diff --git a/Sanity/basic-upstream-test-suite/runtest.sh b/Sanity/basic-upstream-test-suite/runtest.sh
index 8a51329..f99569b 100755
--- a/Sanity/basic-upstream-test-suite/runtest.sh
+++ b/Sanity/basic-upstream-test-suite/runtest.sh
@@ -46,9 +46,12 @@ rlJournalStart
     rlPhaseEnd
 
     rlPhaseStartTest
-        rlRun "su cupstester -c $'rpmbuild --nodeps --define \'_topdir $TmpDir\' -bc $TmpDir/SPECS/*spec'" 0 "Build the package"
+        # newer redhat-rpm-config brings in packager-notes script, which breaks LDFLAGS we get from Ruby
+        # we need to set several env variable randomly to get configure working again...
+        rlRun "RPM_WORKAROUND='RPM_ARCH=\"x86_64\" RPM_PACKAGE_RELEASE=\"1\" RPM_PACKAGE_VERSION=\"1\" RPM_PACKAGE_NAME=\"vim\"'"
+        rlRun "su cupstester -c $'${RPM_WORKAROUND} rpmbuild --nodeps --define \'_topdir $TmpDir\' -bc $TmpDir/SPECS/*spec'" 0 "Build the package"
         rlRun "pushd BUILD/cups*"
-        rlRun "su cupstester -c 'make check'" 0 "Run basic tests"
+        rlRun "su cupstester -c '${RPM_WORKAROUND} make check'" 0 "Run basic tests"
     rlPhaseEnd
 
     rlPhaseStartCleanup