m)
+cat >$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_bindir}/uuid-config <<EOF
+#!/bin/sh
+exec \$0.\$(uname -m) "\$@"
+EOF
+
 %check
 make check
 
@@ -178,7 +190,7 @@ popd
 %exclude %{_mandir}/man1/uuid-config.*
 
 %files devel
-%{_bindir}/uuid-config
+%{_bindir}/uuid-config*
 %{_includedir}/uuid.h
 %{_libdir}/libossp-uuid.so
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/ossp-uuid.pc
@@ -206,6 +218,9 @@ popd
 %{_libdir}/libossp-uuid_dce.so
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Feb 24 2022 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink@redhat.com> - 1.6.2-55
+- fix build flags (#2044896)
+
 * Tue Aug 10 2021 Mohan Boddu <mboddu@redhat.com> - 1.6.2-53
 - Rebuilt for IMA sigs, glibc 2.34, aarch64 flags
   Related: rhbz#1991688