diff --git a/configs/components/_base-ruby.rb b/configs/components/_base-ruby.rb
index 1f9cd82dd..f302a7d53 100644
--- a/configs/components/_base-ruby.rb
+++ b/configs/components/_base-ruby.rb
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@
   elsif platform.architecture == 'arm64' && platform.os_version.to_i >= 13
     pkg.environment 'CC', 'clang'
   end
+else
+  pkg.environment 'LDFLAGS', settings[:ldflags]
+  pkg.environment 'optflags', settings[:cflags]
 end
 
 ####################
diff --git a/configs/components/ruby-2.7.8.rb b/configs/components/ruby-2.7.8.rb
index 73936bd9b..94b4f7715 100644
--- a/configs/components/ruby-2.7.8.rb
+++ b/configs/components/ruby-2.7.8.rb
@@ -98,7 +98,15 @@
 
   special_flags = " --prefix=#{ruby_dir} --with-opt-dir=#{settings[:prefix]} "
 
-  if platform.name =~ /sles-15|el-8|debian-10/
+  # TODO: these flags are set in _base-ruby
+  #       but there are conflicts with optflags being rewritten below
+  if ((platform.is_sles? && platform.os_version.to_i >= 15) ||
+      (platform.is_el? && platform.os_version.to_i >= 8) ||
+      platform.is_debian? ||
+      (platform.is_ubuntu? && platform.os_version.to_i >= 20) ||
+      (platform.is_amazon? && platform.os_version.to_i >= 2023) ||
+      platform.is_fedora?
+     )
     special_flags += " CFLAGS='#{settings[:cflags]}' LDFLAGS='#{settings[:ldflags]}' CPPFLAGS='#{settings[:cppflags]}' "
   end
 
diff --git a/configs/components/ruby-3.2.3.rb b/configs/components/ruby-3.2.3.rb
index b7e4a69df..a657e7a1c 100644
--- a/configs/components/ruby-3.2.3.rb
+++ b/configs/components/ruby-3.2.3.rb
@@ -93,7 +93,15 @@
 
   special_flags = " --prefix=#{ruby_dir} --with-opt-dir=#{settings[:prefix]} "
 
-  if platform.name =~ /sles-15|el-8|debian-10/
+  # TODO: these flags are set in _base-ruby
+  #       but there are conflicts with optflags being rewritten below
+  if ((platform.is_sles? && platform.os_version.to_i >= 15) ||
+      (platform.is_el? && platform.os_version.to_i >= 8) ||
+      platform.is_debian? ||
+      (platform.is_ubuntu? && platform.os_version.to_i >= 20) ||
+      (platform.is_amazon? && platform.os_version.to_i >= 2023) ||
+      platform.is_fedora?
+     )
     special_flags += " CFLAGS='#{settings[:cflags]}' LDFLAGS='#{settings[:ldflags]}' CPPFLAGS='#{settings[:cppflags]}' "
   end