diff --git a/ldc.spec b/ldc.spec
index cb6e51b..fc13e26 100644
--- a/ldc.spec
+++ b/ldc.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 # Enable this for bootstrapping with an older version that doesn't require a
 # working D compiler to build itself
-%global bootstrap 0
+%global bootstrap 1
 %global bootstrap_version 0.17.5
 
 %undefine _hardened_build
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ install -m0644 phobos.d.tags %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/geany/tags/
 - Update to 1.8.0 beta1
 - Package new JIT libraries in ldc-jit subpackage
 - Update bootstrap compiler to ldc 0.17.5
+- Enable bootstrap
 
 * Wed Feb 07 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1:1.4.0-4
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_28_Mass_Rebuild