diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c2cf9a1..dafa321 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-Python-2.7.tar.bz2
-/Python-2.7.1.tar.bz2
-/Python-2.7.2.tar.bz2
+/*.tar.*
diff --git a/python.spec b/python.spec
index c098721..5a26f8a 100644
--- a/python.spec
+++ b/python.spec
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ Summary: An interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language
 Name: %{python}
 # Remember to also rebase python-docs when changing this:
 Version: 2.7.2
-Release: 17%{?dist}
+Release: 18%{?dist}
 License: Python
 Group: Development/Languages
 Requires: %{python}-libs%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ BuildRequires: zlib-devel
 # Source code and patches
 # =======================
 
-Source: http://www.python.org/ftp/python/%{version}/Python-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Source: http://www.python.org/ftp/python/%{version}/Python-%{version}.tar.xz
 
 # Work around bug 562906 until it's fixed in rpm-build by providing a fixed
 # version of pythondeps.sh:
@@ -930,6 +930,7 @@ export CXXFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -D_GNU_SOURCE -fPIC -fwrapv"
 export CPPFLAGS="$(pkg-config --cflags-only-I libffi)"
 export OPT="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -D_GNU_SOURCE -fPIC -fwrapv"
 export LINKCC="gcc"
+export LDFLAGS="$RPM_LD_FLAGS"
 if pkg-config openssl ; then
   export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $(pkg-config --cflags openssl)"
   export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $(pkg-config --libs-only-L openssl)"
@@ -1734,6 +1735,10 @@ rm -fr %{buildroot}
 # ======================================================
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Nov 24 2011 Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta@iki.fi> - 2.7.2-18
+- Build with $RPM_LD_FLAGS (#756862).
+- Use xz-compressed source tarball.
+
 * Wed Oct 26 2011 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 2.7.2-17
 - Rebuilt for glibc bug#747377
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 44a6a4f..c3dd414 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-ba7b2f11ffdbf195ee0d111b9455a5bd  Python-2.7.2.tar.bz2
+75c87a80c6ddb0b785a57ea3583e04fa  Python-2.7.2.tar.xz