diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 17e31c9..fda6ac9 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Changes for Perl extension DBD-SQLite
     - Updated to SQLite 3.7.7.1 (DUNCAND)
     - Made util/getsqlite.pl work properly for SQLite 3.7.5+ (ISHIGAKI)
     - Cookbook: don't use globals (Yuriy Kaminskiy)
+    - Resolved #70135 and hopefully other mod_perl/CentOS issues like
+      #63873 and #47983, with a patch by MDOOTSON++ (ISHIGAKI)
 
 1.33 Mon 20 May 2011
     - Production release, no changes from 1.32_04
diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
index 6a287d0..3d5064c 100644
--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -249,6 +249,14 @@ my @CC_OPTIONS = (
 	) : () ),
 );
 
+# RT #70135: These flags are valid only for gcc/g++
+if ($Config{cc} =~ /^g?cc/) {
+	push @CC_OPTIONS,
+		CCFLAGS   => $Config{ccflags}   . '  -Wl,-Bsymbolic',
+		LDFLAGS   => $Config{ldflags}   . '  -Wl,-Bsymbolic',
+		LDDLFLAGS => $Config{lddlflags} . '  -Wl,-Bsymbolic';
+}
+
 #####################################################################
 # Hand off to ExtUtils::MakeMaker