diff --git a/libreoffice.spec b/libreoffice.spec
index f2daacf..cf3d1dc 100644
--- a/libreoffice.spec
+++ b/libreoffice.spec
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 # URL for external projects' tarballs
 %define external_url http://dev-www.libreoffice.org/src/
 # default for f23 onwards
-%define _hardened_build 1
+%global _hardened_build 1
 
 # get english only and no-langpacks for a faster smoketest build
 # fedpkg compile/install/local/mockbuild does not handle --without ATM,