diff --git a/ghostscript-ldflags.patch b/ghostscript-ldflags.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dbf189f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ghostscript-ldflags.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+diff -up ghostscript-8.71/base/unix-dll.mak.ldflags ghostscript-8.71/base/unix-dll.mak
+--- ghostscript-8.71/base/unix-dll.mak.ldflags	2009-10-19 21:24:53.000000000 +0100
++++ ghostscript-8.71/base/unix-dll.mak	2010-02-19 10:07:06.645044318 +0000
+@@ -88,8 +88,9 @@ $(GSSOX_XE): $(GS_SO) $(PSSRC)$(SOC_LOAD
+ 
+ # ------------------------- Recursive make targets ------------------------- #
+ 
+-SODEFS=LDFLAGS='$(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_SO)'\
++SODEFS=\
+  GS_XE=$(BINDIR)/$(SOBINRELDIR)/$(GS_SONAME_MAJOR_MINOR)\
++ GS_XE_LDFLAGS=$(LDFLAGS_SO)\
+  STDIO_IMPLEMENTATION=c\
+  DISPLAY_DEV=$(DD)$(SOOBJRELDIR)/display.dev\
+  BINDIR=$(BINDIR)/$(SOBINRELDIR)\
+diff -up ghostscript-8.71/base/unixlink.mak.ldflags ghostscript-8.71/base/unixlink.mak
+--- ghostscript-8.71/base/unixlink.mak.ldflags	2008-02-29 08:13:08.000000000 +0000
++++ ghostscript-8.71/base/unixlink.mak	2010-02-19 10:07:06.646044276 +0000
+@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ $(GS_A): $(obj_tr) $(ECHOGS_XE) $(INT_AR
+ # which has limited environment space.
+ ldt_tr=$(PSOBJ)ldt.tr
+ $(GS_XE): $(ld_tr) $(ECHOGS_XE) $(XE_ALL) $(PSOBJ)gsromfs$(COMPILE_INITS).$(OBJ)
+-	$(ECHOGS_XE) -w $(ldt_tr) -n - $(CCLD) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(GS_XE)
++	$(ECHOGS_XE) -w $(ldt_tr) -n - $(CCLD) $(GS_XE_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(GS_XE)
+ 	$(ECHOGS_XE) -a $(ldt_tr) -n -s $(PSOBJ)gsromfs$(COMPILE_INITS).$(OBJ) $(PSOBJ)gs.$(OBJ) -s
+ 	cat $(ld_tr) >>$(ldt_tr)
+ 	$(ECHOGS_XE) -a $(ldt_tr) -s - $(EXTRALIBS) $(STDLIBS)
diff --git a/ghostscript.spec b/ghostscript.spec
index 4dfeaad..9c2da87 100644
--- a/ghostscript.spec
+++ b/ghostscript.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Summary: A PostScript interpreter and renderer.
 Name: ghostscript
 Version: %{gs_ver}
 
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 
 # Included CMap data is Redistributable, no modification permitted,
 # see http://bugzilla.redhat.com/487510
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Patch10: ghostscript-CVE-2009-4270.patch
 Patch11: ghostscript-vsnprintf.patch
 Patch12: ghostscript-cups-filters.patch
 Patch13: ghostscript-pdftoraster-exit.patch
+Patch14: ghostscript-ldflags.patch
 
 Requires: urw-fonts >= 1.1, ghostscript-fonts
 BuildRequires: xz
@@ -140,6 +141,9 @@ rm -rf libpng zlib jpeg jasper
 # Fixed pdftoraster so that it waits for its sub-process to exit.
 %patch13 -p1 -b .pdftoraster-exit
 
+# Fixed LDFLAGS when building dynamically linked executables (bug #565935).
+%patch14 -p1 -b .ldflags
+
 # Convert manual pages to UTF-8
 from8859_1() {
 	iconv -f iso-8859-1 -t utf-8 < "$1" > "${1}_"
@@ -326,6 +330,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_libdir}/libgs.so
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Feb 19 2010 Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com> 8.71-2
+- Fixed LDFLAGS when building dynamically linked executables (bug #565935).
+
 * Wed Feb 17 2010 Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com> 8.71-1
 - 8.71 (bug #565935).