diff --git a/curl-7.19.4-debug.patch b/curl-7.19.4-debug.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d67f2ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/curl-7.19.4-debug.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff -ruNp curl-7.19.4.orig/configure.ac curl-7.19.4/configure.ac
+--- curl-7.19.4.orig/configure.ac	2009-02-13 15:25:15.000000000 +0100
++++ curl-7.19.4/configure.ac	2009-04-22 11:56:32.171305420 +0200
+@@ -241,7 +241,10 @@ dnl ************************************
+ 
+ CURL_CHECK_COMPILER
+ CURL_SET_COMPILER_BASIC_OPTS
+-CURL_SET_COMPILER_DEBUG_OPTS
++
++dnl do not perturb CFLAGS given by the build system
++dnl CURL_SET_COMPILER_DEBUG_OPTS
++
+ CURL_SET_COMPILER_OPTIMIZE_OPTS
+ CURL_SET_COMPILER_WARNING_OPTS
+ 
diff --git a/curl-7.19.4-flags.patch b/curl-7.19.4-flags.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 708db3b..0000000
--- a/curl-7.19.4-flags.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-diff -urNp curl-7.19.4.orig/configure curl-7.19.4/configure
---- curl-7.19.4.orig/configure	2009-04-21 10:59:47.000000000 +0530
-+++ curl-7.19.4/configure	2009-04-21 11:19:13.000000000 +0530
-@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
- ## M4sh Initialization.  ##
- ## --------------------- ##
- 
-+fedora_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
-+fedora_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
-+
- # Be more Bourne compatible
- DUALCASE=1; export DUALCASE # for MKS sh
- if test -n "${ZSH_VERSION+set}" && (emulate sh) >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-@@ -46881,6 +46884,8 @@ fi
- 
- 
- 
-+CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $fedora_CFLAGS"
-+CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $fedora_CPPFLAGS"
- 
- squeeze CFLAGS
- squeeze CPPFLAGS
diff --git a/curl.spec b/curl.spec
index 6939d42..da1c98c 100644
--- a/curl.spec
+++ b/curl.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: A utility for getting files from remote servers (FTP, HTTP, and others)
 Name: curl
 Version: 7.19.4
-Release: 7%{?dist}
+Release: 8%{?dist}
 License: MIT
 Group: Applications/Internet
 Source: http://curl.haxx.se/download/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Patch3: curl-7.17.1-badsocket.patch
 Patch4: curl-7.19.4-tool-leak.patch
 Patch5: curl-7.19.4-enable-aes.patch
 Patch6: curl-7.19.4-nss-leak.patch
-Patch7: curl-7.19.4-flags.patch
+Patch7: curl-7.19.4-debug.patch
 Provides: webclient
 URL: http://curl.haxx.se/
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ use cURL's capabilities internally.
 %patch4 -p1 -b .toolleak
 %patch5 -p1 -b .enableaes
 %patch6 -p1 -b .nssleak
-%patch7 -p1 -b .flags
+%patch7 -p1 -b .debug
 
 # Convert docs to UTF-8
 for f in CHANGES README; do
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ for f in CHANGES README; do
 done
 
 %build
+autoconf
 export CPPFLAGS="$(pkg-config --cflags nss) -DHAVE_PK11_CREATEGENERICOBJECT"
 %configure --without-ssl --with-nss=%{_prefix} --enable-ipv6 \
 	--with-ca-bundle=%{_sysconfdir}/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt \
@@ -148,6 +149,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_datadir}/aclocal/libcurl.m4
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Apr 22 2009 Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com> 7.19.4-8
+- fix configure.ac to not discard -g in CFLAGS (#496778)
+
 * Tue Apr 21 2009 Debarshi Ray <rishi@fedoraproject.org> 7.19.4-7
 - Fixed configure to respect the environment's CFLAGS and CPPFLAGS settings.