diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 85858230..23c80ee9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([jni],
     AC_HELP_STRING([--with-jni],[Include JNI wrapper in the TurboJPEG/OSS library]))
 
 BUILDJNILIB=0
+RPM_CONFIG_ARGS=
 if test "x$with_jni" = "xyes"; then
     AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
 
@@ -263,11 +264,14 @@ if test "x$with_jni" = "xyes"; then
         [AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find JNI header file])])
     CPPFLAGS=${SAVE_CPPFLAGS}
     AC_SUBST(JAVA_CFLAGS)
+
+    RPM_CONFIG_ARGS=--with-jni
 else
     AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
 fi
 AM_CONDITIONAL([WITH_JNI], [test "x$with_jni" = "xyes"])
 AC_SUBST(BUILDJNILIB)
+AC_SUBST(RPM_CONFIG_ARGS)
 
 # SIMD is optional
 AC_ARG_WITH([simd],
diff --git a/release/libjpeg-turbo.spec.in b/release/libjpeg-turbo.spec.in
index e911ad56..a9e04df2 100644
--- a/release/libjpeg-turbo.spec.in
+++ b/release/libjpeg-turbo.spec.in
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ TurboJPEG/IPP.  It is faster in some areas but slower in others.
 #-->%setup -q
 
 #-->%build
-#-->configure libdir=/opt/%{name}/%{__lib} mandir=/opt/%{name}/man JPEG_LIB_VERSION=@JPEG_LIB_VERSION@ SO_MAJOR_VERSION=@SO_MAJOR_VERSION@ SO_MINOR_VERSION=@SO_MINOR_VERSION@ --with-pic
+#-->configure libdir=/opt/%{name}/%{__lib} mandir=/opt/%{name}/man JPEG_LIB_VERSION=@JPEG_LIB_VERSION@ SO_MAJOR_VERSION=@SO_MAJOR_VERSION@ SO_MINOR_VERSION=@SO_MINOR_VERSION@ --with-pic @RPM_CONFIG_ARGS@
 #-->make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT libdir=/opt/%{name}/%{__lib} mandir=/opt/%{name}/man
 
 %install